Job summary
NEL CRDC Finance and Costing Officer - Band 6
We are seeking a motivated and highly organised Finance and Costing Officer to join our dynamic Research Finance Team. In this role, you will provide costing and financial support to help drive the growth of our commercial research portfolio across Barts Health and the North East London Commercial Research Delivery Centre (NEL CRDC). You will play key role in in financial oversight and costings of commercial trials, ensuring high-quality finance management and smooth day-to-dayoperations across the three partner organisations collaborating in this flagship projects.
You will have excellent organisational and administrative skills, with proven experience of working collaboratively with a range of professionals. You will be proficient in the use of Microsoft 365packages, including the use of Excel for data manipulation and analysis. You will have a strong experience of commercial costings, NCVR process and able to produce clear, insightful reports. Strong written and verbal communication skills, the ability to build positive working relationshipsacross diverse teams and organisations, attention to detail, and the ability to manage multiple priorities are essential for this role.
Main duties of the job
In this role, you will be monitoring and maintaining the NEL CRDC budgets including overall income and expenditure, contractual activities. You will maintain accurate departmental trackers, manage invoicing, analyse data to prepare high-quality reports, and keep precise departmental records.
You will liaise effectively with senior managers, clinicians, external partners, and other stakeholders, assisting in the efficient financial management of commercial activities delivered under the umbrellaof NEL CRDC.
About us
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Extensive Financial Management experience
- Presenting financial information to non -financial managers
- Costing and financial management commercial research including budget and contract negotiation
- Excellent experience of grant and commercial research financial administration
- Ability to provide expert advi c e to Clinicians and Academics on all aspects of post -award grant finance administration
- Ability to suggest and/or implement operational changes
Desirable
- Previous NHS Finance experience
Qualifications and knowledge
Essential
- Educated to degree level or equivalent in a financial or related subject
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Excellent working knowledge of financial systems and accounting methodologies particularly those relating to project accounting
- Excellent IT skills with the ability to accurately create input and manipulate data plus develop reports and documents, using a range of software
- NCVR principles and commercial research finances in NHS
Desirable
- Knowledge of business planning
- Up to date knowledge of NHS/HEI working practices
Skills
Essential
- Ability to deputise for the Senior Manager
- Ability to manage the control of budgets
- Able to work with non -finance managers and PIs (such as clinicians or research nurses )
- Excellent numerical, written and verbal skills
- Ability to analyse, interpret and utilise complex information for reporting, forecasting, costing and planning purposes
- Computer and financial modelling skills together with good analytical and problem -solving skills
- Ability to work on own initiative in a challenging environment to ensure deadlines are met
- Attention to detail
- Commitment to manage diversity in needs of internal and external customers
Personal and people development
Essential
- Honesty and integrity
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Excellent analytical skills
- Self-motivated
- Team player
- Professional approach
- Proactive
- Flexible and adaptable
- Creative and innovative
- Evidence of a commitment to personal development
- Experience of conducting staff appraisals
- Effective Staff Motivator
Communication
Essential
- Good interpersonal and team player skills
- Good networking skills, particularly in a large corporate environment
- Ability to work effectively with and influence all levels of sponsors and management
- Able to contribute both written and verbally to senior management on policy discussions
Specific requirements
Essential
- Able to attend work regularly and conduct work at main and subsidiary sites
- Prepared to regularly travel to and work at NEL CRDC Partner organisations
- Sufficient to perform the duties of the post with any aids and adaptations
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Extensive Financial Management experience
- Presenting financial information to non -financial managers
- Costing and financial management commercial research including budget and contract negotiation
- Excellent experience of grant and commercial research financial administration
- Ability to provide expert advi c e to Clinicians and Academics on all aspects of post -award grant finance administration
- Ability to suggest and/or implement operational changes
Desirable
- Previous NHS Finance experience
Qualifications and knowledge
Essential
- Educated to degree level or equivalent in a financial or related subject
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Excellent working knowledge of financial systems and accounting methodologies particularly those relating to project accounting
- Excellent IT skills with the ability to accurately create input and manipulate data plus develop reports and documents, using a range of software
- NCVR principles and commercial research finances in NHS
Desirable
- Knowledge of business planning
- Up to date knowledge of NHS/HEI working practices
Skills
Essential
- Ability to deputise for the Senior Manager
- Ability to manage the control of budgets
- Able to work with non -finance managers and PIs (such as clinicians or research nurses )
- Excellent numerical, written and verbal skills
- Ability to analyse, interpret and utilise complex information for reporting, forecasting, costing and planning purposes
- Computer and financial modelling skills together with good analytical and problem -solving skills
- Ability to work on own initiative in a challenging environment to ensure deadlines are met
- Attention to detail
- Commitment to manage diversity in needs of internal and external customers
Personal and people development
Essential
- Honesty and integrity
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Excellent analytical skills
- Self-motivated
- Team player
- Professional approach
- Proactive
- Flexible and adaptable
- Creative and innovative
- Evidence of a commitment to personal development
- Experience of conducting staff appraisals
- Effective Staff Motivator
Communication
Essential
- Good interpersonal and team player skills
- Good networking skills, particularly in a large corporate environment
- Ability to work effectively with and influence all levels of sponsors and management
- Able to contribute both written and verbally to senior management on policy discussions
Specific requirements
Essential
- Able to attend work regularly and conduct work at main and subsidiary sites
- Prepared to regularly travel to and work at NEL CRDC Partner organisations
- Sufficient to perform the duties of the post with any aids and adaptations
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
