Job Description To support the Finance Team with accounting and reporting for GMG operational finances and DHSC award finances. The post holder will assist in a wide range of areas of finance from preparing reports and processing transactions to assisting answering queries from diverse sources and maintaining process documentation. Candidates must have excellent attention to detail and an ambition to follow a career in finance. The role is heavily weighted toward financial planning & analysis in a project and contract context. Great communication skills and ease with business partnering is therefore highly desirable. Experience of working within a finance department and/or in a grant management environment would be an advantage. Key accountabilities: Assessing funding applications against pre-defined eligibility criteria and supporting finance contract negotiations Analysing financial data to create timetabled and ad-hoc reports Finance contract monitoring, including payment profiling, maintaining schedules in a timely manner, and resolution of data quality issues Timely and reliable response to queries from programme staff, contractors, customers and other stakeholders on financial aspects of applications and funded research Effective business partnering to obtain relevant information for forecasting purposes Assisting research funding and committee expense payment processes as required Maintenance of Excel-based tools, relevant accounting schedules and systems Opportunities to support a varied range of internal finance processes, projects and continuous improvement activities Ad-hoc support to finance management and any other reasonable tasks required by line management