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Skills: Financial management, Research grants, Budgeting, Invoicing, Funder reporting
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$43k–$45k/yr
Full-time
Pension scheme, Staff training and development
Visa sponsorship available
Posted 14d ago
Apply by Aug 23
~40 hrs/week
Responsibilities
The Senior Research Accounting Officer provides post-award financial administration and business partnering for a portfolio of research and enterprise projects. Responsibilities include managing project budgets, ensuring timely income collection through invoicing, and overseeing payments to research collaborators.
Requirements
The successful candidate must have extensive experience in a similar role, ideally within the higher education sector. Proficiency in the Agresso system and strong analytical, communication, and Microsoft Excel skills are required.
Full job description
City St George’s, University of London is the University of business, practice and the professions and brings together the expertise and excellence of City, University of London and St George’s, University of London into one institution. The combined university is now one of the largest higher education destinations for London students, combining a breadth of disciplines across health, business, policy, law, creativity, communications, science and technology. Our students are at the heart of everything that we do, and we are committed to supporting them to pursue their career and personal ambitions.
Our research is engaged, at the frontier of practice and has a positive impact on the world around us.
Background
The Senior Research Accounting Officer is a key position in the Research & Innovation Finance team responsible for the financial management of research grants. You will be the business partner for the financial management of research grants in specific School(s) in City St George’s. You will provide professional, customer focussed advice and support to City St George’s researchers and Schools for the financial management of research grants.
Responsibilities
The main purpose of the role is to provide post award financial administration for a portfolio of research and enterprise projects in the University. The role Senior Research Accounting Officer involves business partnering to budget holders in managing their project budgets. Ensuring timely collection of research income through invoicing, raising claims and funder reporting and ensuring all our research collaborators are paid as per the T&C’s of the grants.
Person Specification
The successful candidate will possess extensive experience and knowledge in a similar role ideally in the higher education sector. You will be able to demonstrate being customer focused, planning and prioritisation, excellent communication and problem-solving skills, alongside proficiency in the use of the Agresso system.
Closing date for applications: 23 August 2026 at 11:59pm
Interviews are scheduled to take place on: 02 September 2026, in person.
The selection process will involve an interview and a Microsoft Excel based test to check analytical and business partnering skills along with competency in use of MS Excel. Further details will be confirmed at the interview stage.
City St George’s offers a sector-leading salary, pension scheme and benefits including a comprehensive package of staff training and development.
City St George’s, University of London is committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion in all its activities, processes, and culture for our whole community, including staff, students and visitors.
We welcome applications regardless of age, caring responsibilities, disability, gender identity, gender reassignment, marital status, nationality, pregnancy, race and ethnic origin, religion and belief, sex, sexual orientation and socio-economic background. City St George’s operates a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants.
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