Finance Assistant: Travel Services

2 months ago


Preston, United Kingdom Colbern Limited Full time

683623-7896-23331 NCD

Finance Assistant: Travel Services
Preston
Contract - 21.45 hours per week
£13.30 per hour PAYE

Our client is looking for an experienced Finance Assistant: Travel Services

Looking for 2 people to job-share this role, both working 3 x 7hr 15min days each week, allowing some handover time. Office attendance required on a Tuesday in Preston, Lancashire, remainder working from home.
Job Purpose:
The Travel Finance Assistant is part of the overall Procurement services team and provides operational support across the University for all its travel requirements as well as providing updates and recommendations to the Director of Procurement. The following areas are collectively known as travel services where the travel assistant will support;
- Business Travel Governance recommendations (policy, process, training and Quality Assurance)
- Click self book platform advice to staff and also recommendations for continuous improvement
- Responsibility for booking student, complex,conference and group travel on behalf of the University
- Providing travel industry updates
- Knowledge of the University travel insurance policy, and exclusions, with the ability to liaise with appropriate colleagues in the event of emergency or claims
- Extracting travel data from Click and manual systems including non-compliance
- Liaising with travellers and travel approvers where required to ensure a customer focused service

The scope of the role covers the whole university including subsidiaries and associated organisations.

3 years travel industry experience and booking business travel. This should include complex and transient international travel needs

Experience of dealing with expenses / subsitence matters associated with business travel

Working in a customer-focused financially oriented business travel environment

Ability to quickly respond to verbal and written requests/enquiries with a high level of accuracy and attention to detail


The first part of our recruitment process is to send your CV. Should you be short listed Colbern Limited will contact you within 5 days or we may contact you about other job opportunities. Colbern Limited along with our clients are an equal opportunities employer.


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