Financial Process Analyst Interim at University of Sheffield

This is a great opportunity for a short-term project that will really make a difference to improve financial processes in the hospitality area of our business. The role will be appointed on a 6 month fixed term basis to review, improve and document the financial processes in Unicus (Sheffield) Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of the University. The role’s main purpose is to evaluate the current system and processes, suggest improvements, and to produce a suite of process documents that deliver efficiency and appropriate controls. 

The role will require an individual with a good working knowledge of best practice processes and systems across finance, preferably with some retail or hospitality experience. You must be able to work independently but collaboratively with other team members. A key part of the required outputs will be the identification of potential improvements so we are looking for someone who is proactive in their approach.

The role will involve critically analysing current workflows to identify missing processes and controls, suggest control and efficiency improvements and document the existing and/or new processes using best practice templates, including flow charts and step-by-step guides.  If time allows during the fixed term appointment, this role will be asked to assist with implementation of new processes and training of staff as appropriate. This role is pivotal in helping to drive Unicus’ financial processes to the optimum place ahead of a financial system change. 

The role will work independently collaborating closely with all members of the Unicus (and University) finance team and operations to understand the end-to-end processes (including the various systems that financial processes come into contact with: Sage, ProcureWizard, MCR, StayNTouch, IVVY and Staff Savvy. The role will need to gain a good understanding of the processes from the team in order to challenge existing methodology and identify control and efficiency improvements. The role will report into the Commercial Financial Controller. 

The financial processes will include sales ledger, purchase ledger (including stock), payroll, treasury, tax, management, and financial accounts and therefore it is key that the successful candidate has experience in both finance and process improvements. As this is a fixed term contract the post requires someone who is excellent at time management to ensure the documenting and reviewing of processes is completed within the fixed term contract. 

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