Job Description

About Research Finance (RF) Research Finance sits within the Directorate of Finance and is responsible for managing annual research income of around \xc2\xa3250 million from a portfolio of approx. 2,500 live research grants and contracts across the three University Faculties. The Team Research Finance team has approx. 65 employees, who manage all post award activities for all research grants and contracts. Our mission is to be true business partners to our research community providing exceptional guidance, support and insight and working collaboratively as \xe2\x80\x98one team\xe2\x80\x99 in delivering world class transformative research. The Role We are recruiting two Senior Research Finance Officers to join our team. The Senior Research Finance Officer (SRFO) will be a member of the Research Finance Service Delivery Team. Your primary responsibility is to business partner with our key internal and external stakeholders providing advice and guidance across all post award tasks and activities for research awards within a designated, non-fixed portfolio. You will line manage Research Finance Officers and/or Research Finance Assistants in your area. The Person
The successful candidate should be able to demonstrate:

• Excellent communication skills, verbal and written, with the ability to communicate with a wide range of stakeholders
• Possess strong numeracy skills demonstrating accuracy and attention to detail
• Ability to quickly grasp complex details, analyse, summarise and recommend appropriate action
• Possess excellent organisational skills, with the ability to plan and prioritise a variety of work activities in a busy environment and meet strict deadlines
• A continues improvement mindset and capability to adapt processes to accommodate changes in research and higher education field

The University of Manchester The University of Manchester is a truly global institution with a reputation for education and innovation that resonates across the world, offering a wide range of courses and boasting outstanding facilities in the centre of Manchester. With 25 Nobel Prize winners among its current and former staff and students, it has a history of world firsts and brilliant discoveries. Manchester\xe2\x80\x99s industrial and cultural heritage is mirrored by the achievements of some of the University\xe2\x80\x99s most celebrated names. The computer revolution started here in June 1948 when a machine built by Tom Kilburn and Sir Freddie Williams, known affectionately as \xe2\x80\x98The Baby\xe2\x80\x99, ran its first stored program. The celebrated wartime codebreaker Alan Turing worked on this computer during his time at Manchester. The University is committed to world-class research, an outstanding learning and student experience and social responsibility in everything it does. It is making one of the largest investments in facilities ever seen at a UK university, with \xc2\xa3750 million spent so far and a further \xc2\xa31 billion to follow by 2022. Its goal is to become one of the world\xe2\x80\x99s leading Universities. When completing the additional information section of your application, please ensure you make reference to the job description and person specification above, as this will form an integral part of the shortlisting process. What you will get in return:

• Fantastic market leading Pension scheme
• Excellent employee health and wellbeing services including an Employee Assistance Programme
• Exceptional starting annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays
• Additional paid closure over the Christmas period
• Local and national discounts at a range of major retailers

As an equal opportunities employer we welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of age, sex, gender (or gender identity), ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation and transgender status. All appointments are made on merit. Our University is positive about flexible working \xe2\x80\x93 you can find out more here Hybrid working arrangements may be considered. Please note that we are unable to respond to enquiries, accept CVs or applications from Recruitment Agencies. Any recruitment enquiries from recruitment agencies should be directed to People.Recruitment@manchester.ac.uk. Any CV\xe2\x80\x99s submitted by a recruitment agency will be considered a gift. Enquiries about the vacancy, shortlisting and interviews: Name: Tom Green Email: thomas.green-2@manchester.ac.uk General enquiries: Email: People.recruitment@manchester.ac.uk Technical support: https://jobseekersupport.jobtrain.co.uk/support/home This vacancy will close for applications at midnight on the closing date. Please see the link below for the Further Particulars document which contains the person specification criteria.