Research Finance Officer

TN United Kingdom; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Ein etabliertes Unternehmen sucht einen Research Finance Officer, um das Team zu unterstützen. In dieser spannenden Rolle werden Sie mit internen und externen Stakeholdern zusammenarbeiten und wertvolle Einblicke in die Verwaltung von Forschungsanträgen bieten. Ihre Fähigkeiten in der Kommunikation und Organisation werden entscheidend sein, um qualitativ hochwertige Dienstleistungen zu erbringen. Das Unternehmen bietet eine hervorragende Work-Life-Balance mit flexiblen Arbeitsmodellen und einer marktführenden Altersvorsorge. Wenn Sie eine Leidenschaft für Forschung und Finanzen haben, ist dies die perfekte Gelegenheit für Sie.

Benefits

Marktführendes Pensionsschema

Mitarbeiterhilfeprogramm

Zusätzliche bezahlte Schließung über Weihnachten

Rabatte bei großen Einzelhändlern

Qualifications

• Starke Kommunikationsfähigkeiten zur Interaktion mit Stakeholdern.
• Hohe Genauigkeit und Aufmerksamkeit für Details in der Zahlenverarbeitung.

Responsibilities

• Unterstützung der Senior Research Finance Officers bei der Beratung von Stakeholdern.
• Verwaltung aller nachgelagerten Aufgaben für Forschungsanträge.

Skills

Kommunikationsfähigkeiten

Numerische Fähigkeiten

Kundenservice

Organisationsfähigkeiten

Anpassungsfähigkeit

Job description

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Research Finance sits within the Directorate of Finance and is responsible for managing annual research income of around £250 million from a portfolio of approx. 2,500 live research grants and contracts across the three University Faculties.

The Team

Research Finance team has approx. 70 employees, who manage all post award activities for all research grants and contracts. Our mission is to be true business partners to our research community providing exceptional guidance, support and insight and working collaboratively as ‘one team’ in delivering world class transformative research.

The Role

We are recruiting a Research Finance Officer to join our team.

The Research Finance Officer (SRFO) will be a member of the Research Finance Service Delivery Team.

Your primary responsibility is to assist Senior Research Finance Officers to business partner with our key internal and external stakeholders providing advice and guidance across all post award tasks and activities for research awards within a designated, non-fixed portfolio.

The Person

• Good communication skills, verbal and written, with the ability to communicate with a wide range of stakeholders
• Possess strong numeracy skills demonstrating accuracy and attention to detail
• Excellent customer service skills and the ability to deliver a high-quality and professional service
• Possess excellent organisational skills, with the ability to plan and prioritise a variety of work activities in a busy environment and meet strict deadlines
• A continued improvement mindset and capability to adapt processes to accommodate changes in research and higher education field

What you will get in return:

• Fantastic market leading Pension scheme
• Excellent employee health and wellbeing services including an Employee Assistance Programme
• Exceptional starting annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays
• Additional paid closure over the Christmas period
• Local and national discounts at a range of major retailers

Find out more about our organisation and values:

Research at The University of Manchester

Benefits of working at The University of Manchester

When completing the additional information section of your application, please ensure you make reference to the job description and person specification, as this will form an integral part of the shortlisting process.

As an equal opportunities employer we welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of age, sex, gender (or gender identity), ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation and transgender status. All appointments are made on merit.

Our University is positive about flexible working you can find out more here

Hybrid working arrangements may be considered.

Please note that we are unable to respond to enquiries, accept CVs or applications from Recruitment Agencies.

Any recruitment enquiries from recruitment agencies should be directed to [emailprotected] . Any CV’s submitted by a recruitment agency will be considered a gift.

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This vacancy will close for applications at midnight on the closing date.

Please see the link below for the Further Particulars document which contains the person specification criteria.