Do you want to be part of a national network supporting the delivery of health and care research across England? Are you an experienced finance professional who enjoys coordinating complex workstreams and ensuring financial processes run smoothly and accurately? Can you deliver high‑quality management accounting while confidently monitoring, forecasting, and analysing income and expenditure across multiple service areas?
Your role will be to coordinate the financial workstreams of our Specialist Commercial Services function, including (but not limited to) the Patient Engagement in Clinical Development (PECD) service.
You will deliver comprehensive management accounting, while overseeing the monitoring, forecasting, and analysis of service income and expenditure. You will also coordinate the payment process to life sciences industry and charity partners, as well as public and third sector partners who engage with the PECD service activities.
Working as part of the NIHR RDNCC Finance team, you will work closely with colleagues within the Specialist Commercial Services function of the Research Delivery Directorate. You will also be closely linked with the Public Engagement Directorate and Life Sciences, Partnerships and Growth Directorate.
This role will be based in the RDNCC office on Queen Street, Leeds. We work in a hybrid way with an expectation that all RDNCC staff spend at least 40% of their time office. We are also open to discussing other flexible working arrangements.
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What we offer in return
- 26 days holiday plus approx.16 Bank Holidays/days that the University is closed by custom (including Christmas) – That’s 42 days a year!
- Generous pension scheme options plus life assurance
- Health and Wellbeing: Discounted staff membership options at The Edge, our state-of-the-art Campus gym, with a pool, sauna, climbing wall, cycle circuit, and sports halls.
- Personal Development: Access to courses run by our Organisational Development & Professional Learning team.
- All Faculty of Medicine and Health staff are entitled to ten days staff development per year (pro rata). Please speak to your line manager about how you can utilise these.
- Access to on-site childcare, shopping discounts and travel schemes are also available.
And much more!
If you are looking for a role that will offer an excellent opportunity for a committed and skilled finance professional to contribute to the impactful work of the NIHR Research Delivery Network Coordinating Centre and to work alongside enthusiastic and supportive colleagues, apply today.
To explore the post further or for any queries you may have, please contact:
Andrew Green, Senior Finance Manager
Email: andrew.green@nihr.ac.uk
Application process
As part of the RDNCC’s commitment to inclusion and equity of opportunity, our shortlisting stage is undertaken with names removed from job applications. Please do not include identifiable information in uploaded documents, file names or free text fields (e.g., names, photos, contact details) other than those specifically requested in the personal details section of the application form.