About the Role
The Open University is the UK’s largest university, a world leader in flexible part-time education combining a mission to widen access to higher education with research excellence, transforming lives through education. Find out more about us and our mission by watching this short video (you will be taken to YouTube by clicking this link)
We are currently seeking Accounts Assistants to join us in our busy Treasury and Financial Operations team. We provide support to the University and the specialist teams in Finance and Business Services for transactional processing, administration, reconciliation, controls and assurance, working to agreed procedures.
Key Responsibilities
- Process supplier invoices and credit notes from receipt to available for payment
- Process service entry sheets in SAP Ariba
- Manage supplier invoice queries through to resolution
- Manage changes to supplier details
- Carry out supplier statement reconciliations; investigate and resolve differences
- Process payments
- Adhere to transactional VAT rules
- Maintain compliance with GDPR, Student Data Retention and other OU policies
Skills and Experience
Essential:
- Experience of Accounts Payable processing
- Possess good book-keeping skills and knowledge
- Ability to support and drive continuous improvement with transactional processes
- Ability to build and maintain relationships effectively
- Ability to adapt to new financial systems and processes
- Ability to work under pressure to tight deadlines and to prioritise a variety of tasks
- Excellent attention to detail and accuracy
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills both written & oral including telephone
- Knowledge and application of IT skills
- Understanding of VAT rules
- Understanding of confidentiality and GDPR relating to data management
Desirable:
- Some exposure to SAP 4/HANA or Ariba would be preferred but not essential
Essential Requirements
Work location: It is anticipated that a hybrid working pattern can be adopted for this role, where you can work from home and the office. However, as this role is contractually aligned to our Milton Keynes office it is expected that some attendance in the office will be required when necessary and in response to business needs. We’d expect this to be three days per week (Tuesday - Thursday).
Flexible working: We are open to discussions about flexible working. Whether it’s a job share, part time, compressed hours or another working arrangement. Please reach out to us to discuss what works best for you. Part time hours of 18.5 and above is preferred, worked Tuesday - Thursday when the team are on-site. The salary quoted above is based on full time hours (37 hours) and part time posts will be paid at the pro-rata amount.
How to apply: To apply for this role you will need to;
- Submit your CV which clearly evidences how you meet the skills and experience required.
- Complete the additional application questions within our online application form.
We may close this job advert earlier than the published closing date where a satisfactory number of applications are received. We would therefore encourage early applications.
