Strong financial controls. Smooth financial operations. Delivering at a fast pace.
Assistant Management Accountant
£25,000 - £35,000 (+ Benefits )
*External applicants on a fixed-term contract won’t be eligible for study support, however, internal Finance Trainee applicants will continue to receive study support on a fixed-term secondment.
Reports to: Finance Manager (Management Accounting)
Department: Chief Operating Office
Contract: 9 month fixed-term contract
Hours: Full time 35 hours per week
Location: Stratford, London. Office-based with high flexibility (1-2 days per week in the office).
Visa sponsorship: You must be eligible to work in the UK to apply for this vacancy. Cancer Research UK is not able to offer visa sponsorship.
Closing date: 15 January 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. If you require more time to apply as part of a reasonable adjustment, please contact recruitment@cancer.org.uk as soon as possible.
Recruitment process: One competency-based interview with an exercise Interview date: From the week commencing 20 January 2025
How do I apply? We operate an anonymised shortlisting process in our commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion. CVs are required for all applications; but we won’t be able to view them until we invite you for an interview. Instead, we ask you to fully complete the work history section of the online application form for us to be able to assess you quickly, fairly, and objectively.
At Cancer Research UK, we exist to beat cancer.
We are professionals with purpose, beating cancer every day. But we need to go much further and much faster. That’s why we’re looking for someone talented, someone who wants to develop their skills, someone like you.
Cancer Research UK’s Finance team’s credibility and professionalism in handling money fundraised by public generosity is essential to the smooth running and future ambitions of our organisation, ultimately helping the charity reach our goal of beating cancer. This role will sit within our Core Purpose Finance team as the Senior Finance Manager for our Scientific Research & Innovation (R&I) and Policy, Information & Communications (PIC) directorates.
Cancer Research UK is the largest independent, non-commercial funder of cancer science worldwide. Our R&I directorate brings together our scientists, clinicians, Therapeutic Innovation, Centre of Drug Development (CDD), and network of global partners to develop ground-breaking ideas, research, and treatments to bring about a world where everybody lives longer, better lives free from the fear of cancer. In 2023/24, we committed £400m towards this life-saving research and are on track to spend over £1.5b on research over 5 years to deliver our Discover, Translate, and Partner strategies .
PIC works to identify and reduce the barriers that are stopping new innovations in cancer prevention, diagnosis, and care from being made available and used. They use their influence and expertise and work with people affected by cancer to ensure the benefits of our research are available to the public and that the UK’s cancer care, policies, and ecosystem are amongst the best in the world.
As an Assistant Management Accountant, you will assist with management accounting general ledger transactions to produce accurate and timely management accounts and reporting for R&I and PIC, while working together with budget holders and finance colleagues to ensure the accounts are accurate and that financial controls are followed. Your legacy by the end of this contract will be to have played an essential role in supporting the smooth financial operations and commercial decision-making of R&I and PIC, ultimately helping to bring forward the day everybody can lead longer and better lives free from cancer.
If you are an accounting or transactional finance professional who is comfortable using Excel and has assisted in producing the monthly management accounts and month-end activities, we’d love for you to join our mission.
What will I be doing?
Financial Reporting:
* Supporting the Management Accounting team to deliver timely, high-quality, and accurate management accounts for the Scientific Research & Innovation (R&I) and Policy, Information & Communications (PIC) directorates.
* Reporting on headcount and supporting budget holders to understand variances.
* Supporting budget holders to interpret management information (including self-service accounts/transaction lists), and answer management accounts or budget queries.
* Acting as a key point of contact for business users of our Unit 4 Business World (Agresso) system.
Accounting and Year-End:
* Collaborating closely with the Management Accountants to ensure monthly transactions (e.g. accruals and prepayments) are processed accurately and on time.
* Taking ownership of a range of income and accounting adjustments as required.
* Looking for process efficiencies and improvements.
* Supporting the year-end audit and production of the annual report and accounts by processing transactions and supporting audit queries as required.
* Assisting with the team’s accounting system projects.
Financial Planning and Analysis:
* Supporting the financial planning process (for example by populating templates or checking and inputting data).
* Facilitating and supporting budget holders to complete headcount budgets and forecasts (including building templates/models and training users where needed).
* Supporting the Infor system implementation by testing data and verifying processes.
What skills will I need?
* Part qualified or Qualified by Experience (QBE) accounting or transactional finance professional who has assisted in producing the management accounts and delivering month-end activities.
* IT Literate and comfortable manipulating data in Excel
o There will be an Excel exercise as part of the interview process which will assess your knowledge of Sumifs, Vlookups (or equivalent), and Pivot Tables.
* Can meet deadlines while maintaining strong attention to detail and effectively managing expectations.
* Demonstrates the ability to communicate well and build strong and collaborative relationships.
* Thrives working as part of a team.
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.
What will I gain?
We create a working environment that supports your wellbeing and provide a generous benefits package, a wide range of career and personal development opportunities and high-quality tools. Our policies and processes enable you to improve your work-life balance, take positive steps in your career and achieve your personal wellbeing goals.
You can explore our benefits by visiting our careers web page .
Additional Information
For more information about working with us please visit our website or contact us at recruitment@cancer.org.uk .
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Our vision is to create a charity where everyone feels like they belong, benefits from and participates in, the work we do. We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures, in particular those from ethnic minority backgrounds who are currently under-represented.
We want to see every candidate performing at their best throughout the job application process, interview process and whilst at work. We therefore ask you to inform us of any concerns you have or any adjustments you might need to enable this to happen. Please contact recruitment@cancer.org.uk or 0 20 3469 8400 as soon as possible.
Unfortunately, we are unable to recruit anyone below the age of 18, so that we can protect young people from health & safety and safeguarding risks.