Our client, a world-renowned educational establishment in the heart of Oxford is seeking a Finance Assistant to join their team on a part time basis.

Typical responsibilities will include:

• Print invoices and credit notes received from suppliers/contractors and forwarded by members of staff.
• Download invoices from supplier portals.
• Record invoices, credit notes and employee claims on the Finance system and pass for authorisation.
• Process weekly Bacs payment run and e mail remittances to suppliers.
• Reconcile supplier/contractor statements, request confirmation of year end account balances.
• Contact suppliers for any missing invoices/credit notes for processing.
• Dealing with any queries related to purchases.
• Create new supplier accounts on the Finance system, housekeeping of existing records (updating bank details, change of addresses, archive old supplier accounts).
• Completing of credit trade account applications.
• Update monthly actual departmental income & expenditure reports.
• Filing of invoices and claims.
• Updating departmental budget reports.
• Petty cash handling and reconciliations.
• Charities’ account collections, providing information to the Charities coordinator and preparing data for the Annual Census.
• Ad hoc tasks, as required.

The successful candidate will have:

• Strong attention to detail, and the ability to work accurately to deadlines.
• The ability to be a strong team player and work collaboratively with the Finance team and the wider staff community.
• Strong IT skills with intermediary Excel skills
• Experience of working with finance packages, specifically WCBS Pass, would be distinctly advantageous.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

This is an all-year-round, part-time contract, working 3 days, 08:15-17:00, between Mon-Fri with one hour (unpaid) lunch.