Academic Finance Partner - External Funding & Budgets

University of Sheffield; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Sheffield is seeking a proactive finance professional to provide financial information and advice across Schools and Faculty. You will support external funding administration and help improve financial processes within the Faculty.

The role involves collaborating with non-financial academic colleagues and Finance teams to ensure accurate financial management and reporting across a range of activities and projects.

Qualifications

• A hardworking, pro-active hands-on finance professional
• Someone comfortable getting involved with various areas of University finance relating to Schools and faculty
• Someone who is happy working with both non-financial academic colleagues as well as finance colleagues.

Responsibilities

• The provision of financial information and advice, drawing on a sound proven understanding of central operations
• Ensuring external funding achieves the objectives specified by the sponsor’s terms and conditions
• Operational understanding of specific School and /or faculty practices with the objective of helping improve the efficiency of financial administration within the Faculty.

Job description

University of Sheffield is seeking a proactive finance professional to provide financial information and advice across Schools and Faculty. You will support external funding administration and help improve financial processes within the Faculty.

The role involves collaborating with non-financial academic colleagues and Finance teams to ensure accurate financial management and reporting across a range of activities and projects.