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Accounts Assistant (Accounts Payable)
Salary: From £20,000 (negotiable depending on experience)
Contract: Fixed term contract until December 2023
Location: Hybrid - flexibility to work from home or at any of our main hubs (London, Bristol, Manchester and Harwell)

Jisc is the UK higher, further education and skills sectors’ not-for-profit organisation for digital services and solutions. We believe education and research improves lives, and technology improves education and research.

Our vision is for the UK to be a world leader in technology for education and research and our mission is to power and empower our members with the technology and data they need to succeed. We know that digital technology has the ability to transform the student experience. We have the experience, expertise and know-how to drive that transformation.

About the role:
The transactional finance team are the backbone of the finance department, recording the financial events taking place in Jisc. The team is made up of accounts payable, invoicing and credit control and located across several Jisc office sites.

The main purpose of this role is reconciling income received against sales invoices issued to customers, to confirm payment to suppliers for services sold by Jisc as agents on behalf of suppliers. This reconciliation is a vital step in a high volume and high value are of our business, and therefore presents an opportunity to deliver real impact for Jisc and our members. You will be working independently but will be working closely with accounts receivable (issuing sales invoices), credit control (chasing payment) and accounts payable (supplier payments).

This is a key role in the Transactional Finance Team. Accounts assistants can be deployed to operate in either sales or purchase ledger, according to their skills and the needs of the organisation, and under supervision of the senior accounts assistant team members. We value meeting based interactions and cross team working so there is the requirement to travel to one of our offices once a week.

Responsibilities will include:

• Assist in the recording of business purchases accurately and promptly upon receipt of documents from the supplier and internal approvals via email or goods receipt notes
• Assist with the weekly bank payments process
• Provide cover and support to other parts of the transactional finance team as required
• Assist with financial month and year end tasks, including liaising with external and internal audits

Key Skills and Experience:

• Demonstrable and proven experience in transactional finance managing high value and high volume data sets
• Expert level at Excel, including pivot tables and VLookup
• Strong communication skills including the ability to liaise with others and build relationships
• Demonstrate high attention to detail, achieve thoroughness and accuracy when accomplishing tasks

Please refer to the job description for full details.

Don’t meet every single requirement?
We know that sometimes people can be put off applying for a job if they think they can’t tick every box but we realise the ‘perfect candidate’ doesn’t exist. So, if you can do most of what we’re looking for, go ahead and apply. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles

Why work at Jisc:
At Jisc, everyone plays a key role and gets the chance to feel part of it, that to us is the definition of a meaningful career. We want to create a culture of lifelong learning. You can look forward to a rewarding job with opportunities to develop and make a real difference to the education and research sectors.

We celebrate diversity, embrace our differences and know that this is critical for our success. We work hard to make sure we’re inclusive and we are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. So, if you are great at what you do and share our values, we want to hear from you.

At Jisc we believe a balance between your personal and professional life is essential to your happiness and fulfilment. We work flexibly at Jisc and focus on outputs rather than presenteeism and are open to a whole range of ways of working. It isn’t about how many hours you spend at home or at work; it’s about the flow you establish that brings energy to both parts of your life.

We offer hybrid working and although the majority of our staff work from home, getting face to face is something we value and find time for when we can. If you prefer an office environment all our hubs are open and offer a great space to work.

Our benefits are great too. We offer:

• Flexible work pattern, which can adapt to suit your schedules and personal commitments
• 28 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) and an additional three closure days over Christmas
• A generous pension scheme with above average employer contributions
• A range of leave options, including parental leave, volunteer leave and even career breaks.
• A generous budget to attend conferences and in-person training
• Allocated allowance of up to £250 to equip your home office
• A company culture which supports and promotes personal learning and development, including access to thousands of courses on LinkedIn Learning
• Mental health first aid trained staff and supportive environment, plus your own Wellbeing allowance to spend on wellbeing for you
• Financial well-being support
• Discounts on big-name high-street stores
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee recognition awards and travel loans

Equality, diversity and inclusion
At Jisc, we strive to be best in practice and are working hard to achieve progressive change. ‘Always inclusive’ is one of our six guiding principles - a principle which actively encourages acceptance of differences within individuals.

We are committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, neurodivergence, trans status, veteran status or gender identity.

Application process:
Please do let us know what reasonable adjustments you need made to the application or selection process so you can do your best. We will be happy to help you.

Just so you know, we review CVs as soon as we can and aim to provide an update on your application within 4 weeks of receiving it. However, the Jisc Talent team are so super efficient that you may hear from us a lot sooner, so please keep an eye out for our emails or calls! No doubt this has convinced you that Jisc is an amazing company to work for, so apply now so you don’t miss out. We advertised this role on 27/03/2023