Accounts Payable Supervisor (Secondment Cover)

We are seeking an Accounts Payable Supervisor to join the Finance Team in the Department of Engineering's Finance Office at their Trumpington Street site. The Finance Office is part of the Department's "central administration" providing support across the whole department. The Finance team consists of ten people who work alongside the team administering research grants as well as the purchasing team.

Reporting to the Department's Finance Office Manager, you will have responsibility for overseeing the Finance Office's five Finance Clerks as well as providing direct accounting support in a highly trained, efficient and flexible manner within the Department. In doing so, you will be contributing to the effective management of Departmental finances.

Requirements

You will be educated to at least A Level standard with an AAT level 4 Professional Diploma, or equivalent accounting qualification, or actively studying for the later stages of the AAT level 4 Professional Diploma. The successful candidate will be highly numerate and analytical as well as skilled in processing accounting transactions, ideally using computerised accounting systems such as Oracle Financials. Good communication skills, both oral and written, with the ability to display tact and diplomacy in dealing with a wide range of staff at all levels, are essential for this role. The successful candidate should be able to demonstrate significant experience gained whilst working in a busy financial or administrative function within a large organisation.

Benefits of working at Cambridge include:

Competitive rates of pay
Generous annual leave allowance of 40.5 days paid leave (including bank holidays);
Flexible and hybrid working opportunities;
Generous maternity, adoption and shared parental leave entitlement and other family friendly schemes (e.g.workplace nurseries and salary exchange schemes for childcare);
An auto-enrolment pension scheme, with a generous employer contribution;
Travel benefits and retail discounts at over 2,000 local and national stores;
Schemes to support with relocation / the provision of accommodation.

Temporary cover

This is a post to provide secondment cover post and is fixed-term until 30 June 2027 or the return of the post holder, whichever is the earlier.

Applications are welcome from internal candidates who would like to apply for the role on the basis of a secondment from their current role in the University.

Application Process

To apply online for this vacancy and to view further information about the role, please click 'Apply' above.

Closing Date

The closing date for applications is Tuesday 13 October 2026.

Contact Information

Informal enquiries about the post are welcomed. Enquiries regarding the role or application process should be directed to the HR Office on

hr-office@eng.cam.ac.uk

or 01223 332615.

Please quote reference NM51223 on your application and in any correspondence about this vacancy.

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