Job Description

Salary

The starting salary will be from 26,257 on Grade C, depending on qualifications and experience.

Contractual hours

36.5

Package

Generous holiday allowances, flexible working, pension scheme.

Job category/type

Admin, Professional, Managerial

Date posted

16/04/2025

Job reference

S71170

PS Connect- Accounts Payable

This full-time post is available immediately on fixed term basis until 31st December 2025.



We offer the opportunity for a hybrid working pattern to encourage and support a positive work-life balance. While the team are required to be on campus once a fortnight and or when there is a business need, there is the opportunity to work on campus more frequently.

Summary of the role

The role is within the Accounts Payable Team in the Finance Operations Department within PS Connect at the University of Exeter. The Finance Operations strategy encompasses cross-functional working and a continuous improvement ethos, encouraging feedback to increase efficiencies, drive innovation, and promote a positive and empowered work environment.



As a member of the team, key areas that you will be responsible for are the processing of invoices, responding to queries, ensuring timely payments to suppliers, employees, and students, monthly expense audits, processing of adhoc payment forms and a wide range of other key financial processes. You will work closely with multiple individuals across various teams within the University in delivering exceptional service to all stakeholders.

About You

We are seeking to appoint a highly organised, meticulous, confident, experienced Accounts Payable Assistant to join our team. You will have excellent communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with diverse stakeholders. You will be confident working independently but must have experience of working collaboratively and proactively in a team to deliver multiple objectives while processing high volumes and maintaining high service standards.



You will be looking to take on a rewarding role where your finance expertise and skills will be utilised in a busy environment as part of a diverse, proactive, and positive operational team.

Please ensure you read the and Person Specification for full details of this role.

The University of Exeter

We are a member of the prestigious Russell Group of research-intensive universities and in the top 200 universities in the world (Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2024 and QS World University Ranking 2024). We combine world-class teaching with world-class research, achieving a Gold rating in the Teaching Excellence Framework Award 2023, underpinned by Gold ratings for Student Experience and Student Outcomes.



Our world-leading research impact has grown more than any other Russell Group university in recent years, and we are home to some of the world's most influential researchers, seeking to answer some of the most fundamental issues facing humankind today. More than 99 percent of our research is of international quality and 47 percent is world-leading (2021 Research Excellence Framework).



We encourage proactive engagement with industry, business and community partners to enhance the impact of research and education and improve the employability of our students. Read about our world leading research - Green Futures and how we are transforming education for a changing world. We are located in a beautiful part of the country and Exeter (a fast growing tech hub) is one of only a few UK cities to have been designated as a UNESCO Creative City



We are proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant and welcome applications from service people.

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Commitment

We are committed to ensuring reasonable adjustments are available for interviews and workplaces.



Whilst all applicants will be judged on merit alone, we particularly welcome applications from groups currently underrepresented within our working community.



With over 30,000 students and 7,000 staff from 150 different countries we offer a diverse and engaging environment where our diversity is celebrated and valued as a major strength. We are committed to creating an inclusive culture where all members of our community are supported to thrive; where diverse voices are heard through our engagement with evidence-based charter frameworks for gender (Athena SWAN and Project Juno for Physics), race equality (Race Equality Charter Mark), LGBTQ+ inclusion (Stonewall Diversity Champion) and as a Disability Confident employer.

Benefits

We offer some fantastic benefits including:


39 days leave per year options for flexible working numerous discounts at leading retailers onsite gyms on all of our campus' and a cycle to work scheme sector leading policies around maternity, adoption and shared parental leave (up to 26 weeks full pay), paternity leave (up to six weeks full pay) and a Fertility Treatment Policy stunning campus environments in Exeter and Cornwall, in the beautiful South West of England

Further information

For informal enquiries, please contact Nicole Molyneux-Sandwith n.molyneux-sandwith@exeter.ac.uk



Please be advised that due to the minimum salary thresholds imposed by the UKVI, this post will not qualify for university sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa route. If you are a migrant worker, you will need to ensure you have a visa which permits the right to work in the UK. Further details can be found on the Home Office website - https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/work-visas. If you are an existing Skilled Worker visa holder, we may be able to sponsor and will review the transitional arrangements - https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa/certificate-of-sponsorship-before-4-april-2024