Senior Group FP&A Analyst

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** 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 (+ )
** Grade:
** P3

Reports to:

Senior Finance Manager (Group Planning & Reporting)
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* Contract:

** Permanent
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* Hours:

** Full time 35 hours per week
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* 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
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* * 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  as soon as possible.
** Recruitment process:
** One telephone interview and one competency-based interview
** Interview date:
** From the week commencing 16/23 March 2026

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 fund raised 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 , we operate as a complex group comprising the parent charity and several subsidiaries, including our nationwide Trading network and  (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.
* 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 .
* 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.
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