Post Award Research Finance Manager

About the Role

This role will be responsible for the post award administration of research grants/contracts for all 3 faculties with an annual turnover in excess of £150 million. This role requires specialised knowledge of the HEI’s research funding sector and will ensure that the financial and contractual management of all awards are performed at the highest level. The post holder will directly line manage two Assistant Managers, with the wider team including four Research Finance Officers and 2 Research Finance Assistants ensuring that sponsor and college policies and procedures are adhered to.

About you

As a senior member of the Research Finance Team, the post-holder will lead a team of eight staff to provide professional services with respect to a range of financial and partnership management, including project and budget set-up, project staff and student appointment authorisation and compliance to funder and organisational terms and conditions.

You will have experience in UK HEI Research Administration, particularly in Post Award Finance. Extensive knowledge of the accounting, reporting and financial compliance for all UK major research funders, as well as EC and US Government

This high profile, proactive, and specialised role will act as a key contact point in order to deliver a superior level of service to both internal and external customers. Above all the post-holder will have a keen desire to meet targets and deadlines and to pursue excellence in all that they do and to look for continuous development and personal growth.

About the Department

The Joint Research Management Office (JRMO) supports researchers across Queen Mary, University of London and Bart’s Health NHS Trust.

Our highly trained team is on hand to support a diverse range of research activities, from getting a project off the ground to ensuring its smooth running and future development. The team members
understand where their work fits into the strategic plans and goals of the organisations.

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, flexible working arrangements, and campus facilities.

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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