Finance Administrator: Purchasing

About The Role
We are currently seeking a Finance Administrator to work within the University’s Finance team, contributing to the smooth running of the Purchase Ledger function. 
Within this role the successful candidate will be responsible for the accurate maintenance of the purchase ledgers, which will include the inputting to supplier accounts of purchase invoices received for the University and its subsidiary companies and joint ventures. The position will involve interacting with a range of people across the university and externally.
 
Our finance team is an established team of around twenty members, with this varied role offering a great opportunity to join a close knit, skilled team in an excellent working environment.
 
About You
The ideal candidate for this role will be accurate, conscientious, efficient and hard-working, and able to manage their own workload, while also working alongside colleagues within the team in a collaborative manner. As well as these core qualities, you’ll have excellent numeracy and communication skills.
We are looking to hear from candidates who have the following skills/experience:

• Previous experience of working within a finance environment.
• Excellent numeracy and IT skills, attention to detail, and the ability to improve processes and generate efficiencies.
• Strong organisational and time management skills.
• Ability to tailor communications to be well understood by all parties.

For further details on the skills/experience required for this role, please see the full job description above.
This position is offered on a permanent, part time, 17.5 hours a week contract with the working pattern to be discussed at interview.
About Us

As an employer of choice we can offer the successful candidate for this role a range of benefits, including:
  
 - Employer Pension Contribution up to 12%.
 - 28 days + 8 days bank holiday.
 - Annual salary increments (Until top of grade reached)
 - Enhanced Maternity/Paternity Pay
 - Salary Sacrifice Car Scheme (Tusker)

Full details on our employee benefits can be found on our careers page www.falmouth.ac.uk/jobs . Alongside these benefits we offer a first class working environment across our campuses with all the facilities you would expect from a leading University.

 
A successful external candidate for this position would be employed by Falmouth Staffing Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Falmouth University. Employees of Falmouth Staffing Ltd work alongside Falmouth University colleagues in the delivery of Falmouth’s strategic vision and will adopt Falmouth University’s HR policies and procedures in full.
 
Falmouth University welcomes and encourages job applications from people of all identities and backgrounds, particularly those under-represented and/or marginalised, as it is important we have a diverse range of candidates to consider.