Job Description

Job number

NAT02036

Faculties

Faculty of Natural Sciences

Departments

Faculty of Natural Sciences

Salary or Salary range

46,614 - 56,345 per annum

Location/campus

South Kensington and White City Campus - Hybrid

Contract type work pattern

Full time - Open ended

Posting End Date

29 Oct 2025

About the role

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The Faculty of Natural Sciences is recruiting a Senior Finance Officer to lead the cluster finance team for the departments of Chemistry and Life Sciences.



You would work closely with the department Directors of Operations and their teams to enable the sound financial management of their Academic Department. You would manage a team of two Finance Officers supporting the two Academic Departments.



You would advise and train academic, research, and support staff on College financial procedures and work closely with other Faculty and Central Finance, HR and Research Services teams to ensure an efficient and professional service.

What you would be doing

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Leading and managing the finance cluster team, resolving complex staff & student finance issues, providing advice on financial matters, and providing routine and ad-hoc reports and information as required. Specifically including the following responsibilities:


Monitor and report on account balances and future projections as required by the Departments and the Faculty. Complete balance sheet reconciliations to College timetable. Contribute to period-end processes including identification and calculation of year end accruals and provisions. Maintain and develop Department finance records and databases and respond to queries from auditors. Maintain the Department chart of accounts which includes the setting up and closing down of activity codes in line with College procedure. Support Faculty in ensuring appropriate classification of accounts. Authorise Oracle access to cost centres and account codes for purchase order requisitioning. Ensure that finance procedures are distributed and understood by appropriate staff. Administer and process bursaries funded through UKRI training Grants and other schemes. Approve purchase orders and process and approve journals up to an agreed amount, ensuring adequate funds are available before orders leave the Department and the expenditure is allowable. Provide budget and financial forecasts for annual planning and major projects as required. Support the Faculty Finance Officer and Departmental Operations Managers with ad-hoc analysis and planning. Contribute on an ad hoc basis to Faculty and College-wide projects as agreed with the Director of Faculty Finance. Collaborate with other Faculty Finance staff and provide support to other Departments within Natural Sciences in times of absence and at peak times.

What we are looking for

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You will bring your experience and knowledge of financial management at Imperial as the solid foundation upon which you will develop new skills and gain experience in an Academic and Research Department.

What we can offer you

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We will support you in building further skills and gaining valuable exposure to the business within two world leading Academic and Research Departments.

Further information

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This is a full time, permanent role based at South Kensington Campus



Applicants for the role must submit a half page written statement, explaining your interest and fit to the requirements of the role.

Should you require any further details on the role itself, please contact Elspeth Holmes

e.holmes@imperial.ac.uk

Available documents

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Please note that job descriptions are not exhaustive, and you may be asked to take on additional duties that align with the key responsibilities mentioned above.

We reserve the right to close the advert prior to the closing date stated should we receive a high volume of applications. It is therefore advisable that you submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.



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