Assistant Accountant

With one foot in academia and the other in industry, Oxford University Innovation’s professionals undertake a wide variety of tasks, from licensing university ideas, and finding investment for spinout companies, to setting up social enterprises and supporting student entrepreneurship. University innovation is the magic behind the scenes that turns ideas born in a university into companies and technologies that look to have a positive and transformative economic and societal impact on the wider world.

The Opportunity

We now have an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated part time Assistant Accountant to join the Finance team. This role will report directly to the Head of Finance for OUI.

The position of the Assistant Accountant is responsible for:

• Ensuring the purchase ledger transactions of OUI is recorded in an accurate and timely manner, and ensuring costs are appropriately linked to projects.
• Preparing monthly payment runs and ad-hoc payment requests for management approval.
• Reconciling company credit cards and supplier statements.
• Month end accruals and prepayments adjustments.
• Managing the recharge to licensees of patent costs incurred (generating sales invoices to directly recharge the cost and reconciling the entries on a monthly basis).

The successful candidate will ideally have 2-3 years’ experience of operating a purchase ledger or comparable accounting function and have experience of working within a similar role or within a Finance office environment. The role will also require the successful candidate to have:

• Intermediate Excel Skills.
• The ideal candidate will have current experience of using Sage 200 and a willingness to learn new systems. Full training on systems will be provided.
• Commercially astute and have knowledge of the financial and non-financial requirements of small and medium companies, including understanding and interpreting financial policies, regulations and reporting requirements.
• Be self-motivated, prepared to initiate their own work and operate under minimal supervision, manage their own priorities and handling day to day financial transactions and resolving queries
• Excellent interpersonal skills and very strong communication skills, both verbally and in writing and with a wide range of people and organisations

How to apply

If you are interested in applying for this role, please send your application form, CV and covering letter to Viv Parry at careers@innovation.ox.ac.uk.  The closing date is midday on Friday 25th June 2021

Salary for this role is commensurate with experience and will be in the range of £25,000 – £29,000 pro-rata to 25 hours per week.

Oxford University Innovation is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We value diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone is able to be themselves and is empowered to reach their full potential. We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures.

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