Finance Core Support Officer

Location: Hybrid role contractually aligned to the Milton Keynes office, with attendance expected three days per week from Tuesday to Thursday.

Salary: £32,080–£37,694 per year, pro rata for part-time work.

Company

hirify.global is a UK university focused on flexible part-time higher education, widening access and research excellence.

What you will do

• Provide financial input, standard reports and guidance to business partnering hubs, faculties and budget managers.
• Prepare financial information, analysis, tables and submissions for internal, external and year-end reporting.
• Monitor budgets, forecasts, staff costs and externally funded projects, including SAP WBS project and donation setup, maintenance and closure.
• Resolve transactional and audit queries, manage ad-hoc requests, and support financial due diligence, credit checks and project tracking.
• Review project applications, claims, funder reports, sales orders and invoices while ensuring compliance with financial regulations and contractual terms.
• Document and improve finance processes, train university staff, and provide flexible cover across finance support teams.

Requirements

• AAT Intermediate or equivalent qualification.
• Experience in an accounting environment, ideally management accounts or business partnering, with costing, budgeting and forecasting experience.
• Strong MS Excel skills, including formulas, pivot tables, charts and manipulation of large datasets.
• Experience with accounting conventions, financial regulations, procedures and audit preparation.
• Strong communication, problem-solving, organisation, stakeholder management and attention-to-detail skills.
• Ability to work in a hybrid pattern with regular attendance at the Milton Keynes office.

Nice to have

• Experience with an ERP finance system.

Culture & Benefits

• Permanent part-time and fixed-term full-time contracts are available.
• Part-time working hours are 30 per week, with the working pattern negotiable.
• Flexible working arrangements, including job sharing and compressed hours, can be discussed.
• Benefits and policies support work-life balance.

Hiring process

• Submit a CV and a supporting statement of up to 1,000 words.
• Interview process includes a panel interview and an Excel exercise, anticipated to take place on-site in early November.