Finance Administrator (Online Students)

We are currently seeking a Finance Administrator to work within the University’s Finance team, contributing to the smooth running of the sales ledgers and credit control processes with a particular focus on student finance for our online students.

 

Within this role the successful candidate will be responsible for maintaining the student finance sales ledger together with carrying out credit control procedures, alongside performing other sales related reconciliations and tasks on a rota-basis. They will need to provide administrative support in relation to completing funding paperwork from various funding streams.

 

Our finance team is established with around twenty team members, this varied role offers a great opportunity to join a close knit, skilled team in an excellent working environment.

The ideal candidate for this role will be accurate, conscientious, efficient, hard-working, and able to manage their own workload, while also working alongside colleagues within the team in a collaborative manner. As well as these core qualities, you’ll have excellent IT skills; specifically MS Excel as well as excellent numeracy and communication skills.

 

You will have the ability to tailor verbal and written communications to ensure that information is understood by all parties, as most of our communication to our online students, is carried out via email.

 

We are looking to hear from candidates who have the following skills/experience:

 

For further details on the skills/experience required for this role, please see the full job description above.

 

This is a permanent, full time, 35 hours a week position across Monday-Friday.

 

We can offer a hybrid working arrangement for this role with a mix of on-campus/home working each week with a minimum of three days a week to be on-campus based in Falmouth.

 

If you are looking to have an informal discussion about the vacancy ahead of applying, please email Ellen Solley, Manager of Student Finance: [email protected].

 

The closing date for the position is Monday 24 November 2025.

Interviews will be held week commencing 8 December 2025.

For more than 120 years, Falmouth University has been a hub of creative and technological education and change. We are Cornwall’s University, a strong local and anchor institution within its defining rural and coastal community.

Our mission is to deliver exceptional higher education and research, harnessing the fusion of creativity and technology as foundations of the future economy. We use our knowledge and expertise in these disciplines to generate positive and sustainable opportunities for all.

 

In return for your hard work and commitment, we offer excellent benefits, including: