Finance Assistant

Location: Brighton

Salary: £12.21 per hour

Brighton College are seeking to appoint a Finance Assistant on a fixed-term placement for one year, with the possibility of an extension to the contract or a permanent position, starting in August 2025.

Main Purpose of the Role: To assist with the efficient running of the Finance department.

General Duties and Responsibilities

Monitoring of accounts and credit card mailboxes, whilst dealing with incoming queries.
Support the month end process, including journals and recharges
Performing monthly reconciliations for key balance sheet accounts.
Budget holder administration.
Assisting the Management Accountant with utility accrual calculations (including data
entering).
Assist with the Purchase Ledger.
Banking tasks; cash counting and paying in (catering & charity).
Assist the Credit Controller with posting of incoming payments and issuing receipts.
Assisting with year-end audit.
Bill run assistance (to include inputting of charges, checking of bills, deposit refund process, taxi recharges).
Trip management: set up trip codes and ensure back up documents in place, monthly reconciliations are completed and manage trip floats.
Any other reasonable management requests.

Person Specifications

The successful candidate will have:

Excellent communication skills
Good time management skills.
The ability to work both alone and in a team.
A polite, friendly and helpful attitude.
Positive collaboration, with an ability to bring out the best in those around them.
An infectious "can do" attitude.
Be proficient in working with ICT in a professional environment, including good typing skills.
A strong working knowledge of Word and Excel (essential).

Hours of Work

Monday to Friday, 8.30am to 5.00pm with a 60-minute unpaid lunch break (37.5 hours per week).

Remuneration

The rate of pay for this role will be £12.21 per hour.

Holidays

23 days, plus bank holidays increasing to 28 days plus bank holidays after 2 years of service.

Benefits

Contributory pension scheme with matching contributions from the employer up to 9%, which all eligible employees will be automatically enrolled into within three months of commencement of employment.
Life Cover is provided whilst working at Brighton College after successfully passing probation period.
Complimentary lunch is provided.
Free tickets to the College’s music, dance and drama performances.
Job specific learning and development programme available to all employees.
Employee benefit and rewards platform with a wide range of discounts, employee benefits and wellbeing resources.

Wellbeing

Subsidised gym membership for the School of Science and Sport is available, which includes access to yoga and pilates classes, meditation sessions and use of the gym and swimming pool.
Personalised health and wellbeing consultations.
Generous sickness policy.
Access to books, magazines and DVDs from the College Library.
Comprehensive wellbeing package.

To Apply

If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for Brighton College, please proceed through the following link to be redirected to their website to complete your application.

https://brightoncollege.ciphr-irecruit.com/Applicants/vacancy/870/Finance-Assistant-Placement

Contract jobs

Finance Assistant