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On behalf of UKRI, we are looking for a Financial Accountant (Inside IR35) for a 3 months (Potential extension) contract based REMOTELY

UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) is the national funding agency investing in science and research in the UK.

UKRI invests £8 billion of taxpayers’ money each year into research and innovation and the people who make it happen. They work across a huge range of fields – from biodiversity conservation to quantum computing, and from space telescopes to innovative health care. They give everyone the opportunity to contribute and to benefit, bringing together people and organisations nationally and globally to create, develop and deploy new ideas and technologies.

The Financial Accountant will play a key role in supporting the integrity, accuracy, and completeness of financial data following system migrations. Working closely with the Financial Control team, Finance Business Partners, and the Fusion Stabilisation team, the role will focus on investigating migrated balances, resolving discrepancies, and ensuring the correct accounting treatment is applied across the balance sheet and income & expenditure (I&E).

This role requires strong analytical capability, attention to detail, and an ability to understand end to end accounting processes within the system.

As a Financial Accountant, your main responsibilities will be:

• Investigate migrated balance sheet and I&E items, ensuring correct accounting treatment and coding.
• Collaborate with Financial Control and Finance Business Partners to resolve discrepancies and validate historical balances.
• Review migrated POs, invoices, receipts, and duplicated items with the Fusion Stabilisation team.
• Analyse current year financial data to identify anomalies, variances, and underlying root causes.
• Agree required corrections and prepare or support the posting of correcting journals.
• Ensure all corrective actions comply with accounting standards, internal controls, and system processes.

Essential:

• Qualified or part qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) or equivalent professional experience.
• Strong knowledge of financial accounting principles, balance sheet controls, and core financial governance.
• Proven analytical and problem solving abilities, with confidence interpreting and simplifying complex data.
• Experience working with ERP systems (Fusion/Oracle advantageous) and documenting or mapping processes.
• High attention to detail, methodical working style, and strong collaboration skills across cross functional teams.

Desirables:

• Map end to end accounting processes within Fusion, documenting accounting flows and system behaviour.
• Identify and recommend process improvements to strengthen accuracy, control, and efficiency.

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.

Disability Confident 

As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, UKRI guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. This scheme encourages candidates with a disability and/or neurodivergence to apply. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

Armed Forces Covenant / Commitment

UKRI guarantees to interview veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following "this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different".