Finance Administrator

The Finance Administrator will be responsible for administering all financial transactions within the department, ensuring they are processed promptly, accurately, and in accordance with UCL's Financial Regulations. Additionally, the role includes assisting in the administration of data for research grant funding proposals by providing necessary figures and statistics. The Finance Administrator will support financial decision-making by generating reports and statistics and will serve as the first point of contact for general financial enquiries.

We would be delighted to receive applications from candidates with the following prerequisites:

• Educated to Degree level or equivalent relevant qualification or substantial experience in finance or accountancy
• Knowledge of financial processes and regulations associated with general financial administration
• Excellent knowledge of Excel and a good all-round knowledge of Microsoft Office software
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, along with a commitment to customer focus, which enable the post holder to liaise and interact with a variety of people at all levels, both internal and external to the university
• High level of numeracy, with the ability to understand and interpret a variety of figures and statistics, and deliver accurately against operational deadlines
• Proven consistent ability to set and meet tight individual and organisational deadlines and to manage own workload through effective prioritising, time management and organisational skills
• Ability to be discreet and maintain confidentiality while working under pressure and ensuring attention to detail and accuracy
• Excellent analytical skills to be able to research, analyse and interpret information and in turn prepare, interpret and present accurate financial reports for a variety of uses and audiences
• Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for more insight into the essential and desirable criteria required in this post.
FURTHER INFORMATION:
• Please copy and paste the essential and desirable criteria into your "Statement in support of your application" describing beneath each criterion how you meet it, giving examples.
• This hybrid post requires an in-office presence of at least 2 days per week
  
  UCL's Faculty of Engineering Sciences comprises ten academic departments that undertake research and teaching across a wide range of disciplines. Our scientists and engineers take discoveries from fundamentals to practice, producing innovative technological solutions to challenging problems. It is a dynamic and growing faculty, with a strong vision and desire to use our talents to 'Change the world'. For more information see www.ucl.ac.uk/engineering
UCL Mechanical Engineering has been pioneering the development of engineering education, having taught the core discipline for over 165 years. UCL was home to the UK's first ever Professor of the Mechanical Principles of Engineering, Eaton Hodgkinson, in 1847. It was also where Sir Alexander Blackie William Kennedy introduced organized laboratory practicals in university education training; a world-leading educational innovation at the time. UCL Mechanical Engineering, we develop and apply core competencies to produce world-class research into a wider range of engineering challenges than most would imagine. Amongst many other avenues we are:
• Leading research into low carbon shipping
• Designing the greenest engines and novel sustainable fuels
• Studying the flow of red blood cells in channels thinner than a human hair
• Using 'lighter than air' building materials to develop the solar power stations of the future.
• Developing the most advanced brain models for dementia
• Designing propulsion systems for advanced multihull ships.
  
  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
• Immigration loan
• Relocation scheme for certain posts
• On-Site nursery
• On-site gym
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
• Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service
• Discounted medical insurance
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