Research Delivery Manager (Finance and Compliance)

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Job Description

ABOUT THE ROLE

Reporting to the Head of Research Delivery, the role holder will play a key leadership role within Research and Innovation Services (RIS), managing research-related financial issues and providing support and guidance to the Head of Research Delivery and the Executive Director.

The role holder will oversee the financial management of research projects from award through interim reporting and claims, external audit and receipt of final payment within strict deadlines and ensuring compliance with funding bodies, external agencies and University regulations.

The role will involve the development of relevant policies, standard operating procedures, tools and training to support the embedding of expertise in Research and Innovation Services and academic departments.

The role holder will work alongside the Research Delivery Manager (Project Support), to provide leadership and line management to the Research Delivery Team.

Further information is available in the job description.

ABOUT THE TEAM

Research and Innovation Services (RIS) provides dedicated, specialist support to Northumbria's research community throughout the research grant lifecycle to help sustain Northumbria's position as a research-intensive modern university.

Support includes sourcing potential funding; aiding proposal development; providing guidance through the authorisation process; monitoring and managing project spend; and coordinating the final report and claim.

The Research Delivery Team provides financial management, guidance and support for externally funded research, consultancy and CPD projects. The team provide dedicated support for Principal Investigators (PIs) throughout the project lifetime. This includes: creating project accounts for each grant; managing the finances of projects within funder and University guidelines; providing updates on expenditure, forecasted future spending and income received; compiling claims and supporting internal and external audits. The team also liaises with Legal Services to assist with collaboration agreements and contracts for projects.

ABOUT YOU

To be successful in the role you will have:

• Excellent knowledge of the regulatory and compliance landscape applying to research and innovation funding
• A strong understanding of budgetary control processes, budget management, forecasting, month- and year-end processes
• Proven and demonstrable technical financial skills, including project accounting, budgetary control and financial planning
• Experience in a Higher Education research finance role or similar environment
• Proven people management experience
• Educated to degree level (or equivalent experience

Further information is available in the person specification.

If you would like an informal discussion about the role, please contact Andrew Poole, a.poole@northumbria.ac.uk

To apply for this vacancy please click 'Apply Now'. Your application should include a covering letter and a CV.

ABOUT US

At Northumbria, we embrace tomorrow. We pursue new thinking, forge new partnerships, create, and exchange new knowledge, and find new solutions. Our inspirational academics, partners and students work together to tackle tomorrow's challenges head on. We are ready for the future whatever it may hold.

Awarded the title of University of the Year in the 2022 Times Higher Education Awards, Northumbria University is a research-intensive modern university with a global reputation for academic excellence.

Northumbria recorded the biggest rise of any UK university for research power in the Research Excellence Framework for the second time in 2021 and is now ranked top 25 for this measure.

One of the largest universities in the UK with over 37,000 students from 137 countries, filled with world-leading research, award-winning partnerships, and students at the heart of an outstanding experience, Northumbria is a new kind of excellent university. Discover more about us.

Northumbria University is a great place to work. We empower our exceptional people to achieve shared ambitions and promote a positive work life balance. We offer a wide range of benefits including excellent pension schemes, flexible working, a generous holiday entitlement, continued commitment to your learning and development and more.

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