Assistant Finance Manager FTC

Assistant Finance Manager - Cambridge - 6 month FTC

Salary - 34,000 - 39,000 Location - 2 days a week on-site in Cambridge

Our client is looking for an Assistant Finance Manager who will provide accounts management services to the department, ranging from day-to-day query resolution up to (but not limited to) supporting the month-end and year-end processes.

Essential requirements:

• Formal qualification to bachelor's degree level or AAT Level 4 (or equivalent)
• Demonstrable experience working in a busy accounts' environment
• Experience managing or supporting general ledger and financial processes
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to explain financial information to non-finance colleagues

Duties

• Monitor and reconcile general ledger accounts ensuring budget holders manage their resources efficiently and effectively.
• Discuss budget details with the Finance Manager and other senior staff, identify and explain potential problems e.g. forecast overspends and offer solutions.
• Explain financially technical information to non-financial staff.
• Liaise with Principal Investigators regarding their budgets, forecasts for expenditure and any pipeline grant applications.
• Understand the potentially complex terms and conditions of different funders or programmes and apply them to budgets and expenditures, providing advice surrounding this.
• Support research grant applications when required, including costing projects/grants for senior staff.
• Assist with the collection of debts, dealing with queries as soon as they arise.
• Identify areas for process improvements within the finance team and assist with their implementation.
• Line Management of 2-3 staff, setting priorities and allocating tasks.
• Deputise for the Finance Manager