About the job

Job summary

Job Overview

This role is responsible for the provision of professional financial management support to an STFC Science or Technology Department based at Rutherford or Daresbury.

As a Management Accountant, the post-holder will work as part of the UKRI Finance Directorate, reporting to a Senior Management Accountant, to support departmental preparation of budgeting, forecasting and reporting of programme and capital expenditure, completion of financial month end processes, and preparation of FEC costings for projects and grants.

Job description

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain good working relationships with colleagues and stakeholders, developing and influencing a strong network to facilitate effective working relationships
• Provide constructive ideas for improvement in processes and procedures
• Provide management information to support departmental managers and senior finance colleagues in their day-to-day decision making
• Manage cost centre and project structures, ensuring that these are effective in managing and accounting for the business
• Understand Capital additions, impact on the Financial Accounts and Capital outturn
• Advise project managers on costing and pricing project proposals in accordance with UKRI policy and other financial aspects of project proposal preparation
• Ensure your professional conduct is in accordance with professional accounting bodies’ code of ethics and UKRI policies

Person specification

About you

You need to be AAT qualified or part-qualified accountant or equivalent experience, willing to work towards a CCAB qualification, with experience of budget management, able to prioritise workload and deadlines, who can work independently as well as part of a team.  You will also be an effective communicator, capable of working with a range of staff from other disciplines in a highly collaborative manner.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £34,905, UK Research and Innovation contributes £9,424 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

Things you need to know

Selection process details

1st interview including presentation

2nd interview TBC

Interviews will either be conducted in person or via our video conferencing facility

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check. People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission. The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.