Credible financial planning. Informed decision-making. Impacting the future.
Senior Group FP&A Analyst
*Internally, this role is known as a Senior Financial Planning Analyst
£48,000 - £52,000 (+ Benefits)
Grade: P3
Reports to: Senior Finance Manager (Group Planning & Reporting)
Contract: Permanent
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.
External closing date: 06 March 2026 23:55
Internal closing date: 13 March 2026 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 telephone interview and one competency-based interview
Interview date: From the week commencing 16/23 March 2026
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 are essential to the smooth running and future ambitions of our organisation, ultimately helping the charity reach our goal of beating cancer.
As the UK’s largest charity, with £735m of income and £715m of expenditure in 2024/25, we operate as a complex group comprising the parent charity and several subsidiaries, including our nationwide Trading network and Cancer Research UK Horizons (our world‑class research and commercialisation arm).
As a Senior Group FP&A Analyst, you’ll play a vital role in owning and delivering the group’s financial plans and internal reporting, giving finance leaders and key stakeholders the insight they need to make informed decisions and deliver the charity’s ambitious goals. Your work will span consolidating forecasts, budgets and cash projections, complex financial modelling, partnering with finance teams and senior stakeholders to strengthen planning and accountability, and producing insightful reporting that highlights trends, risks and opportunities to support our mission of beating cancer.
If you are a Qualified Finance Analyst who has effectively delivered financial planning, modelling, and reporting within a large, complex organisation, we’d love for you to join our mission.
What will I be doing?
Owning and delivering timely and insightful group financial plans and internal reporting.
Collaborating closely with Finance Managers to embed and maintain a long-term financial planning model.
Partnering with key senior stakeholders to develop robust financial plans and ensure ownership of assumptions across each Directorate.
Consolidating Cancer Research UK’s financial plans, forecasts, budgets, and cash projections, ensuring all accounting treatments and adjustments are appropriately applied to enable robust reserves management.
Collaborating with the wider finance team to streamline the financial planning cycle, improving efficiency, agility, and budget holder ownership.
Owning and delivering timely, insightful consolidated management reporting for Cancer Research UK, clearly articulating the implications for the financial plan and organisational strategy to the Executive Board and Trustees.
Collaborating closely with the Treasury team to review cash and investment reporting to enable Trustees and the Executive Board to manage the charity’s reserves.
Reviewing management information to identify efficiencies and improvements, ensuring resources are directed to the organisation’s top priorities.
Provide high-quality analysis and modelling to review Cancer Research UK's performance, as requested by the finance leadership.
Analysing trends and performance, feeding findings into forecasts and long-term financial planning.
Producing analysis that turns data into insight, helping decision makers to understand the impact of their initiatives and decisions on the charity's financial plan.
What skills will I need?
Qualified Finance Analyst (ACCA/ CIMA/ ICAEW or equivalent) or qualified by experience (QBE).
QBE definition: group FP&A analysis experience in large organisations and meets all the requirements of this role.
Significant experience in complex financial planning, modelling, and reporting within a large, complex organisation or group.
Successful track record of building collaborative and credible stakeholder relationships at all levels (including senior leaders and finance teams), with strong communication, interpersonal, and influencing skills.
Skilled in data visualisation, with the ability to interpret and present complex financial information into actionable insights and trends.
Advanced Excel with experience using large, complicated data sets, models, and systems (e.g. v-lookups, index match and Pivot Tables).
A proactive problem-solver with a continuous improvement mindset for identifying and implementing continuous improvements, encouraging innovation, promoting best practices, and challenging conventional organisational approaches and thinking.
Consolidation and group experience would be beneficial, but we also welcome applicants from other financial analysis backgrounds who meet the requirements above.
Ideally, available to start on one month’s notice or less.
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
Owing to the nature of this position, any offer of employment for this role will be subject to a satisfactory basic DBS check.
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 020 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.