Finance and Professional Services Officer

Job title:

Finance and Professional Services Officer

Company:

Dyson

Job description

Summary Salary: Competitive Team: Finance Location: United Kingdom – Malmesbury OfficeAbout usThe Dyson Institute is a Higher Education provider offering state of the art employer-sponsored degrees in engineering and technology. We are intimately connected with Dyson, a global leader in technology innovation, and aim to develop the best engineers in the world by combining rigorous academic programmes with professional work on future Dyson products from the outset. Our students incur no tuition fees and are paid employees from the time they join us, building their Dyson careers through a combination of stretching academic study and practical hands-on experience working with a range of teams at Dyson.The Institute is a small, specialist team with a focus on quality and personalisation rather than scale. We have an exciting 2023-2028 strategy that sets the scene for us to increase our contribution as a strategic asset to Dyson.About the roleThis new role will provide important support services to the professional administration of the Institute. It uniquely reports in to two areas of the Institute: finance and professional services, creating scope for diverse responsibilities which will make the role interesting and with opportunities for personal development.The finance duties will directly support the Senior Finance Manager in the production of key finance reports for use by budget holders, institute managers and the governing board. They will play a key role in ensuring core policies relating to purchasing are followed in line with company expectations.The professional services duties will include acting as secretary to the Institute Management Board, deploying key processes and administrative tasks to support the wider team.Please note, this is a 12 month opportunity.Other responsibilities:Under the supervision of the Senior Finance Manager, assist with monthly accounting close process, including preparation and posting of journal entries in SAP accounting system.After a suitable development period, lead on production of monthly management accounts using Onestream data warehouse, including writing cost centre summaries for managers.Deputise for Senior Finance Manager in matters relating to financial administrationAssist with preparation of audit schedules for annual financial audit.Process purchasing requests for Academic and Professional Services TeamsSecretary to Institute Management BoardOperationalising student voice processes (Mid/End Semester Surveys, Student Annual Survey, Student Consultations)Maintenance of Institute Definitive DocumentationProcessing Programme Approval and Modification paperwork as per policyOrganising visitors, room bookings, catering, transport for visitors to the InstituteSupporting the Institute Director as per their requirementsContributing to Institute projects as requiredIdentifying and providing key data to colleagues establishing the Digital Data StudioAbout youAccounting qualification (AAT or equivalent)Administrative experience (organising meetings, file management)We would support a Level 4 Professional Accounting/Tax Technician apprentice.Able to maintain confidentiality and role model the Institute’s management values#LI-KH1Dyson is an equal opportunity employer. We know that great minds don’t think alike, and it takes all kinds of minds to make our technology so unique. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and employment decisions are made without regard to race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other any other dimension of diversity.Posted: 14 April 2025

Expected salary

Location

Malmesbury, Wiltshire

Job date

Tue, 15 Apr 2025 23:16:15 GMT

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