R&I Special Projects Finance Officer

About the Role

This post sits within the Joint Research Management Office Pre-Award team working closely with the Doctoral College (DC), Central Finance and the R&I Executive Office teams. The post holder will be primarily located in the JRMO office at Dept W, along with the Doctoral college at Mile End. This role will be crucial in providing support to our Academic, Clinical and Professional Service colleagues providing expertise and specialist advice in all financial matters for internal funding streams, non-research projects and Doctoral Training Partnerships (DTP's).

About You

The post holder will be expected to guide and support other colleagues within the JRMO, DC, R&I executive office along with consulting with Central Finance. They will provide complete financial oversight for various funding streams, including Impact Acceleration Awards, DTP's and provide support with Flexible Research Funding and Higher Education Innovation Funding administration. You will be using both Agresso and Worktribe systems, Costing Internal funding streams, and processing for approval. Able to cost both research and non-research projects, adhere to funder and scheme terms and conditions. Whilst also providing advice on terms and conditions, allowable cost, financial planning and QMUL financial regulations. They will also be involved in project and budget setup.

They will also be:

• Invoicing funders and monitoring spend
• Reviewing and providing monthly actual and committed spend reports for awardees, and income reporting to management
• Managing the process for special project setup, reviewing any gaps in the process and proposing solutions
• Attending quarterly reconciliation meetings
• Responsible for closing projects down at the end of the project lifecycle
• Carry out responsibilities with due regard to the QM’s Equal Opportunities & Health & Safety Policies
• To undertake any other duties as may be reasonable expected by the line manager or Head of Department.

About the Department

The JRMO manages research and supports researchers across the medical and non-medical sectors of Queen Mary University of London and Barts Health NHS Trust. This includes service provision for costing, pricing, and contracting, financial and regulatory compliance.

About Queen Mary

At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.

Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.

We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.

Benefits

We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, campus facilities and flexible working arrangements.

Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.

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