Finance Apprentice

Provide support to the finance team to ensure the smooth running of finance processes, including participant payments and procurement activities Provide support with accounts payable and accounts receivable administration. Process and raise invoices, liaise with budget holders and suppliers, set up customer details in the University financial system, raise purchase orders and check and match purchase orders against invoices, process expense claims, reconcile monthly statements from suppliers Carry out general administrative duties. Maintain accurate filing systems for accounting documents, bring ineffective processes to the attention of the line manager Act as the first point of contact for accounting enquiries. Respond to routine queries from suppliers and departmental staff referring as necessary, give basic advice and guidance to staff on financial processes, maintain and update financial information on the departments Teams and SharePoint sites Provide support to grant accounts administration. Enter information onto grant databases, assist in chasing up queries related to grant expenditure, produce grant information for Principal Investigator, run ad-hoc grant reports, identify and correct expenditure errors Provide documentation, spreadsheets and relevant information such as invoice information Cover for other finance staff as required

Training:

The applicant will train under First Intuition Cambridge for their level 3 Assistant Accountant qualification. They will be expected to attend regular in-centre tuition courses throughout a 12 - 14-month period which will help develop their knowledge, skills and behaviours in accountancy-related practices. First Intuition Cambridge Ltd has Cambridge, Norwich, Ipswich, Peterborough and Milton Keynes centres.

Training Outcome:

Once the period of study is completed this person would be looking to apply for Finance Assistant Posts within the University.

Employer Description:
The University of Cambridge is one of the world’s oldest and most successful universities. We are a renowned centre for research, education, and scholarship that makes a significant contribution to society. The University is consistently ranked amongst the top universities in the world. Our affiliates have won more Nobel Prizes than any other University. Our sustained pursuit of academic excellence is built on a long history of first- class teaching and research within a distinctive collegiate system. For eight centuries our ideas and innovations have shaped the world. Our principal goal is to remain one of the world’s leading universities in an increasingly competitive global higher education sector. Today the University of Cambridge is at the centre of a cluster of over 4,300 businesses employing 58,000 people. Our capital investment projects include the West Cambridge site, the North West Cambridge development and the growth of the Biomedical Campus in the south of the city. The North West Cambridge development includes the opening of a primary school – the first in the UK to be managed by a University. So we are deeply embedded in, and committed to serving, our local community. These are all conspicuous signs of a University that is not only adapting to new needs, but also anticipating the future.

Working Hours :
Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm.

Skills:
Communication skills,IT skills,Attention to detail,Organisation skills,Time management,Excel skills