The Academy of Medical Sciences

General

• As a key member of the Academy’s Policy Team, the Senior Policy Officer will play an important role at a critical moment for the organisation.
• This role will help the Policy team to plan and deliver a new set of priorities for 2026/27.
• Relevant priorities for this role include, but are not limited to: Improving health outcomes in the UK and internationally, Mobilising the UK health research system to turn discovery into practice, Making the UK the best place in the world to have a career in medical sciences.
• Within these overarching priorities, there are some distinct policy programmes the incoming Senior Policy Officer is likely to work on, which could include: Maximising the impact of medical sciences in prevention and early detection, Transforming the generation and application of clinical evidence to speed up translation from discovery to patient impact, ensuring equitable inclusion of underserved groups, Making the UK a global leader in responsible, effective and equitable AI and data use across the biomedical sciences.

Senior Policy Officer

Financial Planning and Analysis

• Ensure that all transactions are accurately recorded on a timely basis for the Charity and its trading subsidiary
• Maintain the accounting records (purchase, sales and nominal ledgers) of AMS and AMSTL on the finance system (Iplicit)
• Assist with the reconciliation of control accounts and production of the monthly trial balance
• Prepare monthly standard journals (accruals and prepayments) to produce the trial balance
• Maintain the purchase ledgers of AMS and AMSTL
• Input purchase invoices and expense claims onto Iplicit and process payments by BACS
• Ensure that authorisation limits are followed via purchase orders and maintain purchase order log
• Prepare sales invoices for the Academy as necessary
• Monitor and maintain fellowship records
• Ensure all income and donations are correctly reflected on Iplicit and CRM system
• Liaise with contract caterers Searcys
• Upload sales information from the conference database Rendezvous to the finance system
• Prepare banking details and bank any income received at the Academy offices
• Post AMS and AMSTL bank receipts and payments onto Iplicit
• Assist the Financial Controller with cash management
• Assist with the preparation of monthly budget holder reports
• Assist in preparation of year end accounts
• Ensure that all transactions are entered onto with the correct VAT code
• Provide cover for other Finance Officer
• Support staff who are running meetings and events