Finance Support Administrator

Reference
1108685

Branch
University of Surrey

Start date
26/09/2026

Duration
3 Months

Hours and days
Monday - Friday

Dress code
Smart Casual

Rate of pay
£14.97

Holiday rate
£1.81

Role

The Finance Support role is part of the University’s Financial Transaction Team contributing to managing the Purchase Order to Payment (P2P) and Invoicing to Payment processes, ensuring accurate financial transactions and maintaining accessible policies and procedures. The role supports internal and external stakeholders, ensuring compliance and efficiency within the financial transaction services.

This team is one of four within Financial Transactions, providing a Shared Service for coordination of the University’s financial transaction processes.

Duties and responsibilities

Key Skills and Attributes

• Communication: The role requires a confident communicator, who is confident liaising with internal and external stakeholders and providing process guidance. The post holder may be required to attend meetings with colleagues, providing guidance and advice on processes relating to financial policies and procedures.
• Financial Knowledge: Strong understanding of financial controls and the systems in place within the P2P and Order to Cash functions is essential and the post holder should have previous experience within a similar role.
• Process Improvement: The role requires continuing contribution to process improvements to ensure efficiency and service quality.
• Teamwork: This role is part of a busy team within the Finance department so the postholder must be able to collaborate effectively with colleagues and stakeholders to achieve common goals, sharing knowledge and supporting team success.

Skills and experience

HNC, A Level, NVQ 3, HND level or equivalent, with several years relevant work experience OR Relevant vocational experience, acquired through a combination of training and considerable on-the-job experience, demonstrating development through involvement in a series of progressively more demanding relevant work/roles
Qualified ICM, CIPS or AAT, or studying towards qualification.
Technical Competencies (Experience and Knowledge) This section contains the level of competency required to carry out the role (please refer to the competency framework for clarification where needed and the Job Families Booklet).
Broad customer relations experience
Experience within a Finance or Shared Service environment
Microsoft Office
Knowledge and understanding of the application of internal controls

Location
Guildford

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