Finance Assistant: Data

4 weeks ago

Bloomsbury, United Kingdom The British Museum Full time

**Finance**
**Part-time (3 days per week)**
**Permanent**
**£15,345 per annum (0.6 FTE)**
**Application deadline: 12pm (midday) on Tuesday 5 March 2024**

The British Museum is seeking a Finance Assistant to play an integral part within the Data function of the Finance Department in a world-renowned setting and the most popular tourist attraction in the UK. The role provides an excellent opportunity for an individual seeking to develop their career in Finance; and utilise their experience of Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable and the Museum’s E-commerce Systems.

In this pivotal role, you will ensure that financial data from the bank accounts, ticketing, membership and E-commerce systems are coded into the finance systems accurately, swiftly and in line with month-end deadlines.

**Key areas of responsibility**:

- Manage the departmental inbox and act as Data team’s first point of contact for both internal and external stakeholders.
- Ensure that all income related to BMImages is processed correctly treated appropriately for VAT purposes.
- Take ownership of the posting transactional data from the Museum’s bank accounts; working with internal departments and external stakeholders to identify income and ensure that it is correctly allocated.
- Support the Museum’s E-commerce team in ensuring that all E-commerce income is correctly allocated and received, investigating discrepancies and liaising with Payment Service Providers.
- Work closely with the Museum’s Box Office, Development and Membership teams to ensure that income is treated and coded correctly.
- Take ownership of a variety of bank and balance sheet account month-end reconciliations; investigating unposted items and posting journals to ensure data consistency.
- Develop strong relationships with various BM departments plus external service providers.

**About you**:
To undertake the role, you will need strong problem-solving skills and be able to respond to system issues, a wide variety of queries and to aid in creating robust department procedures.

You must be IT literate with advanced Excel skills with experience of working with large volumes of transactional data, maintaining journal templates and the use of formulae. You must be able to work independently within a team, taking ownership of your workload and working towards the team’s KPIs.

We are seeking an enthusiastic individual who can work well with others and take on other work in the department during times of heavy workload or staff absence. With excellent verbal and written communication skills, you will be able to build strong working relationships within the Museum and with related 3rd parties.

**About the British Museum**:
Founded in 1753, the British Museum’s remarkable collection spans over two million years of human history and culture. The Museum is one of the leading visitor attractions and its world-famous collection includes the Rosetta Stone, the Parthenon sculptures, Egyptian mummies, the Admonitions Scroll, and the Amaravati sculptures.

The Museum offers a competitive benefits package including:

- Generous annual leave allowance of 25 days (rising to 30 days after 10 years’ service), plus 2.5 privilege days, and bank holidays
- Membership of the civil service defined benefit pension scheme (find out _here_ what benefits a civil service pension provides).
- Free entry to a wide range of museums and exhibitions
- Participation in private and public Museum activities, including talks by leading curators from around the world and behind-the-scenes opportunities to learn how museums care for and manage their extraordinary collections
- Interest-free travel, bicycle and rental deposit loans
- Professional and personal development opportunities
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Discounts on food and gift shop purchases

**Additional details**:
For more information about this role, please see the job description.

The British Museum is committed to promoting equality of opportunity for all staff and job applicants. We aim to create a working environment in which all individuals can make best use of their skills, free from unlawful discrimination or harassment. We value the benefits that a diverse workforce brings to a Museum which represents world culture. The Museum is committed to ensuring that no job applicant suffers unlawful discrimination because of any protected characteristics. Our recruitment procedures aim to ensure that individuals are treated because of their relevant knowledge, skills and experience.

We offer a flexible way of working scheme that allows our employees to work remotely in a way that suits them and the organisation. We welcome questions and conversations at interview stage about how flexible working could work for you.

**The Museum adheres to the HMG Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) for pre-employment screening of Civil Servants.

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