Finance Assistant

Location

Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire | United Kingdom

Job description

Finance Assistant

Temporary role starting Monday 25th March until 31st July 2024

Working 37hrs, this role will be 2 days in the office (Tuesday & Thursdays) & 3 days from home

Paying £13.38ph - £14.54ph, equates to £25,742 - £27,979pa dependent on experience

Discover the unique opportunity to work with our client at the Open University, a distinguished public Distance Learning and Research University. As one of the largest universities in the UK for undergraduate education, they are at the forefront of innovation and education excellence.

They are looking to recruit an experienced Finance Assistant to join their STEM finance team. This is a varied role within a busy team who provides high quality financial services. The role supports the accurate recording and forecasting of the staffing position for the STEM faculty.

Duties include:

• The role is responsible for setting up and raising invoices for Research projects on SAP
• Supporting the Co-ordinators with claims for c 150 research projects
• Preparing staffing journals and managing the staff change spreadsheet so that project staff are allocated to the correct project codes for the right amount of time.
• Running reports to assist the team from SAP
• Setting up projects on SAP - looking for anomalies and changes required

Skills and Experience:

• AAT ideally upto level 2
• Recent, relevant experience of working in an accounting environment.
• Experience of costing /budgeting / forecasting
• Good working knowledge of MS Excel (creating spreadsheets and charts and using financial Excel functions)

Our client would like a face to face interview at the Open University Campus.

The client promotes diversity in employment and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

Manpower will support your learning and development through - MyPath, our exclusive upskilling and development programme that you can opt into as an actively assigned Manpower associate, this will provide you with access to 1000's of courses and a range of exclusive discounts across over 100 high street brands.

If you feel this is the role for you, please apply online, or call Sophie Holmes on 01908 246715.

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£13.38 - £14.54 per hour