Finance And Administration Assistant

Location: The Leys Leisure Centre, Oxford OX4 6JL

Salary: £29,244.22 plus excellent benefits

Schedule: 40 hours per week - Monday - Friday

Ready to impact a better future? Here at Leisure Solutions Community Trust our goal is to get more people, more active, more often. We provide affordable access to a wide range of sports and leisure facilities to support healthier and happier people across all segments of the local community, whilst helping you to make MORE of every day. To deliver those services takes an enthusiastic and customer focused team - and right now we are looking to recruit for a Finance and Administration Assistant to join our Team.

As a Finance and Administration Assistant in our Serco Leisure team, you’ll support the delivery of essential administrative and financial processes across our Oxford leisure contract. You’ll play a key role in maintaining accurate records, supporting operational teams and ensuring high standards of service delivery. This is a varied and fast-paced role where your attention to detail and organisational skills will help ensure smooth daily operations. Your work will directly support the delivery of services that have a positive impact on communities, helping people stay active and connected.

What you’ll do as a Finance and Administration Assistant:

• Raise purchase orders and process completed works in line with financial procedures.
• Run and review daily income reports, supporting site leads with sales performance tracking.
• Raise sales invoice requests accurately and within required timescales.
• Manage debt reconciliation and support the recovery of outstanding payments.
• Process monthly payroll, including validation checks to ensure accuracy.
• Maintain accurate financial records, ensuring all expenditure is recorded and reported.
• Support sales administration including maintaining booking logs and forward order books.
• Act as a first point of contact for enquiries, directing queries to the appropriate team.
• Monitor email inboxes and respond or escalate queries in a timely manner.
• Maintain accurate records of bookings, agreements and administrative documentation.

Does this sound like you?

You’ll be a great fit for this role if you have:

• Experience in administrative and/or financial processes.
• Strong attention to detail and the ability to maintain accurate records.
• Excellent organisation and time management skills.
• Strong communication and customer service skills.
• The ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• A proactive and reliable approach with a strong work ethic.

Discover all you need to keep growing:

We’re one of the top 1% of international employers, so you can have confidence you’ll be part of a highly supportive culture with leaders you can count on to help you achieve your goals. From mentoring and training to our focus on internal progression, we’re proud to offer clear development opportunities – and the support and tools to help you seize them.

What we offer:

• Holidays: 25 days plus bank holidays
• Pension: Up to 6% contributory pension scheme
• Training and development: Over 1,100 internal courses available, funding for qualifications and apprenticeships (including L3 Team Leader and L5 Operations Manager apprenticeships), mentoring opportunities, and a focus on internal progression
• Health and wellbeing: Employee Assistance Programme, Bupa Anytime HealthLine, wellbeing app, 30% off at Serco-managed leisure centres, and 24/7 access to a virtual GP service
• Discounts: Discounts across around 1,000 retailers, from food and clothing to days out, entertainment and travel
• Charity: Paid volunteering day, tax-free charitable giving through Payroll Giving Scheme, donate your pennies from your monthly pay to the Serco People Fund Charity
• Employee networks: Our networks support inclusion and connection by providing spaces for collaboration, learning, and belonging. They represent and empower all our colleagues including LGBTQIA+ employees, women, parents and carers, people with disabilities, veterans, and people from all cultural backgrounds.

Let’s impact a better future, together. Apply today.

Serco/Serco Leisure Operating Limited are appointed as the Trust’s Managing Agents. We manage the recruitment process and the Trust’s employees in the delivery of the service on their behalf. The Trust is committed to equal opportunities and requests any potential applicant to contact the Recruitment Team on 0345 010 4000 as soon as possible if an applicant has any additional queries, requirements or will need additional time in submitting an application. Applicants should be aware that in line with the company’s policy, employees will have a DBS check where appropriate.