Accounts Assistant

UCL's Finance team is responsible for the management of UCL's financial performance and strategy and for providing assurance to our council and University Management Committee on UCL’s financial position. We currently have a vacant permanent position for an Accounts Assistant within the Management Accounting team. In this job you will work in partnership with staff delivering, managing, and leading finance activity in departments, to improve the accuracy of the University’s management accounts, and overall financial management of UCL.

About the role

Are you ready to make an impact at one of the world’s leading universities? UCL’s Finance Division plays a critical role in the university’s success, ensuring financial sustainability while enabling transformative research, teaching and innovation. In this role you will support the Management Accountant, who is responsible for one of six businesses, and will work closely with Faculty and Departmental professional colleagues, the wider Finance team, and senior leaders.

You will be involved in:

• Providing management accounting services to UCL faculties including processing journals, performing reconciliations, raising invoices against contracts, requisitioning PO’s
• Supporting the month end process to ensure accurate data underpins the management reporting
• Preparing monthly management accounts, ensuring high-quality output and adherence to reporting deadlines
• Delivering general accounting and transactional processing services supporting day-to-day operational finance
• Supporting and inputting into budget and forecast template returns, and reviewing returns to ensure information is complete and accurate
• Building strong working relationships with key stakeholders to deepen understanding of the business and its requirements
• Ensuring compliance with relevant accounting standards and statutory obligations.

About you

We are seeking a highly capable and proactive individual who can thrive in a dynamic environment. You will:

• Hold GCSEs in English and Mathematics at Grade C/ Grade 4, or equivalent qualifications
• Have experience of working in a service delivery environment
• Have experience of working collaboratively in a team environment
• Strong data analysis and reconciliation skills
• Strong IT skills including advanced knowledge of Excel and a good all-round knowledge of Microsoft Office software
• Prior experience of a Higher Education environment and using Oracle or a similar large accountancy system would be useful.

Please read our job description carefully, paying particular attention to the essential and desirable criteria, and ensure these are covered in your application.

What we offer

As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits some of which are below:

• 41 Days holiday (27 days annual leave, 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days)
• Additional 5 days’ annual leave purchase scheme
• Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE)
• Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan
• Relocation scheme for certain posts
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

As London’s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world’s talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL’s workforce. These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women.