ERP-Finance Lead (High Temperature Research Centre)

Role Summary

The University of Birmingham’s High Temperature Research Centre (HTRC) is a new, purpose-built £40 million, 5,800m2 facility enabling production scale research and experimentation to deliver rapid high-quality product and process innovation in casting.

Reporting to the HTRC Operations Director, the post holder will facilitate use of the HTRC Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Manufacturing Execution system (MES), to support setup and tracking of projects both with and for project teams, reporting required information to the University finance team for invoicing and support project teams in tracking resource usage against budget. They will use the information to support the Centre Management Team in preparation and tracking of the annual operating budget. Additionally, the successful candidate will assist users in operating and administering the ERP and MES systems, prepare manufacturing plans, and maintain operational reports, to aid the HTRC operations team to transact processes optimally.

Main Duties

The post holder will:

• Provide key user operation and front-line administration of the HTRC Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system to set up, record and report on research and development project use of the Centre’s Process Hall facilities and resources.
• Prepare and provide reports of research project usage of facilities and materials to the university financial teams and to check correct apportionment of costs within the HTRC accounts.
• Assist other users in the operation and administration of the ERP and MES system.
• Prepare manufacturing plans using the Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP) within the ERP system.
• Ensure that the materials required to fulfil the manufacturing plan are available for operations.
• Prepare and maintain operational reports from the data derived from the MES system.

This role will involve:

• Setting up projects within ERP, launching into MRP plans and tracking and reporting against milestones in support of Operations: 
  • Inputting bills of materials, routes and resources in to the ERP system for new projects
  • Updating and amending bills of materials, routes and resources in to the ERP system for active projects

Required Knowledge, Skills, Qualifications, Experience

• Educated to A level or equivalent, GCSE passes in English and Mathematics
• A further qualification in accounting is desirable
• Experience of Enterprise Resource Planning and Manufacturing Resource Planning software or financial control and reporting, preferably in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience in the use of Microsoft Dynamics (AX 2012).

DBS required 

Pre-employment DBS

The University is committed to safeguarding and we promote safe recruitment practice, therefore all associated pre-employment checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. Due to the nature of the work undertaken in this role all successful applicants will be subject to a satisfactory DBS clearance prior to appointment.

BPSS Required

Due to the nature of the work undertaken in this role, all successful applicants will be subject to a BPSS check prior to appointment.

Informal enquiries to Ben Goodyer, ben.goodyer@htrc.bham.ac.uk

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