21 Oct
UCL Eastman Dental Institute
London
Job description
About the role
The Department of Mechanical Engineering is pleased to be recruiting for a Senior Finance Officer to deliver a high quality and timely service to staff and other internal and external stakeholders.
Based at our Bloomsbury campus, the successful applicant will be entrusted with administering the financial activities of the department.
Their core responsibilities are to ensure effective procedures are documented and adopted for dealing with all aspects of financial administration ,with an emphasis on monitoring expenditure, preparing reports as required, and completing submissions for annual budgets and in-year forecasts.
The postholder will also play a key role in facilitating training and knowledge exchange amongst relevant colleagues to ensure consistency.
About you
We are keen to accept applications from candidates with a credible track record of the following features :
- Educated to Degree level or equivalent relevant qualification in finance or accountancy
- Knowledge of financial processes and regulations associated with general financial administration
- Excellent knowledge of Excel, including the ability to understand and use numerical formulas
- Knowledge of financial processes and regulations associated with a university / research environment
- Excellent IT skills including advanced knowledge of excel including the ability to understand and use numerical formulae and a good all-round knowledge of Microsoft Office software
- Excellent oral and written communication skills, along with a commitment to customer focus, which enable the post holder to liaise and interact with a variety of people at all levels, both internal and external to the university
- High level of numeracy,
with the ability to understand and interpret a variety of figures and statistics, and deliver accurately against operational deadlines
- Proven consistent ability to set and meet tight individual and organisational deadlines and to manage own workload through effective prioritising, time management and organisational skills
- Ability to be discreet and maintain confidentiality while working under pressure and ensuring attention to detail and accuracy
- Excellent analytical skills to be able to research, analyse and interpret information and in turn prepare, interpret and present accurate financial reports for a variety of uses and audiences
- Demonstrable ability to develop, maintain and review administrative and finance systems
- Ability to think strategically and effectively manage several tasks at one time
- Ability to take initiative and make decisions
- Proven experience of preparing financial budgets and forecasts
- Experience of servicing and contributing to meetings, including effective collaborative decision making
- Proven experience of providing effective financial guidance to stakeholders
▶️ Senior Finance Officer
🖊️ UCL Eastman Dental Institute
📍 London