Finance Assistant

Finance Assistant

Location: Humanities Divisional Office, Finance (Shared Service), The Stephen A. Schwarzman, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter, Woodstock Road, Oxford, OX2 6GG, and other locations within the Division in Oxford

Contract type: Permanent

Hours: Full time

About the role: The purpose of this role is to provide dedicated support for the financial operations within the Humanities Division and across its Faculties, with the postholder based in various locations as required. The successful candidate will be expected to work closely with administrators across the Division. The person appointed must have experience of financial administration, preferably within a Higher Education environment.

About you: You will be highly organised with close attention to detail and must demonstrate the ability and willingness to work flexibly, to establish effective working relationships with staff at all levels, and to manage a varied workload. Experience of dealing with externally-funded research projects would be an advantage. You must be able to work independently and complete day to day tasks with minimal direction.

The duties and skills required are described in further detail in the job description.

What we offer: As an employer, we genuinely care about our employees’ wellbeing and this is reflected in the range of benefits that we offer including:

• An excellent contributory pension scheme
• 38 days’ annual leave
• Family leave schemes and a comprehensive range of childcare services
• Cycle loan scheme and discounted bus travel and Season Ticket travel loans
• Membership to a variety of social and sports club

Application process: Applications for this vacancy are to be made online.

For your online application, you will be required to upload your curriculum vitae and a supporting statement, setting out how you meet the selection criteria for the post, using examples of your skills and experience. As part of your application you will be asked to provide details of two referees and indicate whether we can contact them now.

For further details, please refer to the How to apply section of the job description. Any further enquires may be directed to hr@humanities.ox.ac.uk.

The closing date for applications is 12.00 noon on Monday 20 April 2026. Only applications received before this time can be considered.

Shortlisting is expected to take place later the following week and interviews held the week beginning 4th May.

Please quote Vacancy ID 185797 on all correspondence.

Committed to equality and valuing diversity

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