Finance Officer - Shared Services

The Finance Officer provides customer-focused finance and procurement support to the VPR portfolio. The role ensures efficient and compliant day-to-day purchasing, supports staff in using procurement processes correctly, and promotes best practice across purchase-to-pay activities. The position also supports revenue generation and financial management by developing, maintaining, and updating costing and pricing for research infrastructures and platforms, in alignment with institutional strategy. Responsibilities include processing purchase requisitions, receipting, managing purchase-to-pay activities, acting as the main point of contact for purchase order and invoice queries, developing pricing and costing for research services, coordinating project-based quotations, issuing customer and supplier invoices, monitoring invoice status through to payment, ensuring correct financial coding, and supporting audits and continuous improvement. Requirements include a Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, supply chain, business administration, or related discipline, 4 years of experience in finance, procurement, or administrative support, experience in a high-volume deadline-driven environment, strong organizational skills, and experience working with ERP systems such as SAP or Oracle for financial and procurement platforms.