Research Finance Officer - Manchester, United Kingdom - The University of Manchester

The University of Manchester

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Manchester, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

About Research Finance (RF)

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 three Research Finance Officers 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 highquality 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 continues 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

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.

Any CV's submitted by a recruitment agency will be considered a gift.

Enquiries about the vacancy, shortlisting and interviews:

Name:
Malcolm Spencer

General enquiries:

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