Please note a full application including a covering letter detailing your experience alongside a CV is required for applications to be considered. Please be advised applications made without providing a cover letter will not be accepted.

The University has a vacancy for a part time Assistant Financial Accountant. The Financial Accounts team is responsible for the provision of a full range of accounting services including the production of timely management and statutory reports and taxation returns.

As an Assistant Financial Accountant the post holder will be responsible for supporting the Financial Accounts team in the delivery of an efficient and effective Financial Accounting service to the wider University. This includes providing support to the production of financial statements for the parent and subsidiary company, the annual audit, monthly management accounts, maintaining the fixed asset register, updating the prize fund accounts and generating VAT and other external returns.

The post holder will be expected to take part in the development, review and implementation of new and existing processes and procedures within the Financial Accounts team. They will be expected to develop technical accounting skills to a professional standard to ensure that accounting, audit and taxation reporting requirements are adhered to.

To be successful in this role you will have experience of financial reporting and accounting techniques, having worked in a finance department within a medium to large organisation. You will have an AAT qualification or be willing to work towards this.

We are committed to supporting flexible methods of working wherever possible and this role is a hybrid role, split between working at home and in the office. The Finance Directorate places a strong emphasis on professional development, with formal and informal training provided for the successful candidate. Other key benefits of working at the University include membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme, generous holiday entitlements, flexible working and health and well being support.

How to apply

Closing date for applications: 21st of September 2024
Interviews are to be held: 3rd of October 2024

If you require further information regarding the post please feel free to contact Karen Pilgrim, karen.pilgrim@canterbury.ac.uk (strictly no agencies, thank you) quoting reference number REQ05257


Please note, Canterbury Christ Church University reserve the right to bring the closing date of this position forward where a high volume of applications is received.


Additional Information

Canterbury Christ Church University truly welcomes fresh perspectives and new voices. We want you to bring the real you to work, so we are committed to building a genuinely inclusive working environment where everyone is welcomed and where everyone can have a true sense of belonging. Our spirit of community will help us to eliminate discrimination and will enable us all to thrive in a culture that is underpinned by fairness and justice. We therefore seek people to join us who will proactively support and shape this aim and contribute in their own unique way. If this is you, then we are waiting to hear from you.

Employment Visa Clarification: According to the UK Government Points Based System, this position does not fulfil the requirements for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker Route application.

Please ensure you include contact details of two employment referees in your application, one of which must be your current/ most recent line manager

Please note applications must be made online via the University website; details sent directly via email cannot be considered.

Prior consideration will be given to applicants in the University’s redeployment pool. No agencies, thank you.