RDM Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, OX3 9DU
Are you a finance professional seeking a new management challenge in a stimulating and rewarding environment, working with people undertaking groundbreaking medical research that changes lives for the better?
The Division of Cardiovascular Medicine (CVMed), part of the Radcliffe Department of Medicine, is investing in the new role of Deputy Business Manager to lead its Grants and Finance team. Working closely with the Business Manager, you will provide strategic and operational guidance to ensure that our research and other activities receive the highest quality support to allow them to flourish.
In this role you will lead on CVMed's budgeting and forecasting activity and use your experience of financial management and reporting to ensure that we stay on track to these budgets and provide advice to rectify variances where they occur.
You will also have a strategic oversight of our research grants and other contracts, including clinical trials, ensuring that we are spending to budget and that this expenditure falls within the terms and conditions of the contracts. Similarly, you will support the Business Manager in the sound management of our three Clinical Research Facilities, including reviewing and implementing costing models which ensure sustainability of these facilities. You will need to liaise with many teams internal and external to CVMed and the University to facilitate these and being a confident and clear communicator is key.
As the line manager to the Grants and Finance Manager and the Finance/Purchasing Officer, you will be responsible for their development and training, as well as for that of the wider Grants and Finance team, and in this role you will be supported to pursue your own professional development.
Aside from finance, there will be opportunities gain a wider portfolio of management skills and experiences through supporting the Business Manager in other areas of their work, such as human resources and governance, through providing management support to HR casework at an appropriate level and attending committees and meetings. You will also deputise for the Business Manager in their absence.
Along with the skills and experience described above, you will have proven management and administrative skills, alongside excellent communication across all mediums and be proficient in the use of spreadsheets, databases, and financial software packages (ideally Oracle Financials). Your financial expertise could be gained through completion of an accounting qualification, such as ACA, CIMA, ACCA and CIPFA and/or through experience of working in financial roles.
For informal enquiries about this role, please contact CVMed's Business Manager, Joel Atkin, at [email protected].
Only applications received online will be considered and the closing date for applications is midday on Friday 20 September. It is anticipated that interviews will be held week commencing 7 October.
Contact Person : CVMed Recruitment Vacancy ID : 175103 Contact Phone : Closing Date & Time : 20-Sep-2024 12:00 Pay Scale : STANDARD GRADE 8 Contact Email : [email protected] Salary (£) : £45,585 - £54,395 per annum with a discretionary range to £59,421 per annum, with an Oxford University Weighting of £1,500 per year (pro rata)