Finance Officer – projects (studentships and post-award) at University of Oxford
Job Description
The Department of Computer Science is looking for a proactive and committed individual to join our Post-Award Finance team.
This is an exciting opportunity to work within a dynamic and forward thinking team with a combined experience of over 30 years of managing university finances.
Working closely with the General Ledger Team within Finance, Graduate Studies Team, Pre-Award Team as well as other central teams, the successful candidate will be responsible for managing the studentship projects, including ensuring that the student’s payment process is effective and efficient, reporting costs to funders, budgeting and forecasting and ensuring that funder and University policies are followed.
The successful candidate will be highly organized, have excellent interpersonal and problem solving skills to deliver exceptional service as part of the team.
The post holder will work closely with various teams within the department and across the University. The successful candidate should have a high standard of numeracy and relevant accountancy qualification or equivalent experience in the efficient management of high volume, complex financial projects.
It is essential that the successful candidate would have experience of working in a role in adherence to individual sponsor’s financial terms and conditions, and maintaining current knowledge of these. They should also have the ability to balance and prioritise their workload and make informed decisions whilst knowing when to escalate to more senior colleagues.
The post is a part-time (0.6 FTE) permanent contract.
Applications for this vacancy are to be made online. You will be required to upload a supporting statement as part of your online application. The supporting statement must explain how you meet each of the selection criteria for the post using examples of your skills and experience.
The closing date for applications is 12 noon on 18 March 2024. Interviews are expected to be held in April.
We are a Stonewall Top 100 Employer, Living Wage, holding an Athena Swan Bronze Award, HR excellence in Research and Race Equality Charter Bronze Award.
Our staff and students come from all over the world and we proudly promote a friendly and inclusive culture. Diversity is positively encouraged, through diversity groups and champions, for example http://www.cs.ox.ac.uk/aboutus/women-cs-oxford/index.html , as well as a number of family-friendly policies, such as the right to apply for flexible working and support for staff returning from periods of extended absence, for example shared parental leave.
Demonstrating a commitment to provide equality of opportunity. We would particularly welcome applications from women and black and minority ethnic applicants who are currently under-represented within the Computer Science Department. All applicants will be judged on merit, according to the selection criteria.
