management accountant Twickenham, England
Job description
The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) is funded by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC). We work in partnership with the NHS, universities, local government, other research funders, patients, and the public. The NIHR funds, enables, and delivers world-leading health and social care research that improves people's health and wellbeing and promotes economic growth. We are also a major funder of applied health research in low- and middle-income countries.
DHSC contracts directly with a number of NHS Trusts, universities and life science organisations that together host our two coordinating centres:
- NIHR Coordinating Centre (NIHRCC), hosted by Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, the University of Southampton, and LGC.
- Clinical Research Network Coordinating Centre (CRNCC), hosted by a consortium of the University of Leeds and Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust.
These two coordinating centres share operational responsibility for the NIHR. Their work is directed by DHSC’s Chief Scientific Adviser and by the Director and Senior Management Team of DHSC's Science Research and Evidence Directorate.
To support the Finance Team with accounting and reporting for GMG operational finances and DHSC award finances. The postholder will assist in a wide range of areas of finance from preparing reports and processing transactions to assisting answering queries from diverse sources and maintaining process documentation.
Candidates must have excellent attention to detail and an ambition to follow a career in finance. The role is heavily weighted toward financial planning & analysis in a project and contract context. Great communication skills and ease with business partnering is therefore highly desirable. Experience of working within a finance department and/or in a grant management environment would be an advantage.
What you’ll do
- Assessing funding applications against pre-defined eligibility criteria and supporting finance contract negotiations
- Analysing financial data to create timetabled and ad-hoc reports
- Finance contract monitoring, including payment profiling, maintaining schedules in a timely manner, and resolution of data quality issues
- Timely and reliable response to queries from programme staff, contractors, customers and other stakeholders on financial aspects of applications and funded research
- Effective business partnering to obtain relevant information for forecasting purposes
- Assisting research funding and committee expense payment processes as required
- Maintenance of Excel-based tools, relevant accounting schedules and systems
- Opportunities to support a varied range of internal finance processes, projects and continuous improvement activities
- Ad-hoc support to finance management and any other reasonable tasks required by line management
Excellent computer skills: fully conversant in MS Office (Excel in particular)- Highly numerate and strong analytical skills
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Experience of accounting systems and processes would be beneficial
Additional Information
ABOUT LGC:
LGC is a leading, global life science tools company, providing mission-critical components and solutions into high-growth application areas across the human healthcare and applied market segments. Its high-quality product portfolio is comprised of mission-critical tools for genomic analysis and for quality assurance applications, which are typically embedded and recurring within our customers’ products and workflows and are valued for their performance, quality, and range.
OUR VALUES
- PASSION
- CURIOSITY
- INTEGRITY
- BRILLIANCE
- RESPECT
EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES
LGC strongly believes that every job applicant and employee should be valued for their individual talents regardless of age, disability, race, color, ethnic or national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, religion, or belief. Short listing, interviewing and selection will always be carried out without regard to gender, sexual orientation, marital status, color, race, nationality, ethnic or national origins, religion or belief, age, or trade union membership.
For more information about LGC, please visit our website www.lgcgroup.com
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