Senior Research Finance Officer

About us

The UCL Cancer Institute is the hub for cancer research at University College London, one of the World's leading universities. The Institute draws together over 400 talented scientists who are working together to translate research discoveries into developing kinder, more effective therapies for cancer patients.

The Cancer Institute includes the Cancer Research UK and UCL Cancer Trials Centre which is one of the largest cancer trials centres in the UK conducting multi-centre national and international phase III trials, feasibility studies and early phase I and II studies.

About the role

The Senior Research Finance Officer works with the Senior Research Finance Officer and the Research Finance Officer to provide an effective and pro-active service to Cancer Institute staff in accordance with strategic priorities and the University’s regulations, policies and procedures. They will work as an active part of the Cancer Institute Professional Services team to provide a joined-up and responsive service to the Institute community. The post-holder will support the Institute’s academic staff in preparing grant applications and will play a key role in managing the Institute’s broad research grants portfolio.

The postholder will also support the Institute Manager in implementing and maintaining a transparent research administration service for the Institute; to identify and promote new systems/processes for improvement.

Applications should include a CV and a Cover Letter: In the Cover Letter please evidence the essential and desirable criteria in the Person Specification part of the Job Description. (By including a Cover Letter, you can leave blank the “Why you have applied for this role” field in the application form, which is limited in the number of characters it will allow).

The position is available as a hybrid role with an expectation of 3 days on site per week.

About you

Applicants must be educated to degree level or equivalent and have experience of working in higher education or a similar research environment supporting research grant proposals. Experience of research project costing, including an understanding of full economic costing methodology and overhead recovery is essential, as is knowledge and experience of using electronic research management and finance system such as Worktribe, MyFinance and JeS.

The successful applicant will have demonstrable experience of working directly with academic staff in support of research project(s)/initiative(s), ideally withing a large and complex organisation. The Ability to work under pressure whilst maintaining close attention to detail and accuracy is essential. The applicant will have strong numeracy, analysis and problem-solving skills and a proven ability to provide financial information in a manner accessible to non-finance professionals.

Experience of liaising and interacting with the UK Research Councils and other major funding bodies is desirable.

What we offer

As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents we also offer some great benefits.

Please visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/rewards-and-benefits to find out more.

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

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