Costing and Research Accountant
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Location
Brighton, England, United Kingdom
Posted At
8/4/2025
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Finance Department
Location: Brighton - Moulsecoomb Salary: £41,064 to £48,822 per annum Closing Date: Sunday 24 August 2025 Reference: FI5033-25-162
We are seeking a technically strong finance professional to manage and continuously improve systems, frameworks and procedures for costing the university’s research and knowledge exchange activities.
The University has in excess of 17,000 students and an income in excess of £200m. The University is an exempt charity and is composed of a number of academic schools that conduct both teaching and research across multiple campus sites. The academic schools are supported by a range of professional service departments (including Finance) across all campuses.
This role will also have line management responsibilities for 2 Research Accountants.
To Be Successful In This Role, You Should Have
You will be based at our Moulsecoomb Campus. Our current hybrid working policy means you can work from home for up to 3 days per work. A minimum of 2 days per work must be on-site.
If you wish to discuss this role, please contact Andrew Simpson, Associate Director of Finance (Financial Operations) at [email protected].
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The University is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive environment for all staff regardless of age, disability, family or caring responsibilities, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief (including non-belief), sex and sexual orientation. We embrace equality and diversity in our working, learning, research and teaching environment and are committed to maintaining a supportive and inclusive community. We particularly encourage applicants from Minority Ethnic backgrounds because the University is under-represented by Minority Ethnic staff.
For the vast majority of our roles we operate an agile working system with time split between working on campus and at the employee's home. It is the University's expectation that home working will take place within the UK.
Further information about working for us, as well as the wide range of benefits we offer, can be found in the working with us section of our vacancies page.
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Location: Brighton - Moulsecoomb Salary: £41,064 to £48,822 per annum Closing Date: Sunday 24 August 2025 Reference: FI5033-25-162
We are seeking a technically strong finance professional to manage and continuously improve systems, frameworks and procedures for costing the university’s research and knowledge exchange activities.
The University has in excess of 17,000 students and an income in excess of £200m. The University is an exempt charity and is composed of a number of academic schools that conduct both teaching and research across multiple campus sites. The academic schools are supported by a range of professional service departments (including Finance) across all campuses.
This role will also have line management responsibilities for 2 Research Accountants.
To Be Successful In This Role, You Should Have
- A finalist or fully qualified accountant (CCAB) or having a demonstrable level of commensurate practical experience equivalent to that or a part/fully qualified accountant.
- Demonstrable experience of preparing statutory returns and liaising with external stakeholders (such as auditors and funders).
- Ability to interpret, reconcile and explain complex financial information from a variety of sources such as excel and report writing tools, ensuring reporting is appropriate to stakeholders
- A commitment to continuous improvement
You will be based at our Moulsecoomb Campus. Our current hybrid working policy means you can work from home for up to 3 days per work. A minimum of 2 days per work must be on-site.
If you wish to discuss this role, please contact Andrew Simpson, Associate Director of Finance (Financial Operations) at [email protected].
Email details to a friend
Apply Online
Further Details
Job Description
The University is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive environment for all staff regardless of age, disability, family or caring responsibilities, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief (including non-belief), sex and sexual orientation. We embrace equality and diversity in our working, learning, research and teaching environment and are committed to maintaining a supportive and inclusive community. We particularly encourage applicants from Minority Ethnic backgrounds because the University is under-represented by Minority Ethnic staff.
For the vast majority of our roles we operate an agile working system with time split between working on campus and at the employee's home. It is the University's expectation that home working will take place within the UK.
Further information about working for us, as well as the wide range of benefits we offer, can be found in the working with us section of our vacancies page.
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