Te Ratonga Ahumoni | Financial Services

• Full-time at 37.5 hours per week (1 FTE)
• Continuing (i.e. permanent) position

Ä€u Mahi | What You Will Do

Financial Services is seeking an experienced, self-motivated Finance Administrator to join the Student Finance team. As the Finance Administrator, you will be responsible for providing a comprehensive accounts receivable service to customers, including reconciliation and reporting activities, while also providing financial and general administrative support to the wider Student Finance team.

Mōu | Who You Are

To be successful in the role you will have:

• 3+ years financial administration experience
• excellent organisational and communication skills, with the ability to establish and build working relationships with both internal and external stakeholders.
• a high level of accuracy and attention to detail to ensure compliance with policies and processes.
• The ability to use and support a wide variety of systems, for example, Oracle EBS, as well as experience using Microsoft Office applications, especially Excel and Outlook.

Mahi Ngātahi | Who You Will Work With

The purpose of our Financial Services team is to provide central procurement, accounting, business partnership, advice, process improvement, and processing of financial transactions. Everyone is making a difference to the University by helping shape and build a sustainable environment for our students.

For more information about our team, please visit us @

Ngā Painga o UC | Why UC

Tangata TÅ«, Tangata Ora - Engaged, Empowered, Making a Difference.

Based in Ōtautahi Christchurch, Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury stands for whanaungatanga - we value people and their differences, manaakitanga - we extend care and empower others, and tiakitanga - we will enhance and nurture our resources.

We are committed to accessible higher education, service to the community and the encouragement of talent without barriers of distance, wealth, class, gender or ethnicity. The University explicitly aims to produce graduates and support staff who are engaged with their communities, empowered to act for good and determined to make a difference in the world.

We offer a range of fantastic benefits including flexible work practices, study opportunities and generous superannuation and leave provisions. For more information, please visit us:

For more information about Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury, please visit

The closing date for this position is Sunday 3rd April 2022 (midnight, NZ time)

Please note applications will be reviewed after the close date.

PÄ“hea te tono mai | How You Apply

Applications for this position must be submitted on our and should include a cover letter and resume. Please note, we do not accept applications by email, however we are happy to answer your queries in relation to the application process, please forward these to

This role may require that you are, and remain, fully vaccinated against COVID-19, including any additional doses or boosters that become available, during your employment with the University of Canterbury.

Due to current border restrictions, you must have Aotearoa New Zealand or Australian citizenship/permanent residency to be considered for this role. If you hold a valid work visa and are physically present in New Zealand then you may also be considered.

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