View Vacancy -- Finance Manager LMS 2069

Open Date
07/02/2022, 11:00
Close Date
05/03/2023, 23:55
MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences

The London Institute of Medical Sciences (LMS) is a Medical Research Council funded research institute at the Hammersmith Hospital campus (London W12) of Imperial College London, with around 400 biomedical researchers undertaking multidisciplinary and internationally leading science.

 

UK Research and Innovation is a new entity that brings together nine partners to create an independent organisation with a strong voice for research and innovation, more information can be found at www.ukri.org

MRC - 3
London
£40,016 - £46,643 (plus London allowance £3,727 + £1,402) per annum
Permanent
Administration & Management
Full Time

Purpose of the Post

Provide dedicated finance expertise, insight and business partnering to UKRI-MRC, working closely with stakeholders to add financial awareness to decision making, and deliver outcomes that are in line with Council and UKRI priorities. 

Key Responsibilities


Leadership / teamwork / collaboration

  • Build & maintain strong working relationships with a range of internal and external stakeholders. Provide insight and advice to promote and support the effective financial management of programmes
  • Support effective longer-term decision-making and deliver outcomes in line with Council/UKRI priorities
  • Understand the dependencies, challenges and opportunities across the different funding streams available to LMS
  • Identify and realise opportunities for improvement, change and efficiency within Finance, strengthening internal controls & financial analysis and streamlining processes
  • Promote a culture of teamwork, supporting Finance colleagues to deliver effectively for stakeholders
  • Work with colleagues to ensure the Finance team provides relevant and accurate financial information, advice and constructive challenge
  • Deputise for Head of Finance as required

Delivery / programmes / projects / process

  • Support the Finance team to deliver effective financial support and partnering
  • Work with direct reports to focus on ‘value-add’ activity
  • Understand the regulations, opportunities and limits of all relevant funding streams and ensure income and expenditure is accounted for & reported accurately and appropriately
  • Ensure compliance with UKRI, BEIS and HMG financial controls
  • Be responsible for internal & external reporting, from monthly management accounts to UKRI corporate returns. Have oversight of grant applications and reporting, working collaboratively with Imperial College colleagues
  • Review and approve/ sign-off monthly reporting activities/ processes, including journals, expenses, requisitions and recharge calculations
  • Lead on asset verification, capitalisation and reporting
  • Work with senior stakeholders to prepare and maintain business plans and business cases

Other

This job description is intended to provide a broad outline of the main duties and responsibilities only.  The postholder will need to be flexible in developing the role in conjunction with their line manager.  The postholder may be asked to carry out other delegated duties or tasks is in line with the post.

 

Education / Qualifications / Training required (will be assessed from application form):

Essential

  • Qualified Accountant (ACA/CIMA/ACCA/CIPFA)

Desirable

  • Degree-level education

Knowledge and experience (will be assessed from application form and at interview):

Essential

  • Strong understanding of accounting and finance and demonstrable experience of delivering effective financial management & reporting
  • Extensive experience of financial modelling & controls
  • Demonstrable experience of month- and year-end financial processes
  • Demonstrable experience of working as a valued business partner, enabling the delivery of organisational objectives through supporting others
  • Experience in providing high-quality written/ oral advice, appropriate to senior level decision-makers
  • Proven experience in the preparation of complex budgets, forecasts and financial plans
  • Familiarity with the role of governance, risk management and assurance in project delivery

Desirable

  • Knowledge of UK Government / Research Council / University sector financial management, including grant management
  • Experience with Oracle IT system
  • Experience of processes involved in IT system implementations
  • An understanding of FEC or TRAC costing methodology

 

Personal skills/behaviours/qualities (will be assessed and at interview):

Essential

  • Ability to quickly build relationships with senior stakeholders and influence them with impact
  • Ability to become a credible partner, with confidence to challenge any level of decision-maker
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills
  • Good IT skills, including excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Excel
  • Personal resilience and a confident approach, able to proactively engage with stakeholders to resolve issues
  • Ability to respond calmly under pressure and make impartial, well-considered judgements in complex situations
  • Good organisational skills: able to manage and prioritise own and others’ workloads
  • Able to meet deadlines, but also respond to ad hoc queries in a timely manner

Desirable

  • Ability to lead with authenticity and support a team effectively, whilst driving & embedding change

Please upload your CV and cover letter describing why you are applying for this role (providing evidence against the requirements as per the job description and person specification) and names and contacts of two references. 

Please quote reference number: LMS 2069

The MRC is a great place to work and progress your career, be it in scientific research or the support functions.The MRC is a unique working environment where our researchers are rewarded by world class innovation and collaboration opportunities that the MRC name brings. The MRC is an excellent place to develop yourself further and a range of training & development opportunities will be available to you, including professional registration with the Science Council.

Choosing to come to work at the MRC (part of UKRI) means that you will have access to a whole host of benefits from a defined benefit pension scheme and excellent holiday entitlement to access to employee shopping/travel discounts and salary sacrifice cycle to work scheme, as well as the chance to put the MRC and UKRI on your CV in the future.

Our success is dependent upon our ability to embrace diversity and draw on the skills, understanding and experience of all our people. We welcome applications from all sections of the community irrespective of gender, race, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sexual orientation, disability or age. As "Disability Confident" employers, we guarantee to interview all applicants with disabilities who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy.

UKRI supports research in areas that include animal health, agriculture and food security, and bioscience for health which includes research on animals, genetic modification and stem cell research. Whilst you may not have direct involvement in this type of research, you should consider whether this conflicts with your personal values or beliefs.

We will conduct a full and comprehensive pre-employment check as an essential part of the recruitment process on all individuals that are offered a position with UKRI. This will include a security check and an extreme organisations affiliation check.  The role holder will be required to have the appropriate level of security screening/vetting required for the role.  UKRI reserves the right to run or re-run security clearance as required during the course of employment.

This opportunity is closed to applications.