Salary: £46,164 – 53,418 plus London allowances £5,560 per annum
About the role
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Finance Manager to join our team, supporting world-class scientific research. The successful candidate will provide a comprehensive financial business partnering service, using strong business awareness to support effective decision-making and deliver outcomes in line with Council/ UKRl priorities.
Reporting to the LMS Head of Finance, you will lead the Finance team on a day-to-day basis, overseeing a range of reporting and control functions and ensuring compliance with internal, DSIT and other UK Government controls. You will quickly build strong relationships with key stakeholders, supporting budget-holders to utilise their commercial and grant funding effectively. You will deputise for the Head of Finance when required.
About you
You should be CCAB-qualified and have significant experience in budget management, producing, analysing, interpreting, and reporting monthly and ad hoc financial information. We expect you to demonstrate an understanding of comprehensive financial planning exercises, forecasting and rolling financial plans and to have strong IT skills, including Excel.
What we offer
As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer defined benefit pension scheme and excellent holiday entitlement (30 days plus 2.5 privilege days & 8 bank holidays), family friendly policies (6 months full pay maternity & adoption leave), a range of shopping/travel discounts, access to our Employee Assistant Programme Scheme, Health and Wellbeing Support and a salary sacrifice cycle to work scheme. Please follow this link to find out more – Benefits
Athena SWAN
In 2017, the Institute received an Athena SWAN Silver Award to recognize its commitment to advancing women’s careers in science and research.
At the LMS there are three working groups which deliver on the action plan developed for the silver application.
Equality, diversity and wellbeing
The MRC LMS is committed to creating equality of opportunity to all members of the organisation, regardless of their background, and promoting diversity and inclusivity. We observe the Medical Research Council’s Equality and Diversity Vision, which sets out the MRC’s commitment to fulfill its obligations as a public body under the Equality Act 2010.
Technician’s Commitment
The LMS is a signatory to the Technician Commitment, a sector-wide initiative led by the Science Council and the Gatsby Foundation which aims to address the particular career challenges faced by technical and scientific support staff.
We provide opportunities to work alongside some of the top medical researchers on the planet, from our state-of-the-art research facilities.