Financial Operations Assistant (Accounts Payable)

This full-time post is available immediately on fixed-term basis until 31st December 2025.

We offer the opportunity for a hybrid working pattern to encourage and support a positive work-life balance. While the team are required to be on campus once a fortnight and or when there is a business need, there is the opportunity to work on campus more frequently.

Summary of the role
The role is within the Accounts Payable Team in the Finance Operations Department within PS Connect at the University of Exeter. The Finance Operations strategy encompasses cross-functional working and a continuous improvement ethos, encouraging feedback to increase efficiencies, drive innovation, and promote a positive and empowered work environment.

As a member of the team, key areas that you will be responsible for are the processing of invoices, responding to queries, ensuring timely payments to suppliers, employees, and students, monthly expense audits, processing of ad hoc payment forms and a wide range of other key financial processes. You will work closely with multiple individuals across various teams within the University in delivering exceptional service to all stakeholders.

Please ensure you read the Job Description and Person Specification (available on the university's website, accessed by the 'Apply' button) for full details of this role.

The University of Exeter
We are a member of the prestigious Russell Group of research-intensive universities and in the top 200 universities in the world (Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2024 and QS World University Ranking 2024). We combine world-class teaching with world-class research, achieving a gold rating in the Teaching Excellence Framework Award 2023, underpinned by gold ratings for Student Experience and Student Outcomes.

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Commitment
We are committed to ensuring reasonable adjustments are available for interviews and workplaces.

Whilst all applicants will be judged on merit alone, we particularly welcome applications from groups currently underrepresented within our working community.

Benefits
We offer some fantastic benefits including:

• 39 Days leave per year.
• Options for flexible working.
• Numerous discounts at leading retailers.
• Onsite gyms on all of our campuses and a cycle to work scheme.
• Sector leading policies around maternity, adoption and shared parental leave (up to 26 weeks full pay), paternity leave (up to six weeks full pay) and a Fertility Treatment Policy.
• Stunning campus environments in Exeter and Cornwall, in the beautiful South West of England.

Further information
For informal enquiries, please contact Nicole Molyneux-Sandwith n.molyneux-sandwith@exeter.ac.uk.

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