General Ledger Accountant

This new post, reporting to the Senior Management Accountant, will support the finance team in providing accurate financial information to the College, and will support with the production of timely, accurate and complete financial information. The General Ledger Accountant will be working as part and alongside a small, experienced finance team. 

The General Ledger accountant will support the timely and accurate completion of the monthly trial balance, to include supporting with month end routines, supporting the sales ledger function and supporting the purchase ledger function.  Additionally, the post holder will work closely with the Senior Management Accountant, to provide support in the preparation of monthly management accounts, budgets and forecasts.

The successful candidate will be a part-qualified accountant (e.g. CIMA Operational Level/ ACCA Applied Knowledge) or have a similar level of experience gained from working within the finance profession. They will have experience of working in a finance function, preparing monthly accruals, balance sheet reconciliations and supporting the preparation of monthly management accounts, including variance analysis, as well as supporting the preparation of year end accounts. 

This post will suit some who is able to:

• Work collaboratively and flexibly to meet deadlines and support the wider finance team
• Demonstrate strong excel skills
• Work and engage with multiple stakeholders
• Respond to queries in a timely and efficient manner, both internal and external to the finance team

If you can demonstrate most of these abilities and attributes through your experiences to date, we would welcome your application.

The role description can be found here.

Employment arrangements

• This is a permanent appointment (subject to a 6 month probation period)
• Hours are 37.5 hours per week (full time)
• Competitive salary of FTE £38,000-£42,000 per annum, depending on skills and experience
• Please visit the 'Join our Team' page for further details on our staff benefits

Application process

Please complete the College's application form and email it along with a covering letter, outlining your suitability for the position, a copy of your CV and the Equality and Diversity monitoring form to: recruitment@caths.cam.ac.uk

The closing date for applications is 10am on Wednesday 22 May 2024 however we will be reviewing applications as they are received and reserve the right to close this advert before the closing date if the position is filled.  We therefore welcome and encourage early applications.