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Lead Financial Director

2 months ago

South East England, United Kingdom NIHR (National Institute for Health and Care Research) Full time £56,400 - £59,500
Job Title: Lead Financial Manager

About the Role:

We are seeking a highly skilled and dynamic Finance Manager to join our dedicated team at the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). This pivotal role involves coordinating the financial management of NIHR's extensive research funding portfolio.

Main Responsibilities:

  • Financial Oversight: Accountability for the quality, accuracy, and timely completion of quarterly outturns and forecasts of expenditure for the research budgets.
  • Financial Reporting: Working closely with colleagues to understand financial reporting and monitoring requirements and to develop reporting structures and processes.
  • Contract Management: Ensuring that there are appropriate systems for issuing contracts and variations to contracts.
  • Financial Systems: Implementation of systems and operational improvements to continually develop the finance function.
  • Value for Money: Ensuring robust systems are in place to review the cost information provided in research funding applications, in order to ensure the best value for money.
  • Finance Initiatives: To lead on finance initiatives of strategic importance to customers.
  • Team Supervision: Supervise the finance and contracts team work to best practice.
  • Management Information: Ensuring management has access to relevant and accurate management information.

Financial Management of the GMG Budget:

  • Budget Management: Working with the LGC Divisional Finance team to ensure that an accurate P&L for GMG is produced on a monthly basis, resolving accounting issues, as required.
  • Reporting: Contributing to the Divisional reporting pack, including providing a monthly commentary on performance versus budget, and reporting performance.
  • Invoicing: Ensuring that customers are invoiced in a timely and accurate manner.
  • Budget Planning: Preparing an annual budget and quarterly forecasting for GMG.
  • Variance Analysis: Monitoring and reporting on variances/trend and advising leadership.
  • Financial Support: Providing financial support for winning new business, producing cost and pricing models.
  • Management Information: Ensuring that management has access to relevant and accurate management information.

Cost Modelling:

  • Cost Drivers: Work with the business to identify cost drivers.
  • Cost Estimation: Develop a cost model to estimate cost required for new and existing areas of the business.
  • Model Evaluation: Continuously evaluate the model and propose changes when necessary.
  • Model Support: Support the business in the use of the model.

Qualifications & Experience:

Required Criteria:

  • Accounting Qualification: Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA) with significant post-qualification experience.
  • Research Finance Experience: Experience of management of research finances in an NHS and/or HEI setting.
  • Financial Accounting Skills: Good technical application of financial accounting skills.
  • Divisional Reporting: Previous experience and responsibility for divisional reporting requirements.
  • Relationship Building: Validated experience of building strong working relationships with operational teams.
  • Systems Implementation: Experience of taking a significant role in systems implementation would be advantageous.
  • Process Development: Experience of creating and leading robust and sophisticated processes.
  • Financial Modelling: Expertise in financial modelling and forecasting.
  • Leadership Skills: Ability to coach, develop, and empower people.
  • Communication Skills: Comfortable working in a demanding and evolving environment.
  • Credibility: Capable communicator with ability to establish credibility with key customers.
  • Analysis: Analytical approach and ability to challenge numbers and people.
  • Leadership: Comfortable working as an organisational lead and subject matter expert.

Salary & Benefits:

£56,400 to £59,500 PA (higher for exceptional candidates)

Bonus - subject to company performance

25 days annual leave, plus public holidays (UK)

Enhanced contributory pension scheme

Life Insurance

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Laptop, IT equipment, and remote IT support

This is a hybrid role with an expectation for all employees to attend our offices a minimum of two to three days a week.