Finance Officer (Studentships and Research Projects)

**About the role**



We have an exciting opportunity for a motivated and well-organised individual
to join our friendly Finance team and gain experience of studentship and
research grants administration in a world-leading academic department.





You will be responsible for managing the department’s portfolio of funding for
graduate studentships, and will support the financial management of our
departmental Centres for Doctoral Training (CDTs).





Your main duties will include management of the annual budgets for
studentships, including the preparation of quarterly forecasts; liaising with
colleagues on the allocation of funding; and ensuring that all associated
financial data is accurate and up-to-date and payments are made in a timely
fashion. Reporting to the Senior Finance Officer, you will work closely with
colleagues across the department, including the Finance Manager, Academic
Administration and the CDT Administrators.





The successful candidate will be educated to A-level standard or equivalent in
at least one numerate subject, and have experience in studentships or research
grants administration, ideally in relation to the management of awarded
grants. They will have a good level of general financial literacy, excellent
IT skills, the ability to prioritise a varied and busy workload as well as
with the ability to explain complex information to a wide-ranging audience.





**What We Offer**





As an employer, we genuinely care about our employees’ well-being and this is
reflected in the range of benefits that we offer including:





• An excellent contributory pension scheme



• 38 days annual leave



• A comprehensive range of childcare services



• Family leave schemes



• Cycle loan scheme



• Discounted bus travel and Season Ticket travel loans



• Membership to a variety of social and sports clubs





This role also offers the opportunity for hybrid working, and the team is open
to discussing a working pattern that works for you.





We proudly hold a departmental Athena SWAN Silver Award and an institutional
Race Equality Charter Bronze Award, which guide our progress toward advancing
racial and gender equality. As part of our strategic aim to improve staff
equality and diversity, we would particularly welcome applications from BIPOC
candidates, who are under-represented in positions of this type within the
department.





**Application process**





If you would like to discuss the role and the department in more detail,
please contact Katie Christoffers (Senior Finance Officer) or Liz Cody
(Finance Manager) via email: Katie.Christoffers@maths.ox.ac.uk or
Liz.Cody@maths.ox.ac.uk.





Informal enquiries should be directed to the Recruitment Coordinator (email:
recruitment@maths.ox.ac.uk), quoting vacancy reference 170147.





Applicants should read the job description document before writing their
application. You will be required to upload a supporting statement, setting
out how you meet the selection criteria, a curriculum vitae and the names and
contact details of two referees as part of your online application.





Only applications received before **12:00 noon UK time on Monday 15th January
2024** can be considered. Interviews will be held on **Tuesday 23rd January
2024.**