Financial Accountant

Financial Accountant

Permanent

Full time, 35 hours per week

Grade 8 (£46,485 - £55,295 increasing to £46,735 - £55,755 from March 2025)

Reporting to the Head of Finance, the purpose of this role is to Oversee all Abertay Financial and Taxation reporting - specifically Statutory Accounts, HESA, SFC, TRAC, Vat and Corporation tax reporting. Ensuring that all financial transactions behind these returns are accurate.

This role will oversee an Assistant Accountant (G5) and Payroll Officer (G6).

The specific duties and responsibilities include

·       Prepare and submit all Abertay Financial Reporting, including preparation of Statutory Accounts, HESA and SFC returns

·       Responsible for the external audit, and key liaison with external auditors

·       Review of quarterly Balance Sheet Reconciliations, including responsibility for monthly investment portfolio reconciliations and related adjustments

·       Prepare and submit other taxation returns, including quarterly vat and annual corporation tax

·       Oversee Payroll and assisting payroll officer with Pension Reporting

·       Oversee Assistant Accountant, their workload and training, including day to day liaison with other teams in the University including Funding and Estates

·       Prepare and submit annual TRAC returns, and in liaison with School Deans, ensure workload plan data is consistent with this

·       Oversee the University Capital Reporting, including maintaining the asset register and physical verification of assets

·       Prepare/report monthly cashflow forecasts, including capital spend forecasts, and advise on investing surplus funds via bank/term deposit opportunities

·       Responsibility for authorisation of payment files including BACS and other payments

·       Undertake due diligence of partner/potential partners, liaising with our International Office through review of their financial statements/provided data, and communicate this back through our committee structure

·       Liaise with external employment/tax/vat advisors to answer adhoc internal queries/assurance requirements throughout the year, providing/organising training as required

·       Provide ad hoc support to other members of the University as required

About you 

·       You are a qualified accountant or qualified by experience

·       You have extensive experience in a Higher Education setting

·       You have excellent analytical and problem-solving skills

·       You can explain technical accounting concepts to non-finance professionals in a clear and understandable manner

·       You have excellent interpersonal skills, developing effective working relationships with colleagues and key external contacts

·       You have excellent time management skills both for managing your own workload and those of your team

·       You have excellent Microsoft skills and high proficiency with volume data manipulation and reporting with Excel

Role

This is a full-time post, and as the University supports flexible working, this role would be considered for a home working role, although some Dundee office working would be required throughout this post, dependent on specific work at that time.

If you believe you have the skills and experience for this exciting and challenging role, please submit your application through our online recruitment system.

Please note that we will only accept applications through our online recruitment system.

Committed to Equal Opportunities

Abertay University is a Scottish Registered Charity,

No: SC016040