The University's Finance Directorate is responsible for the delivery of professional financial and accounting advice and decision support services, both to University staff and external stakeholders. It also ensures compliance with statutory and regulatory financial requirements.

If you always provide a high standard of customer service, have a keen eye for detail, have good communication and interpersonal skills and are capable of managing your own workload then this could be the job for you.

The Purchase Ledger Team, 13 members, is a proactive and friendly team and is looking for a new colleague to join us for a fixed term to cover for an internal promotion within the team.
As a Finance Assistant, you will join our busy Purchase Ledger team which is responsible for ensuring all University payments, to UK and overseas suppliers, staff and students are processed in a timely, accurate and efficient manner.

You should have experience of working in a finance environment on purchase ledger activities; the ability to use computerised accounting systems.
Duties include:

• Ensuring all transactions / processes are monitored, reviewed and corrected where necessary
• Receipting of goods or services received through the P2P system
• Investigating items on the ledger to ensure accurate and timely processes (e.g. held and logged report review, supplier statement reconciliations, credit balances, bank returns)
• Setting up new suppliers and making amendments to existing supplier details, following University procedures to minimise the risk of fraud

Please see the job description and person specification for more on the specific requirements of this role.

We offer a diverse range of benefits and opportunities to pursue a rewarding and fulfilling career in a supportive environment.

As well as 25 days annual leave and the eight standard UK bank holidays, you also get up to six extra days each year for extended University closure around some UK public/holidays.

For this job, we particularly welcome applications from minority ethnic applicants who are underrepresented in this area/ this type of job at Sheffield Hallam.

The University is unable to sponsor the employment of international applicants in this role.

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