Senior Grants Officer who has previous experience processing grants and bursaries, preferably within a Finance Department with intermediate Excel skills and the ability to carry out data analysis is required for an organisation that supports the UK TV, Film, VFX, Animation and the Games Industry.

SALARY: £33,000 - £38,000 pro rata

LOCATION: City of London / Hybrid (Minimum 2 days per week in the London office) – candidates MUST live within a commutable distance to London (EC1V)

JOB TYPE: Full-Time, 12 Month Fixed Term Contract

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JOB OVERVIEW

We have a fantastic new job opportunity for a Senior Grants Officer who has previous experience processing grants and bursaries, preferably within a Finance Department with intermediate Excel skills and the ability to carry out data analysis.

Working as Senior Grants Officer you will support the Finance Manager in maintaining the smooth running of the grants and bursaries giving process.

As the Senior Grants Officer you will also be responsible for the processing the organisation’s grants and bursaries ensuring that projects fall within budget, are contracted in a timely manner and subsequently monitored. You will work collaboratively across the wider organisation to ensure that funders’ requirements are met.

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If this job looks like your ideal position, then please send in your CV as soon as possible for our Recruitment Team to review.

DUTIES

Your duties as the Senior Grants Officer include:

Grants Management

In collaboration with delivery teams, develop appropriate schemes, guidelines, funding programmes, application and assessment forms for the fund Work closely with the delivery team to regularly inform fund priorities and processes Managing finance process for grants commissioning rounds and tenders Collate the assessment of applications to the funds, reviewing project budgets and cash flow summaries, financial assessment and presenting recommendations to the relevant decision panel or delivery managers Manage master templates of grants and bursaries contracts with regular reviews Issue and manage grant contracts ensuring that these are legally sound and are linked with deliverables and are in line with the company procurement policy Review approved grant applications for completeness and accuracy, ensuring that these have been approved in line with the grants process Work closely with the delivery team to regularly inform fund priorities and processes Manage master templates of grants and bursaries contracts with regular reviews Systems and Reporting

Reconciling grants data from grants database (BBGM) with finance system (Sun) Regular review of aged grant creditors report - at least quarterly, providing narrative, prompt processing of fall-in grants, chasing grants creditors for outstanding reports and closing off grants in grants database and reporting it to finance system Maintaining the grants management system, providing training to new members including guides, on-going evaluation of the system, identifying weaknesses and putting solutions in place Other Responsibilities

Provide support to other members of the Fund team Provide support during financial and performance audit Provide process training to new delivery staff projects and bids ​

CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS

ESSENTIAL

Proven experience of working in a similar role within finance department Proven experience of data analysis and manipulation Excellent verbal and written communication skills Experience of setting up processes to ensure master templates and contracts are reviewed Excellent organisation skills; ability to effectively manage varied tasks with competing priorities with minimum supervision Attention to detail and ability to produce accurate work Excellent IT skills including intermediate Level of Excel DESIRABLE

Previous working experience of BBGM (GIFTS), SUN accounting system using Q&A

HOW TO APPLY

To be considered for this job vacancy, please submit your CV to our Recruitment Team who will review your details. CV’s of Job Applicants meeting this requirement will be submitted to our Client for consideration. By submitting your job application to us you are hereby giving us your express consent to submit your details to our Client for this purpose.

JOB REF: AWDO-C13738

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