Assistant Financial Accountant

Job description

UE06: £34,610.00 - £39,906.00 Per Annum. Finance Department / Financial Accounting Team. Full Time - 35 Hours Per Week. Open Ended Contract – Permanent. Financial Accounting Team are looking for an Assistant Financial Accountant to work within their busy team. The successful candidate must have previous experience with a similar role in a management or financial accounting team, actively participating in month-end and year-end processes. The postholder will be supporting financial accountants in period close processes and will be responsible for set of balance sheet reconciliations, including bank reconciliations and reconciliations for salary control accounts. The postholder will be actively supporting the preparation and audit of statutory financial report. The Opportunity: In this role, you will play a key part in supporting the financial integrity of the University by: - preparing detailed balance sheet reconciliations, highlighting and resolving any issues identified with relevant business areas; - preparing and processing month-end journals supporting several areas of financial accounting, such as investments, endowments, fixed assets, research, intercompany etc; and - suppor...