Study Finance and Commercial Performance Officer
The closing date is 09 June 2026
An opportunity has arisen for a Study Finance and Commercial Performance Officer to be part of the NIHR Cambridge Clinical Research Facility on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus and support clinical research undertaken in the Cambridge Clinical Research Centre (CCRC), which houses six CRFs located in two buildings aligned to Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH).
CCRC provides state‑of‑the‑art Inpatient, Day Case, Outpatient and specialist research facilities to support patients and healthy volunteers of all ages across a range of medical specialties participating in translational and early‑phase experimental medicine clinical research trials / studies 24/7.
You will play a key role in supporting the study set‑up and financial management of commercial research studies delivered across CCRC, ensuring studies are costed appropriately across the lifetime of individual studies and set up within the national 150‑day commercial trial set‑up timelines.
Main duties of the job
The role will focus on supporting study costing, financial monitoring, and finance study set‑up coordination across the CCRC.
You will maintain accurate financial data using NCVR Interactive Costing Tools (iCT) and EDGE Finance, contribute to performance reporting and assist in optimising processes that enable timely and effective study activation.
You will provide oversight of study costing and financial governance, contribute to process improvement and support the delivery of an accelerated Commercial Clinical Trial Pathway particularly for early‑phase, rare disease and ATIMP studies, ensuring CCRC remains commercially competitive, operationally responsive and financially sustainable.
About us
Our Trust
Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrooke's Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. With over 13,000 staff and over 1100 beds the priorities of the Trust focus on a quality service which is all about people – patients, staff and partners. Recognised as providing ‘outstanding’ care to our patients and rated ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commissioner, is testament to the skill and dedication of the people who work here. CUH’s values – Together – Safe, Kind, Excellent – are at the heart of patient care, defining the way all staff work and behave. The Trust provides accessible high‑quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge, together with specialist services, dealing with rare or complex conditions for a regional, national and international population.
CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community – a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people’s age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity status or social economic background.
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.
Please note: internal applicants on permanent contracts can apply for this post as a secondment or fixed‑term contract. For secondments you must have the approval of your line manager before applying. If you are an internal applicant currently on a fixed‑term contract you may apply for this as a fixed‑term position.
The advert will close at midnight on 9 June 2026.
Interviews are due to be held in the week commencing 15 June 2026.
Benefits to you
At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on‑site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.
On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose‑created colleague‑only caf, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.
CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work‑life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part‑time working, job‑share, term‑time working and flexible start and finish times.
Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.
We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Post graduate qualification in a relevant subject or equivalent level of experience
* GCP trained
Experience
* Costing clinical research studies using UK costing tools (SoECAT, NCVR, etc.)
* Relationship building, including independently managing senior stakeholders to achieve objectives
* Exposure to Research and Development in the NHS or in a University or Industry setting
* Coordinating colleagues to deliver outcomes, including influencing and advising where appropriate
* Liaising effectively with a wide range of stakeholders including study teams, sponsors, R&D offices, and support departments (pharmacy, labs, imaging, etc.)
* Participation in site initiation visits
* Experience supporting early‑phase, rare disease or ATIMP trial set‑up and delivery
Knowledge
* NHS research governance and UK approval processes, e.g. HRA
* In depth current knowledge and experience of the process of setting up commercial and early‑phase trials
* Knowledge of sponsorship, costings, contracts, finance and clinical trial agreements
* Awareness of national prioritises, such as the Life Science Strategy
* Familiarity with the roles and functions of key national research infrastructure, e.g. UKCRF Network, ECMC, ATTC, LifeArc
Skills
* Strong organisational and planning skills with ability to work independently and prioritise own work
* Excellent interpersonal skills including the ability to build working relationships with departments and colleagues at all levels
* Good attention to detail and proven accuracy
* An ability to listen to budget holders, clinical colleagues and senior managers and to interpret responses, so that reports, analysis and advice provided to them are relevant
* Be prepared to challenge information provided or current processes
* Be able to provide, or obtain from other sources, professional advice and support from across all of the research infrastructure
Additional Requirements
* The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of Safe, Kind, Excellent.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
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