Please note this role is known internally as 'Finance Technician'
Whether you’re talking about length, mass, time, temperature, electric current, amount or the brightness of light, the National Physical Laboratory sets the standards by which these things are all measured. Our range of products and services need to be commercially viable. At NPL, we touch ordinary lives in extraordinary ways and you could too?
We have an exciting opportunity available to join the collaborative and friendly Management Accounting team, working alongside the Finance Business Partner and Assistant Finance Managers, you'll assist with five departments and their reporting and to provide administrative and accounting support. This is a fixed term contract role for up to 15 months.
What you'll be doing:
* Providing administrative and accounting support - month-end processing and accounting, preparing grant claims and audits, setting up project groups and closures
* Leading on running reports, time and expense transfers, invoicing and journals whilst supporting with budget and quarterly forecasts.
* Liaising with Group Leaders and Project Managers and offering proactive support.
* You'll also have the opportunity to support with ad-hoc projects, this could expand your knowledge in a finance team that’s always evolving.
We are now working in a hybrid way, with a mix of remote and office working. We strive to offer a great work life balance - if you are looking for full time, part time or flexible options, we will try to make this work where business possible. This will be dependent on the kind of role you do and part of the business you work in.