Accounting Intern

Salary: Appointments at Grade 3 will receive an additional pensionable supplement to ensure a minimum hourly pay equivalent to £12.00 in line with Voluntary Living Wage.

Interview Date: Monday 12 August 2024

Applicant Visa Guidance: Skilled Worker visa: guidance for applicants (bath.ac.uk)

We are looking for a motivated Accounting Intern with a solid understanding of accounting principles and terms who is ready for a real-world work experience!

This internship will provide a varied, busy, and valued role for you and the Finance & Procurement Office. 

About the role

Working as part of the Financial Accounts team, you will gain experience of bookkeeping, general accounting activities, indirect tax and working with an accounting software. You will also support the wider work of the University’s Finance & Procurement Office gaining a breadth of work experience through a series of short placements with other Financial Operations teams, including:

• Credit Control
• Income Office
• Payroll Office
• Student Finance
• Payments/Procurement

About you

This role would suit a finance or accountancy graduate or someone who has completed at least Level 3 of the AAT professional qualification who is seeking an opportunity to gain practical accountancy work experience to build their CV. The role is designed to be an active and integral part of the team, with specific responsibilities for delivery.

Further information

This is a full-time position (36.5 hours per week) for a fixed-term period until August 2025.

For an informal discussion about the role please contact Keith Stephens (ks2114@bath.ac.uk) or Jana Whitfield (jw3309@bath.ac.uk), however, please submit your application via the University website

What we can offer you:

• a very generous employer contributory pension scheme
• generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance
• we are a family-friendly University and with an increasingly agile workforce, are open to flexible working arrangements
• an excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce
• a wide range of personal and professional development opportunities.

Find out more about our benefits.

We consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students, so we encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on the university. We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our Safer Recruitment commitment.

We are very proud to be an autism friendly university and are an accredited Disability Confident Leader; committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff.

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Further details:

• Job Description & Person Specification

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