Job Description

We have a fantastic opportunity to join City & Guilds as a Finance Assistant.


You will be a part of our central C&G team and you will focus on working for The Oxford Group, one of our C&G businesses.



This role is going to be a hybrid position. You will be offered a mix of working 2/ 3 days per week from one of our City & Guilds Training offices based in Doncaster and working from home.


The position is a role suitable for someone who wants to work on a full time basis in a supportive fast paced environment. We are looking for passionate/ ambitious/ friendly and keen to learn individuals to join our team.



Doncaster office ( City & Guilds Training, Intertrain) has a good location, commutable by public transport.


City & Guilds are a Disability confident employer. Please let us know if you require any support/adjustments at your interview and if successful any adjustments needed to support you in your role. If this is required, please email; careers@cityandguilds.com

This appointment will be made on merit.



We believe that diversity and inclusion strengthens and enriches us, and that it is the responsibility of everyone at the City & Guilds Group to drive this value. As ethnic minority groups and disabled people are currently under-represented within the Group, we particularly encourage and welcome applications from these communities.

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About the Role

As a Finance Assistant you will be responsible for ensuring that the transactional processes of the Oxford Group Finance Team tasks are carried out. You will be responsible for processing invoices to payment, issuing invoices to clients, reconciling cash and resolving queries.



Main duties:


Processing invoices from our associate consultants, identifying discrepancies and resolving any queries that arise Processing supplier invoices, expense claims and credit card statements Supplier queries working internationally with our suppliers and stakeholders Monitoring emails including finance and invoice mailboxes Raising of sales invoices to international clients in multiple currencies Posting daily cash book transactions Compiling monthly payment runs Preparation of monthly accruals and prepayments Collaborating with other departments throughout the organisation, to aid continuous improvement of processes and ensuring transaction processing is right first time Contribute to the delivery of the teams agreed objectives, by improving the process of sales/purchase ledger to ultimately ensure cash collection is maximised whilst suppliers are paid on time Being flexible and a team player to support the work of colleagues in the Finance Team Periodic travel to training sites in Gatwick and Central London may be required ( expenses will be covered)

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About You

If you have proven experience from a similar role in a finance/ accounts department / setting OR you have relevant qualification (AAT preferred) and relevant experience, we would love to hear from you.


Other attributes we are looking for are:


Confidently able to communicate both verbally and written to internal and external stakeholders Consistent and proven experience of a finance environment including sales/purchase ledger processing Experience in a range of Office software including Word, Excel, Microsoft Outlook and Teams Quality focused work standards with the ability and willingness to work to demanding timetables to achieve tasks and complete work to deadlines without supervision Engaging, enthusiastic can do attitude with strong interpersonal skills Self-motivated and flexible with the ability to work on own initiative and prioritise and manage workload Accuracy and attention to detail Tenacity and perseverance Questioning and active listening A team player

It will also be beneficial if you have following experience:

Experience of working with public sector and/or educational funding contracts with the ESFA Experience of Sage Intacct Accounting systems Experience of the OneStream planning application
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Our story and mission

To find out more about City & Guilds please click on the following link:



About us | City & Guilds


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What we offer

We offer the opportunity to work in an innovative, engaging and market-leading organisation with opportunities to develop your existing skills and explore new ones.



Youll receive an excellent benefits package which typically includes a great base salary, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays and possibility to purchase more days, Private medical healthcare, Life Assurance, Group Income Protection, enhanced Company Pension and many others voluntary benefits.



Employees health and wellbeing is very important to the Group, and we have a range of tools available to help employees with their mental health and wellbeing and lots more besides.



In support of financial wellbeing, we offer our employees access to Imagine Nudge. This is a great tool and helps employees focus on different areas of their finances.



We also provide access to a Group wide Employee Assistance Programme (EAP).



The successful applicant will be required to undertake appropriate checks including reference checks as well as providing proof of the right to work in the UK. This role will be based in our Training Offices so it may also require further checks such as DBS check.


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Next steps and how to apply

If you think this is the role and organisation for you then we would love to hear from you. Please submit your CV and complete our short application form using the apply button.



We shortlist for our vacancies on an ongoing basis, and we may close a vacancy earlier than the advertised date. Please can you submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.