Grants Finance and Contracts Manager

at  Cancer Research UK

GRANTS FINANCE AND CONTRACTS MANAGER

£45,000 - £50,000 plus benefits
Reports to: Operations Manager – Cancer Grand Challenges
Directorate: Research & Innovation
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time 35 hours per week
Location: Stratford, London Office-based with high flexibility (up to three days per week remotely)
Closing date: 16 February 2025 23:55
This vacancy may close earlier if a high volume of applications is received or once a suitable candidate is found, therefore we strongly recommend that you apply early to avoid disappointment. Please let us know if there is anything about the recruitment process that you would like to discuss, in particular if there are any changes or adjustments that would make it easier for you to apply. Please contact recruitment@cancer.org.uk or 020 3469 8400 as soon as possible.
Visa sponsorship: Cancer Research UK can consider visa sponsorship for this vacancy. If this applies to you, please ensure that this is clearly marked on your application.
Recruitment process: Competency based interview via Microsoft Teams

UNITING THE WORLD’S BRIGHTEST MINDS AGAINST CANCER’S TOUGHEST CHALLENGES

Cancer Grand Challenges is a global funding initiative founded in 2020 by the two largest funders of cancer research in the world: Cancer Research UK (CRUK) and the National Cancer Institute (NCI) in the US (www.cancergrandchallenges.org).
Cancer Grand Challenges supports a global community of world-class, interdisciplinary research teams to come together, think differently and take on some of cancer’s toughest challenges, with the ultimate aim of transforming outcomes for people affected by cancer.
Like the global teams we fund, our team is multidisciplinary – including specialists in cancer science, research grant funding, marketing and communications, patient involvement, partnerships and philanthropy.
We are looking for an experienced Grants Finance and Contracts Manager with a strong background in finance and contract management to support the Cancer Grand Challenges initiative.
This role provides and exciting opportunity to help manage large multi-million-pound contracts and work with our partners to ensure we work together productively to fund ground-breaking cancer research. Alongside this, the successful candidate will have the opportunity to use their strong financial reporting and management skills to help ensure our multi-million-pound research budget is being deployed effectively.
When you work at Cancer Grand Challenges, you’ll be employed by Cancer Research UK, the world’s leading independent charity dedicated to cancer research.

WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR?

• Very strong financial literacy, including relevant experience of managing budgets, financial reporting and analysing data;
• Extensive experience of developing, reviewing and managing compliance for complex contracts, ideally within the academic sector;
• Experience in managing day-to-day relationships between contract partners to ensure contractual compliance and providing advice where needed;
• Experience of relevant financial management and reporting processes tied to contracts including an awareness of annual budget and forecasting cycles;
• Experience of handling and/or making audit requests;
• Strong stakeholder management experience with both internal colleagues and external organisations;
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with strong attention to detail and the ability to interpret and explain complex information in a creative and engaging way, and an ability to deal with sensitive information in a professional way, demonstrating a high level of self-awareness at all times;
• Numerate and analytically minded, with an aptitude to resolving day-to-day problems by developing innovative, robust and pragmatic solutions, implemented with attention to detail;
• Excellent IT skills, including Microsoft Office applications and Office 360.
  Our organisation values are designed to guide all that we do.
  Bold: Act with ambition, courage and determination
  Credible: Act with rigour and professionalism
  Human : Act to have a positive impact on people
  Together: Act inclusively and collaboratively
  We’re looking for people who can believe in and embody these organisation values and can use them to drive forward progress against our mission to beat cancer.
  If you’re interested in applying and excited about working with us but are unsure if you have the right skills and experience we’d still love to hear from you.

Please refer the Job description for details