Financial Accountant Assistant | £33k - £36k | Milton Keynes Area | Hybrid Working
💼Permanent
📍Location: Milton Keynes
💰£33,000 - £36,500
🎁30 days of annual leave allowance courses (+bank holidays and university closures for a week over Christmas), free learning courses
Join a tight-knit team of finance professionals—comprising 4–5 accountants and cashiers - at a forward-thinking institution. This is a rare chance to take on meaningful responsibility, contribute real impact, and grow alongside an organisation that values innovation, collaboration, and excellence.
What does the day to day look like?
- Preparing monthly internal accounts
- Fixed Assets, Prepayments and Accruals
- Schedules for the yearend audit process
- Controls and reconciliations on an ongoing basis
Key responsibilities:
- Maintaining the Fixed Asset register
- Preparing prepayment and accruals journals
- Responsible for various balance sheet reconciliations
- Assisting with the yearend audit process
This university is advancing its digital infrastructure as part of its 2028 strategic vision. With new finance, HR, and student record systems deploying soon, you’ll be positioned at the intersection of finance and transformation - helping shape how income and reporting evolve.
Essential Skills:
- Part-qualified AAT or equivalent with some relevant working experience.
- Intermediate to advanced level excel experience.
- Strong organisational skills.
Why Join the Organisation?
- Opportunity to work in an agile, hands-on finance environment.
- Supportive reporting line with clear pathways for learning and career progression.
- Exposure to statutory reporting and regulatory compliance in the higher education and charity sector.
- Engagement in a finance team embedded within a broader IT-modernisation strategy.
Ready to step into a role where your expertise makes a real difference?
Apply now or reach out to Oliver Tyrer on o.tyrer@gravitasgroup.com for an informal conversation.
