Shijin is Finance Manager for The Land, Environment, Economics and Policy Institute (LEEP), provide financial support for LEEP research projects and other finance elements. Shijin joined the university within Research Finance since January 2012, to take responsibility for key financial elements of the research project lifecycle including costing, delegated financial authorisation of applications, award set-up and live grant financial management, support for financial budget planning, forecasting and in-year monitoring in support of a portfolio of key stakeholders and projects. and where appropriate, I support both the research development and financial elements of the research project lifecycle for standard and complex research grants and contracts.