Job Description Job Purpose We require a suitable individual to act as a Senior Finance Manager within the Finance & Contracts team of LGC’s Grant Management Group (GMG), based in Twickenham, Middlesex. GMG hosts NIHR Coordinating Centre (NIHRCC) for the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), managing a number of major health research programmes and infrastructure investments for NIHR and DHSC, with a total annual budget in excess of £600 million. Reporting to the Lead Finance Manager, the postholder will have responsibility for the day-to-day financial management of the ~35 research funding streams (including research programmes, Research Schools and infrastructure funding streams), with a total annual budget of in excess of £600 million, managed by GMG on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). This will include financial reconciliations, outturns, forecasting, etc. The postholder will support and be supported by the Finance and Contracts team and will work closely with programme teams and other cross-cutting teams within GMG as well as liaising with staff in the DHSC SRE Directorate on a regular basis. Key Responsibilities Ensuring that the quarterly outturns and forecasts of expenditure for the research budgets managed by the CCF submitted to DHSC are submitted in a timely manner and are of high quality and accuracy. Working closely with the Lead Finance Manager and colleagues in the DHSC SRE Directorate to understand DHSC’s financial reporting and monitoring requirements and to develop reporting structures and processes which meet these requirements in as efficient and effective manner as possible Contributing to the development and maintenance of appropriate governance systems to oversee the use of NIHR and DHSC funding within the NHS and HEI settings Liaising with Finance teams in NHS organisations, HEIs and other entities to resolve any financial issues which arise Supporting Lead Finance Manager in the implementation of systems and process improvements to continually develop the finance function, in particular the processes for financial and contract management within programme teams Ensuring that CCF staff working in programme teams have the necessary knowledge and skills to work effectively with the Finance & Contracts team to manage their research budgets, providing training and ad hoc support, as necessary Ensuring that there are effective financial information flows between CCF and DHSC ensuring that customers are kept fully informed of any issues relating to research budgets and that key information is relayed to CCF staff when required Participating in finance initiatives of strategic importance to customers and supporting efforts to ensure appropriate consistency of GMG processes with best practice in other research funders (including other NIHR Coordinating Centres) Supporting customer and internal and external audit requirements Line management of 2 staff (and oversight of 3 more) members of the Finance and Contracts team, including responsibility for training and professional development Responding to queries from programme staff, contractors and other stakeholders including management and oversight of the Jira query system Supporting Lead Finance Manager in the development and maintenance of robust finance-related policies and SOPs Supporting efforts to ensure appropriate consistency of GMG processes with those of other research funders (including other NIHR Coordinating Centres) Supporting Lead Finance Manager in ensuring that process maps of centralised finance-related activities are accurate, maintained and reviewed regularly to guarantee the efficiency and quality of service provided Supporting Lead Finance Manager in developing and maintaining a variety of Excel-based tools to support GMG’s financial systems Supporting the continued centralisation of finance and contracts work Representing the GMG Finance team at relevant meetings including specialist working groups if required Supporting the Lead Finance Manager, deputising where needed Working collaboratively with the other Senior Finance Manager, deputising where needed Any other reasonable tasks required by line management.