Research Finance Assistant

Do you have excellent attention to detail, numeracy skills and experience of working in a busy team?

An exciting opportunity has arisen in the Research and Innovation team for a Research and Innovation Finance Assistant.

The main purpose of the role is to ensure accurate and timely income recovery for the R&I Department. This will be achieved through analysis of research activity and timely processing of related invoices and expenses. You will also be required to maintain accurate databases.

You will be expected to have excellent communication skills. Have a hands-on approach and the ability to work under pressure to tight deadlines, whilst maintaining attention to detail and accurate records.

Work proactively and independently to support the R&I department in the generation of income from commercially and non-commercially funded research projects and income streams through invoicing processes, investigating financial queries as requested by study sponsors, internal or external stakeholders, R&I department, or the Trust finance team.

Assist with the financial management of the R&I department's portfolio of growing grant awards, raising invoices in a timely manner and producing required reports and will be involved in the process of capturing and recording grant applications.

Play a key role in the accurate and effective use of the research EDGE database to ensure that financial information is available for use with reports produced in a timely manner

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

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Initiate and maintain excellent communication with all stakeholders both internal and external to the Trust and respond to information requests and queries from members of the research and Trust finance team.

Liaise with internal colleagues and external agencies to raise invoice requests for research studies and maintain a database and files relating to the studies and other income sources.

Communicate sensitive and confidential information with the R&I team and outside organisations accurately.

Liaise with the R&I team regarding accurate invoicing following amendments to research studies.

Liaise with the R&I team on invoice requests to be reclaimed study sponsors, ensuring compliance with the studys final contract terms.

Provide support to the team for costing studies, grant applications and track excess treatment costs for non-commercial research studies.

Liaise with the R&I Governance Officers, R&I Operation Manager, Head of Research & Innovation and provide regular income and expenditure reports.

Use the EDGE database and individual research study trackers to gather activity information by study to ensure income is collected, accounts are balanced and income received is accurately distributed to the correct cost centre.

Create and develop reports and documents detailing projected income for individual commercial research projects and where applicable, non-commercial research projects.

Ensure coding of income and expenditure is accurately recorded in the ledger.

• Min 2 A Levels, 5 GCSE's grade C or above
• NVQ L4 Accounting or AAT experience
• Educated to degree level or working towards

• Meeting targets and deadlines
• Effective working knowledge of research protocols
• Experience of working in a busy team
• NHS Finance experience
• Research finance experience
• Experience of producing finance reports

• Analytical and problem solving
• Able to prioritise and work with without close supervision
• Understand data collection
• Knowledge of income recovery processes
• Effective working knowledge of management accounting

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.

£28,860 to £31,671 a yearper annum incl HCAS