Finance Administrator

1 day ago

London, Greater London, United Kingdom University of Edinburgh Full time £26,000 - £28,778 per year
Description

Grade UE04: £26,093 to  £28,778 per annum pro rata

CSG / University of Edinburgh Sport

Part-time: 21 hours per week

Fixed Term:  2 years 

 

The Opportunity:

As Finance Administrator, you'll work closely with colleagues across Edinburgh Sport and the wider University, providing day-to-day support to budget holders and committees, helping ensure we make the most of our resources and maintain high operational standards.

Are you detail-oriented, organised, and passionate about supporting world-class sport at the University of Edinburgh? Then join our friendly and dynamic Edinburgh Sport team as a Finance Administrator 

You'll provide accurate and efficient transactional support for our finance and administrative processes – from raising purchase orders and issuing invoices to keeping accurate records, ensuring everything runs smoothly and on time.

Your skills and attributes for success:

  • Has experience in financial administration, transactional processing, or a similar role.
  • Is confident working with financial systems and spreadsheets.
  • Demonstrates excellent attention to detail and accuracy.
  • Can prioritise workloads and meet deadlines in a busy environment.
  • Communicates effectively with a wide range of stakeholders.
  • Understands or is willing to learn University finance procedures and systems. 

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Application Information

Please ensure you include the following documents in your application:

  • CV 
  • Cover letter

As a valued member of our team you can expect:

  • A competitive salary.
  • An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work.
  • To be part of a diverse and vibrant international community.
  • Comprehensive Staff Benefits, such as a generous holiday entitlement, competitive pension schemes, staff discounts, and family-friendly initiatives. Check out the full list on our staff benefits page (opens in a new tab) and use our reward calculator to discover the total value of your pay and benefits.

Championing equality, diversity and inclusion

The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.

Prior to any employment commencing with the University you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our right to work webpages (opens new browser tab).

The University is unable to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. International applicants will therefore be unable to apply for and secure a Skilled Worker visa. They will only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK

Key dates to note

The closing date for applications is Monday 5th January 2026.

Unless stated otherwise the closing time for applications is 11:59pm GMT. If you are applying outside the UK the closing time on our adverts automatically adjusts to your browsers local time zone.

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