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Cancer Research UK Hiring for Finance Trainee Job at Stratford, London, England Full Time
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FINANCE TRAINEE
Salary: £25,000
Reports to: Senior Finance Manager (Management Accounting)
Department: Chief Operating Office
Location: Stratford, London. Office-based with high flexibility (1-2 days per week in the office).
Employment type: Permanent
Working hours: Full time 35 hours per week
Closing date: Tuesday 8 November 2022, 23:55*
- Please note that we may close this role early should we receive enough interest, therefore early application is encouraged to avoid disappointment.
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 we’re looking for someone talented, someone who shares our vision, someone like you.
We put apprentices in challenging and exciting roles from the get-go. We are dedicated to your development, so you can become a future leader at Cancer Research UK. With plenty of training, development and support you’ll explore your potential and shape the future growth of the world’s leading cancer charity saving lives through research.
At Cancer Research UK (CRUK), we are collectively leading pioneering life-saving research in the fight against all cancers. Innovative science, dynamic business capabilities and bold marketing strategies combine in a world class centre of scientific excellence. Our Finance team strives to support CRUK to achieve its vision and goals by providing insightful decision support and management information. We serve as an advocate to our supporters to ensure that we safeguard and maximise the value of their donations. This drives everything we do. Finance Apprenticeship opportunities at CRUK are unique. With income in excess of £600million – largely from our own fundraising – CRUK’s commercial strength is equivalent to a FTSE 350 company. We have an international reputation for funding innovative research, so are perfectly positioned to train the leaders of the future.
What will I be doing?
As a Finance Apprentice you will have the opportunity to develop a diverse range of skills, working in a fast-paced environment in business-critical roles.
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Processing millions of pounds of gifts and donations we receive from our generous supporters every day
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Working with the business to transform their strategic objectives into financial budgets and forecasts, making the most of our donations to fund high quality research
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Helping produce the annual report and accounts, to inform our supporters of our achievements
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Analysing and reporting on the organisation’s performance against our objectives both financial and non-financial, providing senior management and the board with the insights they need to steer us in the right direction.
Please click
here
for a full candidate pack.
What skills are you looking for?
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Minimum 2.1 degree
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A passion for finance and a motivated self-starter who would be willing to study both within and outside of core work hours to achieve a CIMA or ACCA qualification
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Demonstrate the ability to communicate well and build strong and collaborative relationships
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Ability to work proactively and with minimal supervision, supporting the team in ad-hoc project work when there is capacity to do so
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Strong organisational skills and effective time management, meeting KPIs and targets set.
To succeed as an apprentice, you will have a passion for CRUK and will want to be involved with the whole organisation to help us reach our goals. You won’t be afraid to think big and try new ideas and you will always be looking to learn from the people around you. The Finance Apprenticeship will give you the opportunity to see the whole finance lifecycle each year and throughout this we will support you to study for a professional accountancy qualification and gain the relevant experience to become qualified. This will give you the tools to support the organisation in areas such as financial management and performance, financial accounting, business management, strategy and risk.
What will I gain?
Each and every one of our employees contributes to our progress and is supporting our work to beat cancer. We think that’s impressive.
In return, we make sure you are supported by a generous benefits package, a wide range of career and personal development opportunities and high-quality tools, policies and processes to enable you to do your job well.
Our benefits package includes a substantial retirement plan, a generous and flexible leave allowance, discounts on anything from travel to technology, gym membership, and much more.
We review pay annually and aim to recognise individual performance and achievements.
We don’t forget people have lives outside of work too and so we actively encourage a flexible working culture.
Our work – from funding cutting-edge research to developing public policy – will change the world. It’s exciting to be part of our team.
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 complete the work history section of the online application form for us to be able to assess you quickly, fairly and objectively.
For more information on this career opportunity please
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At CRUK we value diversity and we’re committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone is able to be themselves and to reach their full potential. We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures and believe that a diverse workforce will help us to beat cancer sooner. 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. Should you need any adjustments to the recruitment process, at either application or interview (such as, but not limited to: information in a different format, more time for an assessment, a virtual/F2F interview) please contact us on
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