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Assistant Accountant / Bookkeeper / Accounts Assistant
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An exciting opportunity has arisen to join one of Norwich's leading organisations. Working within a highly respected finance team, you will play a key role in ensuring research grants are accurately monitored, reported and invoiced in accordance.
Your new role
If you've worked in a finance team carrying out reconciliations, processing invoices, assisting with month-end reporting, maintaining accurate financial records and supporting audits, then you may already possess many of the core skills required for a Grants Accounting role. The key difference is that, instead of reporting on commercial business activity, you will be helping manage externally funded research grants and ensuring funding bodies receive accurate financial reporting.
This role will be full time, but we will also consider part-time candidates looking to work 30 hours a week.
As Assistant Grants Accountant, you will be responsible for supporting the financial management of externally funded research projects and grants with key tasks such as:
- Monitoring grant expenditure against approved budgets
- Preparing financial reports for funding organisations
- Raising invoices and requesting grant funding
- Reconciling grant income and expenditure
- Supporting the preparation of audit documentation
- Assisting with external grant audits
- Liaising with researchers, project managers and funding bodies
- Maintaining accurate financial records
- Ensuring compliance with sponsor and funder requirements
- Supporting month-end and year-end financial activities
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What you'll need to succeed
Whether you're an experienced Accounts Assistant, Bookkeeper, Finance Assistant or currently studying towards your AAT qualification, this could be an excellent opportunity to develop your career within a specialist area of finance.
You'll bring strong Excel and reconciliation skills, a keen eye for detail, and a passion for producing accurate financial information. Most importantly, you'll enjoy building relationships, solving problems and managing multiple priorities in a collaborative team environment. Previous exposure to audits, management accounts, grant funding or the research, education, charity or not-for-profit sectors would be advantageous, but not essential, as full support and training will be provided.
What you will get in return
You'll receive a competitive salary of £30,600-£33,920, depending on experience, alongside the security of a permanent, full-time position within one of Norwich's leading organisations.
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Desired Skills and Experience
Monitoring grant expenditure against approved budgets / Preparing financial reports for funding organisations / Raising Sales invoices and requesting grant funding / Reconciling grant income and expenditure / Supporting the preparation of audit documentation / Assisting with external grant audits / Liaising with researchers, project managers and funding bodies / Maintaining accurate financial records / Ensuring compliance with sponsor and funder requirements / Supporting month-end and year-end financial activities / AAT / Reconciliations /
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