Finance Officer (Maternity Cover)

Location: South Kensington and White City Campus

About the role:

Do you have experience in Accounts Payable/ Receivable function? Would you be interested in career development via a fresh challenge through exposure to Faculty Finance?

The Faculty of Natural Sciences is recruiting a Finance Officer to cover for maternity leave.

The role supports the smooth and efficient running of the Academic Departments of Chemistry and Life Sciences and assists staff and students with day-to-day financial management.

You will support the Senior Finance Officer in advising and training academic, research, and support staff on College financial procedures and work closely with HR and Research Services counterparts to ensure an efficient and professional service delivery.

What you would be doing:

You will be responsible for maintaining strong expenditure and income controls and records to ensure auditable oversight of departmental finances, including the following activities:

• Check and approve expense claims and oversee Academic Departments’ expenditure control processes
• Check and approve purchase orders above a minimum threshold and up to an agreed amount
• Delete and amend purchase orders according to the College timetable
• Progress complex orders, payments, transfers etc. where required
• Support the Senior Finance Officer to open and close accounts as requested
• Refer invoice queries as appropriate to relevant staff within the departments and track progress
• Process journals as required and maintain supporting documentation as an audit trail for each journal
• Recharge Research Groups for central services on a monthly basis
• Support the Senior Finance Officer to create and maintain expenditure and income control mechanisms for departments
• Raise income invoice requests as required
• Maintain and develop Departmental finance records and databases
• Assist as required with processing of bursaries
• Support the Senior Finance Officer with ad-hoc analysis and planning
• Provide support to other Finance Clusters within Natural Sciences in times of absence and at peak times.

What we are looking for:

You will bring your experience and knowledge from Accounts Payable and Billing tasks at Imperial as the solid foundation upon which you will develop new skills and gain experience in an Academic and Research Department.

What we can offer you:

We will support you in building further skills and gaining valuable exposure to the business within two world-leading Academic and Research Departments.

Further Information

This is a full time, fixed term maternity cover, expected to be until 28 February 2026.

Applicants for the role must submit a half page written statement, explaining your interest and fit to the requirements of the role along with CV.

For informal queries please contact:

Jatinder Sahote, Senior Finance Officer j.sahote@imperial.ac.uk

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