Programme Finance Officer (Grants & Recharges)

The Growth Company; Manchester; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

The Growth Company’s Business Growth Hub team in Manchester is seeking a Project Finance Officer to underpin accurate, timely financial administration across a mix of publicly funded and commercial programmes.

You will prepare, collate and verify financial data for grant claims, internal recharges and reconciliations, maintain audit-ready records, and support budgeting and management reporting.

Qualifications

• Experience in finance, administration or data-processing.
• Familiar with financial systems, databases and transactional processes.
• Basic understanding of financial processes and bookkeeping.
• Ability to work in a structured, regulated environment.

Responsibilities

• Administer internal recharge processes across multiple cost centres and funding streams.
• Process routine financial transactions (POs, invoices, journals, recharges) per procedures.
• Reconcile recharge data and financial transactions; escalate discrepancies.
• Prepare and submit funder claims and related financial data on time.
• Maintain accurate financial records across programmes for audit readiness.
• Support production of financial monitoring by extracting and formatting data.
• Maintain audit trails and store documentation per standards.
• Assist with budget preparation, forecasting and routine reporting.

Skills

Numerical accuracy

Attention to detail

Organisational skills

Communication skills

Data integrity & confidentiality

Education

Finance or accounting qualification or equivalent

Tools

Excel

Power BI

Financial systems

Job description

The Growth Company’s Business Growth Hub team in Manchester is seeking a Project Finance Officer to underpin accurate, timely financial administration across a mix of publicly funded and commercial programmes.

You will prepare, collate and verify financial data for grant claims, internal recharges and reconciliations, maintain audit-ready records, and support budgeting and management reporting.