Senior Finance Associate in Slough

Location: London, Greenwich/Grosvenor
Type of Contract: Permanent/Full Time
Start Date: ASAP
Who we are: Oxford International
Oxford International Education Group is a renowned institution dedicated to providing exceptional educational experiences to international students. With a global presence and a commitment to academic excellence, we strive to empower students to achieve their full potential and thrive in a dynamic, interconnected world. We are proud of our culture and have recently been officially certified as a Great Place to Work ©!
Job Purpose
The successful candidate will assist in the smooth running of the department by providing bookkeeping support through regular daily, weekly, and monthly tasks as well as ad hoc administrative duties as required. The position is within a fast-growing group and therefore flexibility is required as adjustments to the main duties will be necessary as the role progresses and the Group grows.
Main Duties And Responsibilities

• Posting payment using various systems, including banking portals (GBP, USD, EURO, CAD), Sum-up, Flywire, and Stripe to manage the end-to-end processing of payments.
• Daily reconciliations for Flywire, Sum-up and Stripe
• Creating and maintenance of new agents between the 2 systems.
• Create ad-hoc Invoices, adjustments and credit notes.
• Investigating unapplied receipts held within various suspense and deposit accounts and communicating with our admissions teams to determine correct posting.
• Processing refunds to students, and customers via the appropriate methods ensuring proper approvals are in place.
• To support admissions with payment or invoice queries.
• Responsibility for assisting internal teams to collect outstanding debts.
• Reconciling the bank statements on Sage Intacct and Intrinsiq.
• Maintenance of Income cash records and monthly reconciliations for centres/colleges.
• Sales ledger maintenance and reconciliation of control accounts.
• Ensure the accuracy of data exported into the accounting software.
• Preparation of key reports at month end for example: turnover, deferred income, and sales ledger reconciliation.
• Preparation of weekly credit control reports.
• Responsible for year-end tasks and audit sampling.
• Maintain the integrity of the financial reporting from the internal management system.
• Any other general administrative or bookkeeping support as required.

Other Duties

• Recommend and implement changes to existing and new systems as required.
• Produce and maintain finance procedure documents relating to the responsibilities of this role.

Person Specification
Statutory Requirements

• Eligibility to live and work in in the UK
• Enhanced DBS check

Qualifications

• A-levels or equivalent
• AAT (partiallyor fully qualified) (Desirable)

Experience and Knowledge

• Any experience in office clerical work or bookkeeping
• Experience of Sage Intacct
• Experience of Accounts Payable and / or Account Receivable

Skills And Abilities

• Fundamental Excel and analytical skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to engage with a range of stakeholders
• Excellent time and project management skills and able with the ability to juggle a range of competing demands
• The ability to learn new systems & software

This job description is provided as a guide to the role. It is not intended to be an exhaustive description of duties and responsibilities and may be subject to periodic revision.
Oxford International is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Recruitment checks, including checks with past employees, are undertaken in accordance with our Recruitment and Selection policy.
Oxford International is an equal opportunity employer. Every applicant and employee has the same opportunities regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status.