ABOUT US

Our mission is to maximise and advocate for the holistic health of all children, young people and the adults they will become, through world-class research, education and public engagement. The UCL GOS ICH, together with its clinical partner Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, forms the largest concentration of children’s health research outside North America. GOS ICH’s activities include active engagement with children and families, to ensure that our work is relevant and appropriate to their needs. GOS ICH generates the funding for our research by setting out our proposals in high quality applications to public, charitable and industrial funding bodies and disseminates the results of our research by publication in the medical and scientific literature, to clinicians, policy makers and the wider public. The Institute offers world-class education and training across a wide range of teaching and life learning programmes which address the needs of students and professional groups who are interested in and undertaking work relevant to child health.
GOS ICH holds an Athena SWAN Charter Gold Award in recognition of its commitment to advancing women’s careers in science, technology, engineering, maths, and medicine (STEMM) employment in academia. The Institute Director is Professor Helen Cross. Further information on GOS ICH can be found at https://www.ucl.ac.uk/child-health

ABOUT YOU

The successful candidate will be educated to A Level (Minimum of 2 subjects at grade C or above), or have equivalent skills in finance.
They will have experience of budgeting/forecasting and possess excellent oral and written communication skills.
They will be customer focussed and be able to provide a professional service to multiple stakeholders. They will be able to meet deadlines, manage their own workload and have experience of line management responsibilities
Further requirements can be found in the person specification within the job description.

The Assistant Finance Manager is an essential member of the Institute’s finance team. The role is responsible for the management of the core finance team and its activities overseeing tasks and delivery within this area.
This includes working closely with the Finance Manager and having ownership of parts of the institute’s budgets and forecast, where it is essential to work closely with stakeholders to understand their needs whilst ensuring these align with the University’s requirements.
The postholder will lead on other accounting activities such as monthly journals to reflect an accurate position for our reporting, understanding subsequent variances and discussing with the Finance Manager and reconciling and clearing our suspense account.
The postholder will manage two Finance Officers.