Job Overview Assistant Accountant for the Research Department for a London University 3 month Contract (FTC) £36,000 Experience of working with 'Grants' or Restrictive Funds would be extremely helpful. Monitoring expenditure on research and services rendered projects Running expenditure reports from the accounting system (SAP) and reviewing them to ensure that expenditure complies with the rules specified by the sponsor of the project. Checking that expenditure is within the limits of the agreed budget and investigating any variances. Preparing claims for sponsors Completing, on a quarterly basis, the sponsor's or the University's claim form to record expenditure for the period Raising invoices and monitoring income received Maintaining a full schedule of income due for each project and checking that this is received. Preparing and raising invoices on SAP. Running and reviewing aged debt reports on at least a monthly basis. Experience of grant accounting and or restrictive funds would be extremely