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Circa: Salary - Salary Plan, 32,290.00 GBP Annual (Prorated: 23,064.75) Join our Financial Operations Team as a Finance Assistant in this part-time position (4 days a week, 25 hours per week), where you'll play a vital role supporting our sales invoicing and accounts receivable operations. Reporting to the Financial Operations Manager, you'll be responsible for processing financial information accurately while meeting monthly reporting deadlines. This is fixed term position of up to 12-months covering maternity leave. In this role, you will: Review and prepare sales invoices for customers across multiple sales platforms. Assess sales orders for approval, ensuring they contain the correct accounting information, and have applied the correct VAT treatment. Manage the customer refund process. Support all internal RSC sales administrators with any queries. Assist with any financial reporting required by the finance team or the wider RSC. Communicate with internal and external stakeholders to resolve queries. Assist in the review of the sales ledger. Monitor the shared sales invoicing mailbox and respond to all queries and requests. What we are looking for: Essential: A good understanding of double-entry accounting. Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office (Outlook, Excel, Word). A clear understanding of key procedures in the Finance Department, and able to explain these to stakeholders and ensure that they are always adhered to. Able to work to the requirements of detailed daily, weekly, and monthly accounting cycles and deadlines ensuring that internal and external customers’ needs are met. Desirable: Knowledge of Accounting Systems (Oracle NetSuite). Knowledge of VAT treatment for international sales. At the RSC we embrace flexibility and offer hybrid working, which means our teams come together when they need to collaborate. Although this role is contractually based at our Cambridge office, you will be able to work from home within the UK, with the expectation that you will attend the office on an ad-hoc basis. You will be required to attend the office more regularly during your induction period. If you need flexible working arrangements, please outline this in your application. If you are interested in this role, please apply before the end of the closing date. When applying, you will need to provide an up-to-date CV and supporting statement (in no more than 500 words) telling us about your relevant knowledge, skills and competencies and why you are applying for this role. About the RSC We are a thriving international community of over 60,000 members in 125 countries, an internationally renowned publisher of high-quality chemical science knowledge and the professional body for chemists in the UK, with a reputation as an influential champion for the chemical sciences. Our purpose is ‘to advance excellence in the chemical sciences’. Benefits We promote a healthy work/life balance and flexible working options. Our benefits package includes: 26 days’ paid holiday per annum plus bank holidays. Pension plan with up to 12% employer contributions (depending upon your contribution). Life assurance at 3 times basic annual salary. Enhanced parental paternity leave. Paid volunteering days. Visit our Work For Us website to learn more about us, our benefits, equal opportunities statement and inclusive culture pledge. At the RSC, we recognise the benefits of a diverse workforce and welcome applicants from a range of backgrounds to apply. We particularly encourage applications from disabled and ethnic minority candidates. As a part of the Disability Confident Scheme, we endeavour, where possible, to offer an interview to candidates meeting the essential criteria of the role, who has a substantial physical/mental impairment which impacts their ability to carry out day-to-day tasks. We are committed to making our recruitment processes accessible to all and as part of this, we are flexible in the ways we give and receive information. If you would like to apply using a different format, please contact the Recruitment Team at jobs@rsc.org or on +44 (0) 1223 432229 and we will do our best to put any reasonable adjustments in place. If you have any questions, please contact us at jobs@rsc.org Being part of the Royal Society of Chemistry is to be at the heart of a dedicated, forward-thinking and passionate collection of people. You’ll find opportunities to work in publishing, membership, sales, marketing, communications, technology and finance, community outreach, and many others. Everything we do, no matter the area, is to support a global scientific community. The groups we work with are exceptionally diverse – from teachers, scientists and academics, librarians and corporates to politicians and the public. If you share our passion and would like to join us, please submit an application for an opportunity you are interested in. You will also be able to keep track of your progress in the selection process and new postings here. Thank you for your interest in joining the Royal Society of Chemistry! We are a Disability Confident Committed Employer