We have an exciting opportunity to work within our higher education client based in Uxbridge. Job title: Temporary Reseach Finance Assistant (currently 3 months) Pay: £15.97 Days / hours: Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm. First 2 weeks 3 days in and 2 from home, then it will be 2 in the office and 3 from home Location: Uxbridge Job description Take responsibility for the day-to-day management and monitoring of all expenditure within the externally funded research projects. Supporting the Research Finance Manager to deliver internal and external reporting. Respond to enquiries and requests for funds from Project Investigators, Partners, The College administrators and Project managers. Respond to project audit queries as requested by the internal and external auditors. Interpret, update, maintain and deliver project milestones Extract budgets from research contracts and upload on to Aggresso finance system. Collating and providing supporting documentations for project audits and claim submission. Where required by funder rules, maintain timesheets for researchers, technician and project investigators. Understand and advise on the financial and administrative regulations of the funder(s). Meet regularly with relevant Principal Investigators to discuss the financial position of projects; resolve issues and produce amended financial statements as needed. Issue invoices, purchase orders, submit claims/expenditure statem...