Senior Research Finance Assistant (105000-0525)

University of Warwick; Coventry; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Part time

Job summary

The University of Warwick seeks a Senior Research Finance Assistant to manage research projects while ensuring accurate claims and invoices. The ideal candidate will possess an AAT qualification and advanced Excel skills. Join a dynamic finance team that supports growth and offers professional development opportunities.

Benefits

Pension scheme

26 days holiday plus Christmas closure

Learning and development opportunities

Savings on a range of products and services

Generous parental leave policy

Onsite childcare facilities

Qualifications

• Relevant practical accounting qualification such as AAT.
• Highly proficient in Microsoft Excel with advanced functions.
• Ability to build good working relationships.

Responsibilities

• Managing a portfolio of externally funded research projects.
• Ensuring completeness and accuracy of claims and invoices.
• Working independently and without supervision.

Skills

Excellent customer service

Building relationships

Communication

Education

AAT qualification

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Senior Research Finance Assistant (105000-0525)

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About The Role

For informal enquiries, please contact Andrea Simpson (Finance Manager) [e-mail]

We will consider applications for employment on a part-time or other flexible working basis, even where a position is advertised as full-time, unless there are operational or other objective reasons why it is not possible to do so.

An existing opportunity has arisen to join the Research Finance team as a Senior Research Finance Assistant.

You will be responsible for managing a portfolio of externally funded research and research related projects from acceptance to closure including identifying and maintaining action plans to deal with issues on projects and ensuring the completeness and accuracy of claims and invoices. Post holders will be expected to work independently and without supervision for much of the time.

You will hold a relevant practical accounting qualification such as AAT and be highly proficient in use of Microsoft Excel (Advance level) with the ability to use the following excel functions: - pivots, vlookups, sumifs, ifs, and conditional formatting.

You will have excellent customer service ethos with the ability to build good working relationships with stakeholders (particularly those in academic departments) through close communication and information sharing, and collaborative working.

The University Finance Office supports business planning and innovation to maximise the financial resources available to the University and create the long-term sustainable financial platform required for future growth. Finance staff across the University are networked as a professional community of expertise. You will be supported to continue your professional journey through access to Continuing Professional Development training opportunities, sector networks and regular Finance Office briefings.

The role is campus based however staff can opt to work under the Finance Office’s current hybrid policy where a maximum of 40% of time (2 days per week for full-time staff, typically Tuesday and Friday) can be worked remotely. This is subject to review and operational requirements. Whilst in the induction phase you’ll be required to work 100% in the office. Further details are available on request or at interview stage.

For further information about The Finance Office and the opportunities available, please visit our website.

Interview Date: To be confirmed

Start Date: To be confirmed

About You

You will hold a relevant practical accounting qualification such as AAT and be highly proficient in use of Microsoft Excel (Advance level) with the ability to use the following excel functions: - pivots, vlookups, sumifs, ifs, and conditional formatting.

You will have excellent customer service ethos with the ability to build good working relationships with stakeholders (particularly those in academic departments) through close communication and information sharing, and collaborative working.

For further information regarding the skills required for this role please see the personal specification section of the attached job description.

About The Department

The University Finance Office supports business planning and innovation to maximise the financial resources available to the University and create the long-term sustainable financial platform required for future growth. Finance staff across the University are networked as a professional community of expertise. You will be supported to continue your professional journey through access to Continuing Professional Development training opportunities, sector networks and regular Finance Office briefings.

The role is campus based however staff can opt to work under the Finance Office’s current hybrid policy where a maximum of 40% of time (2 days per week for full-time staff, typically Tuesday and Friday) can be worked remotely. This is subject to review and operational requirements. Whilst in the induction phase you’ll be required to work 100% in the office. Further details are available on request or at interview stage.

For further information about The Finance Office and the opportunities available, please visit our website.

About The University

Born in the 60s with a mindset of boldness, imagination and collaboration, the University of Warwick is a world-leading research-intensive university with the highest academic and research standards. We’re one of the world’s top universities, ranked 67th in the world and 10th in the UK*, with 92% of our research assessed to be ‘world leading or internationally excellent’**.

You'll be joining a diverse, innovative and globally connected community committed to igniting real world progress. Here at Warwick, we offer you opportunities to follow your ambitions as long as you bring the energy and determination to succeed.

• QS World University Rankings 2024
• Research Excellence Framework 2021
  
  

To find out more about us visit our website.

How to Apply

Please Apply Through The Following Link

Uniperms | Senior Research Finance Assistant

What we Offer

We will provide you with a great range of benefits, which include an attractive pension scheme, 26 days holiday plus Christmas closure, excellent learning and development opportunities, and savings on a wide range of products and services. We offer a generous maternity/paternity/adoption/parental leave policy, and onsite childcare facilities.

We recognise the importance of a healthy work/life balance and offer you access to flexible working, for more information click here.

We are proud to say that we are a Living Wage employer.

Our Commitment to Inclusion

Warwick is committedto building an organisation ofmutual respectanddignity, promoting awelcoming, diverse, and inclusive workingand learning environment. We recognise that everyone is different in a variety of visible and non-visible ways, and that those differences are to berecognised, respected, and valued. Where possible, we go beyond legislation to provide a place where everyone can thrive, supporting all staff to achieve their full potential. We aspire to remove economic, social, and cultural barriers that may otherwise prevent people from succeeding.

We therefore welcome and encourage applications from all communities regardless of culture, background, age, disability, sex/gender, gender identity or expression, ethnicity, religion/belief, or sexual or romantic orientation. To find out more about our social inclusion work at Warwick visit our webpageshere.

The University currently holds aRace Equality Charter Bronze Award,Athena Swan Sliver Awardand aDisability Smart Bronze Award.Further information on all of the University's Awards and Accreditations can be found here. The University of Warwick is also one of the six founder institutions of theEUTOPIA European University Alliance.

Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS)

The University of Warwick is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all those we work with.

In line with the DBS Code of Practice, the successful candidates for any roles involving regulated activity, will be subject to a DBS check at the appropriate level. The University will take all necessary measures to ensure that any individual subject to a barring order does not undertake any work with the barred group specified (i.e. children and/or adults).

We expect all employees, volunteers, and partners to share our commitment to safeguarding.

Rehabilitation of Ex-Offenders

The University undertakes not to discriminate against anyone who makes a disclosure relating to a conviction. The information disclosed at application stage is only visible to the central DBS team (i.e. not recruiting managers) to ensure there is no bias during the shortlisting process.

Job Description

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Right to Work in the UK

We wish to advise applicants that this role is not eligible for sponsorship for a Skilled Worker visa. If you do not yet have the right to work in the UK you will need to check the UK Government Website to see if you are eligible to obtain the right to work in the UK through one of the other UK immigration routes before you make your application.

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