Finance Administration Officer (Maternity Cover)

Job title: Finance Administration Officer (Maternity Cover)

Salary: £26,398.94 per annum

Hours: 37 per week

Contract type: Fixed Term (12 months)

Site: Accrington & Rossendale College

Closing date: 13th October 2024

Interview date: TBC

‘Would you like to be part of a team that aims to create the extraordinary?’

Our Organisation  

Nelson and Colne College Group is made up of a family of colleges – Nelson & Colne College, Lancashire Adult Learning and Accrington & Rossendale College. Our College Group is now the only Further Education college in Lancashire to be graded as ‘Outstanding’ under the new Ofsted inspection framework.

Together the Group forms a Sixth Form, Skills and Technology Centre, University Centre, Employer Training and Adult Learning Provider delivering exceptional teaching and learning to all ages and at all levels. 

Accrington and Rossendale College has a proud history of delivering high quality vocational courses and technical training, apprenticeships and higher education provision to the communities that we serve. We excel in providing people with a platform to progress into fantastic employment opportunities with rewarding career prospects.

The Exciting Role 

This role is advertised by NCC Professional Services. Part of Nelson and Colne College Group, NCC Professional Services provides expert business support services to the wider College Group. 

A new and exciting opportunity has become available for a looking for a highly motivated and dedicated Finance Administration Officer to join our close-knit Finance team on a full-time, fixed-term basis, working 37 hours per week. The ideal candidate will be an outstanding communicator with excellent organisational and administrative skills. You will be able to accurately analyse and interpret data and provide first line technical reference for others. 

This role will predominantly be based at Accrington and Rossendale College but travel across any of the College campuses may be required. The ideal candidate will be an outstanding communicator with excellent organisational and administrative skills. You will be able to accurately analyse and interpret data and provide first line technical reference for others. 

What You Will Be Doing:

• To be responsible for the accurate disbursement of the various college bursary funds; with the organisation, co-ordination and administration of tasks
• Monitor and produce the monthly reports on actual bursary spend and projected outturn for the senior leadership team, identifying under/over spend across all bursary funding streams
• Ensure compliance with Financial Regulations and Procedures
• Ensure accurate completion of the monthly bursary expenditure reconciliation and timely liaison with the finance team leader / manager to resolve issues
• Complete regular checks of information stored electronically, in order to ensure the integrity of the data held on college systems and compliance with audit requirements

What We Are Looking For:

• IT qualification and / or demonstrate IT literacy
• 5 GCSEs or equivalent including Maths and English at grade C/4 or above
• Level 3 Finance relevant qualification or above
• Experience of working to deadlines and set Financial Regulations
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Word; Excel; Outlook and Teams
• Experience of using data management and reporting tools
• Experience of numerical reasoning and analysis

What We Offer in Return:

• Generous annual leave entitlement increasing to a maximum of 28 days (with service), plus Bank Holidays and closure days – totalling 41 days per year 
• Access to a workplace pension scheme – with employer contributions of 5% 
• Enhanced occupational sick pay scheme and access to family friendly policies and benefits
• A range of health and wellbeing benefits and support
• Staff recognition scheme, including long service awards
• Free on-site parking on all College sites 

Please visit our ‘working for us’ section of our website for a full list of our benefits https://careers.nelson.ac.uk/working-for-us/benefits/

Still Interested? 

How to Apply: 

If you're interested in this post then please click apply and complete an application form. 

Further questions: Please contact our friendly HR Team by emailing h.resources@nelsongroup.ac.uk

* Please note we only accept applications submitted via our website.

Please note: All our posts are subject to an enhanced DBS check due to working with vulnerable adults and children, should you wish to discuss this further please get in touch with the HR Team.