1) Financial Management, Planning & analysis

• Lead annual budgeting and planning process for annual budget
• Be responsible for Accounting policy and governance
• Cash flow management
• Develop and manage annual budget
• Lead of production of monthly and quarterly assessments and forecasts of financial performance against budget & cash flow, financial and operational goals
• Develop long-range forecasts and maintain long-range financial plans
• Prepare draft audit accounts and be a liaison with the externally appointed auditor
• Prepare monthly and quarterly management accounts for the organisation including reports to the holding company
• Lead on short and long-term financial and managerial reporting
• Oversee day to day processing of accounts
• Reconcile monthly activity, generating year-end reports, and fulfil tax related requirements
• Manage month end and year-end closure procedures
• Provide financial management of all project funded activities and programmes
• Maintain archival and financial administrative files
• Manage payroll, pension scheme, employee benefits and organisational insurance
• Manage bank accounts to ensure sufficient liquid funds whilst investing surplus cash
• Ensure that accounting requests are resolved and communicated in a timely manner to internal and external parties

2) Operation Effectiveness

• Coordinate strategy (on behalf of Head of Research & Development) to realise ambitions set out in the Corporate Plan
• Oversee management of all operational functions
• Be responsible for HR, increasing effectiveness and efficiency
• Oversee IT & Premises as well as coordination and communication between all operational functions
• Drive initiatives in the management team and organisationally that contribute to long-term operational excellence