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Job Title: Finance Officer, China

Reports to: China Operations Director

Location: Beijing

The Company

Since 1952, Cambridge Education Group (CEG) has been delivering the highest quality academic programmes, preparing thousands of students to progress onto the world’s leading universities.

Cambridge Education Group aims to be the undisputed customer service leader in the international education sector and to be recognised as such by its agents, partners and their clients, by the universities it works with and by its competitors. The objective is simple: to deliver exceptionally high standards of service in every single customer interaction.

The Group currently operates two different brands: ONCAMPUS – teaching foundation courses to university degrees on campuses in the UK, USA and mainland Europe, and CEG Digital, who work closely with partner universities, market and deliver part-time online and blended university programmes to students around the world, using cutting-edge technology, sector leading pedagogy and first-class support to provide an outstanding digital educational experience.

This role is part of ONCAMPUS.

Job Overview

The post holder is to be responsible and accountable for the finance function of China operation which requires regular reporting to the senior management, head office in the UK, and external vendors. This role is also required to provide regular support to China Sales & Marketing team to build an annual budget; be responsible for tracking and reporting to ensure China expense within budget including quarterly reforecasting; provide analytical support to sales team and senior management by generating accurate, insightful student recruitment and commercial reporting on the regular basis; and be responsible for incentive, bonus and commission payment process for the China market.

Key working relationships

- China Sales & Marketing Team

- Central Finance Team in the head office

- Commission Team in the HK office

- China external vendors

- Customers (Education agents and CEG students)

Job Description

The following section outlines a more detailed, but not exhaustive, description of the duties pertinent to this post.

Key Responsibilities

Book-keeping Management

• To process staff expenses claim and supplier invoices, checking for accuracy, authorisation, reasonableness and to ensure that these are correctly authorised and coded prior to payment being made
• Compliance check on suppliers’ contract before signing
• To pro-actively chase non-returned tax invoices and ensure correctly logged and queries addressed
• To ensure prompt and accurate payment of staff/supplier accounts on time through electronic banking means and cheque/cash as appropriate and to advise staff/suppliers of payment as appropriate
• To answer queries from colleagues particularly invoice approvers, Central Finance Team and S&M team
• To ensure all outgoing payments are correctly recorded
• To reconcile the cash book to bank statements on a regular basis and clear up any differences and unusual or old reconciling items
• Month end bank reconciliations
• Prepare and submit monthly finance report to Central Finance Team
• Prepare cash journal and provide source document to accounting firm every month so as to make financial reports, and answer queries from accountant
• Prepare and submit monthly fund request to Central Finance Team and ensure fund is paid on time
• Submit requested document as per bank requirement to complete foreign exchange settlement and allocate adequate fund between WFOE and Beijing branch accounts
• Purchase office stationery, pay telephone/mobile bill every month and perform other ad-hoc task and duties as assigned.

Budget and Expense Reporting

• Responsible for China annual budget reporting and tracking.
• Work closely with each department to build an annual budget.
• Responsible for tracking and reporting to ensure actuals are within agreed budget including quarterly reforecasting.
• Build the budget process to create a robust bottom up budget for both OPEX and CAPEX for China operation.

Financial data analysis

• Provide analytical support to sales team and senior management by generating accurate, insightful regular student recruitment and financial reporting in terms of agents/market, so as to drive the business growth for the China market.
• Ad hoc reporting

Agent payment service

• Follow the incentive, bonus and commission payment process including but not limited to due diligence check to ensure the required agent service is achieved.

Person Specification

Essential requirements:

• Accuracy and attention to detail

• Ability to work unsupervised
• Ability to keep accurate records and to track information
• Have a clear analytical mind

• Have good Excel skills and analytical skills

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills verbal, written and electronic

• Be team player
• Good level of written and spoken English
• Problem-solving abilities
• Meets deadlines
• Demonstrates a capability to balance competing demands
• Have the presence and authority to communicate clearly and confidently with both internal and external customers
• Have experience of working in a fast-paced environment with strong customer focus
• Have an appetite for the challenges of a rapidly changing environment, as the Group continues to grow.

Motivation

• Is proactive rather than reactive in approach
• Takes responsibility and ownership for work issues and sees jobs through to completion
• Implements improvements to work processes and practices within his/her remit
• Understands group goals and direction and sets own priorities accordingly

Education

• Educated to degree level is a pre-requisite for this role.
• Studies in accounting, business, finance, or related field would be preferred.
• Other applicants need to demonstrate an interest and passion for this type of role and will be considered.

Since 1952, Cambridge Education Group has been delivering the highest quality academic, creative and English Language programmes, preparing thousands of students to progress onto the world’s leading universities.
We offer a wide range of options across our portfolio of global centres, each with its own unique features and qualities, enabling us to meet our students’ demands as required.
Whatever students aspire to, whichever college, school or centre they choose, Cambridge Education Group promises excellent teaching, premium facilities and the personal service our students demand. Our students are central to everything that we do.
Ensuring our students’ happiness both personally and academically through regular Personal Tutor sessions with an extensive support network is key.
We teach our students to work hard and smart with Higher Education advice on the best degree or university for each individual.
It is our focus on quality at every stage - and the outstanding success of our students - that has made us one of the fastest growing independent education providers in the world.
ONCAMPUS, offers high quality pathway programmes on a university campus for undergraduate and postgraduate degree study. Offering a wide choice of subject pathways, ONCAMPUS is proud to work in partnership with some of the world's leading universities in the UK, USA and mainland Europe, to ensure students are well prepared for their degree studies.

英国剑桥教育集团（Cambridge Education Group）成立于1952年，总部位于英国剑桥。集团致力于帮助学生升读国际优秀大学，目前在英国、美国和欧洲都有校区，提供多种高品质课程。
集团旗下国际预科品牌ONCAMPUS是英国众多大学桥梁课程教育机构中的领军者。作为英国***家提供大学预科课程的教育机构，自1985年以来，国际预科便与多所英国、欧洲和美国大学合作，共同开设面向国际学生的高品质大学预科课程，每年帮助数百名学生成功升读国际顶尖大学。