Senior Finance Coordinator

We are looking for an enthusiastic, detail-focused finance professional to join CISL as our next Senior Finance Coordinator. Do you want to contribute to the mission of a world-leading organisation to create a more sustainable economy?

The University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) is a globally influential institute within the University of Cambridge working on a mission to develop leadership and solutions towards a sustainable economy. More information can be found at https://www.cisl.cam.ac.uk/about.

The Finance team supports CISL by processing and monitoring a high volume of financial transactions and acting as a first point of contact for finance queries and coordinating with central University finance function.

The role

As a Senior Finance Coordinator, you will work closely with an established team to ensure the efficient processing of financial transactions and act as the first point of contact for complex finance queries. The teams responsibilities span all areas of accounts receivable and payable, payments to individuals (using systems such as Ind-E-Pay, CCWS, and CHRIS), assisting with purchasing and supplier setup, and carrying out regular general ledger tasks such as recharges, journals, and expense claim processing. In this role, you will also contribute to finance processes related to research grants and fellowships, support ongoing process improvements, and provide day-to-day guidance and supervision to Finance Coordinators.

Key skills and experience:

• Experience working in a financial accounts environment, following established financial procedures and regulatory requirements.
• Educated to GCSE level, including English and Mathematics at Grade C/4 or above; AAT qualification (full or part qualified) or equivalent is desirable.
• Proven ability to work effectively with colleagues and stakeholders in a busy, service focused setting; experience supporting a commercially oriented team is an advantage.
• Strong administrative capabilities with excellent attention to detail; confident communicator at all levels; able to prioritise workloads to meet deadlines; highly proficient in Word, Excel and Outlook and quick to learn new finance systems (e.g., Oracle/UFS, Jira and related tools).
• A collaborative working style, proactive problem, solving skills, and a flexible, customer, focused approach.

What you'll receive:

• 36 days annual leave (inc bank holidays).
• Excellent benefits including a generous pension scheme, discount portal, cycle to work scheme, access to the University accommodation service, relocation support, employee assistance programme, family friendly policies along with many more.

This post is a permanent, full-time role, 36.5 working hours a week on a hybrid basis. Office attendance is required at a minimum on Wednesday and Thursday.

We particularly welcome applications from women and /or candidates from a BME background for this vacancy as they are currently under-represented at this level in our institution.

Click the 'Apply' button below to register an account with our recruitment system (if you have not already) and apply online.

If you have any questions about this vacancy please contact CISLHuman.Resources@cisl.cam.ac.uk

Please quote reference EN48896 on your application and in any correspondence about this vacancy.

The University actively supports equality, diversity and inclusion and encourages applications from all sections of society.

The University has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.

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Key information

Department/location

University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership

Salary

£31,236-£35,608

Reference

EN48896

Category

Assistant staff

Date published

26 March 2026

Closing date

19 April 2026

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