Finance Assistant

Job description

Post Title: Finance Assistant

SBU/Department: Finance

FTE: 0.5FTE (working 18.5 hours per week)

Duration of Contract: Permanent

Annual Leave: 25 days pro rata plus standard public holidays and an additional 4 days including the closure of our office between Christmas and New Year

Location: Bishops Square, Hatfield, University of Hertfordshire

An opportunity has arisen for a part-time Finance Assistant within the UH Finance team.

Main duties and responsibilities

You will deliver accurate and timely financial information to support the management accounting team and budget holders, including generating reports for review, preparing and posting central adjustment journals, and responding to finance-related information requests. The Finance Assistant will produce insightful monthly payroll analysis for the Professional SBUs, identifying and clearly communicating variances against budget, reconciling balances to the general ledger, and resolving suspense account items and will manage the monthly processing of funding allocations and maintain accurate reconciliations to annual funding statements throughout the year.

Skills and experience required

You will bring proven finance administrative experience at an appropriate level, with the ability to use IT equipment and software such as MS Office as well as proficiency in Excel and a good working knowledge of Word. You will be Autonomous and self-motivated, with good communication skills at all levels. Attention to detail and a high level of accuracy is essential as is maintaining confidentiality when assisting with pay routines and other sensitive information. You will have the ability to work as a team, be flexible and willing to learn and acquire new skills and have a high level of personal organisation.

Qualifications required

You will be educated with a minimum of five GCSEs at grade C/4 or above including Maths and English or equivalent, or proven experience. Being AAT qualified or educated with a Degree or equivalent, or professional experience is desirable.

Please view the job description and person specification for a full list of the duties and essential criteria.Please attach a personal statement showing clearly how your skills and experience match the Person Specification.

Internal applicants - please ensure you apply via your employee self-service portal.

We regret that we are unable to offer UKVI sponsorship for this post; applicants will either hold UK Right to Work or demonstrate access to UK Right to Work before an offer is made.

Contact Details/Informal Enquiries: Paul Tolley, Senior Finance Manager, [email protected]

Closing Date: 02 November 2026

Interview Date: TBC

Reference Number: REQ000776

Date advert placed: 19 October 2026

Our vision is to transform lives: UH is committed to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and building a diverse community. We welcome applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of their protected characteristics, and recognise there are different ways applicants may achieve the criteria in this document. We offer a range of employee benefits including generous annual leave, flexible location opportunities within the UK, discounted Sports Village memberships and free Active Staff sessions, personal and professional development and family-friendly policies. #GoHerts