Job summary
Employer heading
Research & Development IBD Assistant Management Accountant
Band 4
Job overview
An exciting and unique opportunity has arisen to appoint R&D/IBD Assistant Management Accountant to work with the IBD Research team. Your work will involve supporting the Inflammatory Bowel Disease trials portfolio (both non-commercial and commercial) and the IBD team.
This will include invoicing for contractual clinical trial activity and funds transfers from third parties are recovered and correctly allocated to the relevant cost centres.
You will have an accounting background and able to work under pressure and to function independently and as part of a research team. You will need the capacity to manage competing demands and the ability to build and maintain working relationships with a variety of different staff. Accounting experience/ MS Office – preparing reports in Word, and using Excel for data – being able to use different formulae is essential, as well as some level of experience working in Clinical Research related areas.
Our focus is to provide the highest standards of care to patients and families, and the research we conduct has these same aims. This position will suit a motivated, efficient and enthusiastic individual, and will provide an exciting opportunity to have a positive impact on patient care through ground-breaking research.
Fixed-term: The funds for this post are available for 1 year in the first instance.
Main duties of the job
The key focus of this post will be the monitoring of transactions of variances/misallocations and implementing any adjustments required to income & expenditure records together with ensuring that all contractual income from clinical trial activity and funds transfers from third parties are recovered by invoice and correctly allocated to the relevant cost centres.
The R & D IBD Assistant Management Accountant will hold regular reviews with the Operations Lead IBD Research Services to support intelligence gathering and resolving queries. This will include the provision of information, analysis & support in interpreting their reports and collation of information to assist in the development of robust reporting.
The key skills required are those for interpreting, processing and analysing data using Microsoft Office, interrogating all the various regulatory clinical trial documents for preparation of trial costings and informing trial patient activity records and invoice generation, all of which requires a proven working knowledge of the accounting principles involved and analysis and interpretation of clinical trial documentation. This successful person must hold an excellent and proven working knowledge of Excel, Word, ORACLE and Access.
The R & D IBD Assistant Management Accountant is expected to take an active interest in the development of his/her skills, experience and career.
Working for our organisation
Our Trust
Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. With over 13,000 staff and over 1100 beds the priorities of the Trust focus on a quality service which is all about people – patients, staff and partners. Recognised as providing ‘outstanding’ care to our patients and rated ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commissioner, is testament to the skill and dedication of the people who work here. CUH’s values – Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent – are at the heart of patient care, defining the way all staff work and behave. The Trust provides accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge, together with specialist services, dealing with rare or complex conditions for a regional, national and international population.
CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people’s age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity status or social economic background.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.
As per Home Office guidelines, please be aware that, unfortunately, the Trust is unable to offer sponsorship for this particular position.
This vacancy will close at midnight on the 6th November 2024.
Interviews are due to be held on the 14th November 2024.
Benefits to you
At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.
On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only café, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.
CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.
Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.
We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Educated to A level standard or equivalent.
- GCSE or equivalent in Higher Level Mathematics and English.
Desirable criteria
- ECDL/ITQ Level 3 qualification or equivalent experience- able to set up spreadsheets, databases and documents.
- Educated to Degree level with emphasis on accounting and auditing.
- Educated to CCAB-qualified Accountant Level, or equivalent experience.
- Clinical Research Background.
Experience
Essential criteria
- MS Office – preparing reports in Word, and using Excel for data – being able to use different formulae.
- Planning and prioritising your time to balance different demands and deadlines.
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience of working in an accounting department in a management accountant role within a large organisation.
- Costing and project accounting experience.
- Good working knowledge of ORACLE Fusion (Finance and Procurement)and QlikView.
- Previous experience of Clinical Trials and costings.
- Audit of research financial transactions to prepare reports, recharges, resolve related queries, etc.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Understand the use and explain the purpose of accounting accruals and provisions.
- Self motivated with a proactive approach to problem solving.
- Prepared to contribute to how the department operates.
Skills
Essential criteria
- IT and reporting skills – e.g. ability to transform complex source data into a simple report.
- Ability to develop advanced spreadsheet skills.
- An ability to listen to Operation Lead, budget holders, senior managers and to respond to questions or requests for information in a way which non-financial staff will understand and can interpret.
- Good oral and written communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively with both non-finance and finance staff.
- Good interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate with staff at all levels within the organisation.
- Able to carry out work with the required attention to detail in a busy financial management department.
- Able to concentrate and focus on a range of issues particularly during the monthly reporting cycle.
- Ability to prioritize and work with minimum supervision.
- Flexible and able to work as part of a team to ensure that internal and statutory deadlines are met.
- Shows enthusiasm to learn and develop.
- Prepared to question information provided or current processes.
Desirable criteria
- Advanced systems skills (Oracle, MS Excel, Word, Access) – e.g. designing own spreadsheet templates, documents.
Additional Requirements
Essential criteria
- The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of safe, kind, excellent.
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Biljana Brezina
- Job title
- Operations Lead IBD Research Services
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01223 596461
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