Senior Finance Officer
Senior Finance Officer
Job Description:
Ref Number B04-06032 Professional Expertise Finance Department UCL BEAMS (B04) Location London Working Pattern Full time Salary £43,374 £51,860 Contract Type Permanent Working Type Hybrid Available for Secondment No Closing Date 29-Apr-2025
About Us
Set within UCL’s Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment, The Bartlett School of Environment, Energy and Resources (BSEER) is comprised of four world-class Institutes, providing the expert knowledge collaborative research and teaching of UCL Energy Institute, UCL Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering, UCL Institute for Sustainable Heritage and UCL Institute for Sustainable Resources.
BSEER is a fast growing, internationally renowned School for cross-disciplinary research with economists, energy modellers, social scientists, building engineers, physicists and heritage specialists all working to mitigate climate change.
The Professional ServicesTeam provide administrative support to the four Institutes, combining expertise in, amongst other things, management and delivery of research proposals, teaching programmes, recruitment/HR and finance administration.
About The Role
This position centers around providing finance administration support across the BSEER by administering the financial activities of the School and providing comprehensive and effective service to all staff within the School. Working closely with the Operations Manager and School Manager the post holder will ensure effective budgetary management and reporting.
This position plays a vital role in the management and support of UCL-Consultancy projects managed by BSEER and is essential to the continued success of the School’s expanding portfolio.
This post is available from July and is a permanent position, eligible for hybrid working with a minimum of 40% on site.
Interviews are scheduled to take place in person on Friday 9 May and Monday 12 May at our offices in Central House, 14 Upper Woburn Place, WC1H 0NN.
If you have any reasonable adjustments needs or have any queries about the application process, please contact [email protected]. If you have specific questions about the role please contact Sam McGarry, Operations Manager, [email protected].
UCL welcomes applications from international applicants and has licence to sponsor individuals who require a visa. This is dependent on the post and candidate meeting eligibility requirements for visa sponsorship under UK Visas and Immigration legislation.
This appointment is subject to UCL Terms and Conditions of Service for Research and Professional Services Staff. Please visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/human-resources/conditions-service-research-teaching-and-professional-services-staff for more information.
About You
Educated to a degree level in business management, or related studies, or holding commensurate experience, the successful candidate will be a part-qualified accountant or studying for an accountancy qualification, e.g. ACCA, CIMA, and have knowledge of financial processes and regulations associated with general financial administration.
The post holder will have sound financial skills and a broad range of administration skills including relationship-building, client-liaison, and the ability to learn and develop new systems and processes.
The post holder is expected to be adaptable, quickly assimilate information and establish their own networks across UCL, confidently interacting with many stakeholders both internal and external to UCL.
What we offer
As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits some of which are below:
- 41 Days holiday (27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days)
- Additional 5 days’ annual leave purchase scheme
- Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE)
- Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan
- Immigration loan
- Relocation scheme for certain posts
- On-Site nursery
- On-site gym
- Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
- Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service
- Discounted medical insurance
Visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/rewards-and-benefits to find out more.
Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
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; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women.
Our department holds an Athena SWAN Silver award, in recognition of our commitment and demonstrable impact in advancing gender equality.
You can read more about our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion here : https://www.ucl.ac.uk/equality-diversity-inclusion/
Available documents
Attached documents are available under links. Clicking a document link will initialize its download.
- download: Sr Fin Officer – JD.docx
- download: Talentlink – Candidate guidance.docx
