Job Description

Ref Number

B02-08655

Professional Expertise

Finance

Department

School of Life & Medical Sciences (B02)

Location

London

Working Pattern

Full time

Salary

43,374 51,860

Contract Type

Permanent

Working Type

Hybrid

Available for Secondment

No

Closing Date

06-May-2025

About us

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Our mission is to maximise and advocate for the holistic health of all children, young people and the adults they will become, through world-class research, education and public engagement. The UCL GOS ICH, together with its clinical partner Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, forms the largest concentration of children's health research outside North America. GOS ICH's activities include active engagement with children and families, to ensure that our work is relevant and appropriate to their needs. GOS ICH generates the funding for our research by setting out our proposals in high quality applications to public, charitable and industrial funding bodies and disseminates the results of our research by publication in the medical and scientific literature, to clinicians, policy makers and the wider public. The Institute offers world-class education and training across a wide range of teaching and life learning programmes which address the needs of students and professional groups who are interested in and undertaking work relevant to child health.



GOS ICH holds an Athena SWAN Charter Gold Award in recognition of its commitment to advancing women's careers in science, technology, engineering, maths, and medicine (STEMM) employment in academia. The Institute Director is Professor Helen Cross. Further information on GOS ICH can be found at https://www.ucl.ac.uk/child-health

About the role

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The Assistant Finance Manager is an essential member of the Institute's finance team. The role is responsible for the management of the core finance team and its activities overseeing tasks and delivery within this area.





This includes working closely with the Finance Manager and having ownership of parts of the institute's budgets and forecast, where it is essential to work closely with stakeholders to understand their needs whilst ensuring these align with the University's requirements.





The postholder will lead on other accounting activities such as monthly journals to reflect an accurate position for our reporting, understanding subsequent variances and discussing with the Finance Manager and reconciling and clearing our suspense account.





The postholder will manage two Finance Officers.

About you

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The successful candidate will be educated to A Level (Minimum of 2 subjects at grade C or above), or have equivalent skills in finance.



They will have experience of budgeting/forecasting and possess excellent oral and written communication skills.



They will be customer focussed and be able to provide a professional service to multiple stakeholders. They will be able to meet deadlines, manage their own workload and have experience of line management responsibilities



Further requirements can be found in the person specification within the job description.

What we offer

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As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents we also offer some great benefits some of which are below:





41 Days holiday (including 27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days)



Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE)



Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan



On-Site nursery



On-site gym



Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay



Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service



Discounted medical insurance

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

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As London's Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world's talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong.





We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL's workforce.





These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women.





You can read more about our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion here : https://www.ucl.ac.uk/equality-diversity-inclusion/