About the Union
Students' Union at BU Ltd. (SUBU) is an independent charity representing around 19,000 students at the University of Bournemouth.
SUBU is a democratically run organisation, led by a team of four elected sabbatical officers, who together with a team of permanent staff, are dedicated to making the lives of Bournemouth University students better.
SUBU’s mission is to support, represent and empower our students.
About the Role
Working to the Head of Finance, you will have a key role in ensuring that SUBU is financially stable now and in the future.
The postholder will be an integral part of the Union’s management team and will support the Head of Finance in the development and application of robust systems and processes.
The postholder will be responsible for providing management information and business intelligence to the Board of Trustees, Chief Executive, and Senior Management Team.
The postholder will work across both the Charity and Commercial arms of the Union to ensure strong financial management and compliance with all legal, regulatory and procedural requirements.
Person Specification –
- Finalist Part or fully qualified: ideally CIMA or a similar recognised accountancy qualification with 2+ years’ experience.
- Extensive experience with computerized accounting systems, experience of SAGE would be an advantage
- Competent in all Microsoft Office applications, in-depth knowledge of Excel
- Time management skills with the ability to deliver multiple projects
- Ability to process large amounts of timely and accurate quality information
- Accuracy and thoroughness and a high attention to detail
- Strong organisational ability
- Can work calmly under pressure
- Innovative and solution orientated
- Self-motivated
Reporting to Head of Finance
Place of Work: Student Centre
Hours of Work: Part-time, 3 days per week
Grade: 6 (£30,046 – 38,017 pro rata)
About the Process
Closing Date – Midday, Friday 12th March 2021
Date of Interviews/assessment: Friday 19th March 2021
Details of process –
If you are interested in this role, please complete an Application Form and Diversity Monitoring form that can be downloaded below and email it to subuhradmin@bournemouth.ac.uk
CV’s and Covering Letters are not required.
We will not be able to change the interview date so please ensure that you can attend on the date given.
The Format for this role will be:
All applications will be anonymised
All applications will be first sifted against the key criteria for the role
All applications that pass first sift will be put forward to the recruitment panel for this role to choose whom they wish to interview
If you have an enquiries regarding this role please contact subuhradmin@bournemouth.ac.uk
Final Steps
All applicants who are chosen for interview will be asked if they require any reasonable adjustments to accommodate any disabilities.
All applicants will be asked to:
Be interviewed by a panel of two people, applicants will be asked the same questions and each interview should take no more than 45 minutes.
Complete a task-based assessment, details will follow.
Application deadline
Midday, Friday 12th March 2021
Interviews will be held
Friday19th March 2021
Duties will commence:
April 2021 (details to be confirmed)
To apply: Please forward the completed Application form and Diversity Monitoring form to subuhradmin@bournemouth.ac.uk