Full time, Permanent, Temporary Cranfield £48,760 to £58,664 per annum Ref No: IPRS7491 Our client has a position for a full time Research Monitoring and Claims Accountant, initially offered as a temporary role, likely to become permanent. The role is hybrid working with 2 days per week in the office. You will need to be a CCAB or CIMA Qualified Accountant with experience in a large complex organisation or higher education institution.
Responsibilities
* Produce all invoices and claims on post‑award research, consultancy and large project accounting.
* Prepare for and deal with contract audits, reviewing contract progress and highlighting variances and issues.
* Assist with the financial budgeting and forecasting of research, consultancy and large project income and expenditure.
* Ensure that staff reporting into this post are customer focused and follow the principals of “enabling”, “delivering” and “assuring” in their day‑to‑day duties.
* Assist in evaluating and updating the financial business processes with regards to research accounts monitoring and claims.
Qualifications
* CCAB or CIMA Qualified Accountant.
* Experience in a large complex organisation or higher education institution.
* Staff management experience.
* Use of large finance systems.
* Significant experience of using Microsoft Excel to analyse and report on financial data.
* Monitoring of performance against budget in relation to significant funding or contract monitoring or other similar.
* Significant experience in budget setting, forecasting and variance analysis.
* Ability to understand and implement terms and conditions for a variety of contracts, grants and agreements.
* Strong technical knowledge on finance issues including an in‑depth understanding of accounting treatments for deferred and accrued income.
* Ability to communicate and think outside the box to deliver customer requirements whilst still following relevant rules and regulations.
* Excellent time management with the ability to work to strict deadlines and manage conflicting demands.
* Advanced level Excel skills.
* Excellent Microsoft skills in Word, PowerPoint and Outlook.
* Good communication.
* Ability to build relationships with staff and customers.
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