Finance Business Partner Participant Journey

Finance Business Partner Participant Journey

We have an exciting opportunity for a commercially focused and analytically strong Finance Business Partner to support our Participant Journey function. This role sits at the heart of one of the most complex and critical areas of the programme helping to shape how we recruit and engage millions of participants across the UK.

Despite big improvements in healthcare in our lifetimes today millions of people in the UK still live in poor health as they get older. Diseases like cancer dementia diabetes and heart disease affect the lives of many people in our communities. Our goal is to create a world-leading resource for health research to improve our understanding and spot the patterns of how and why common diseases start so treatments can begin sooner and be more effective.

Our Future Health will be the UKs largest ever health research programme bringing people together to develop new ways to detect prevent and treat diseases. We are a charity supported by the UK Government in partnership with charities and industry. We work closely with the NHS and with public authorities across all nations and regions of the UK.

What youll be doing:

In this role you will partner with teams responsible for participant recruitment logistics and supplier delivery. You will play a key role in financial modelling scenario planning and commercial analysis helping to guide complex operational decisions.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Leading financial planning and forecasting for Participant Journey a key driver of organisational spend
• Developing and maintaining robust financial models and scenarios to support decisions on recruitment strategies and delivery approaches
• Analysing different operational models (e.g. recruitment channels partners logistics) and providing clear recommendations
• Supporting planning across sample collection transportation supplier delivery models etc. ensuring costs and assumptions are well understood
• Producing detailed reporting and partnering with stakeholders to challenge assumptions and improve forecasts
• Calculating and analysing key financial and operational metrics related to participant recruitment and delivery
• Reviewing supplier contracts and ensuring financial flexibility and robustness in commercial arrangements
• Developing and maintaining models to track supplier performance and cost accuracy
• Supporting business cases and long-term planning across the Participant Journey function
• Working closely with stakeholders to manage uncertainty risks and evolving assumptions

To succeed in this role you will be highly analytical detail-oriented and comfortable working with complex evolving models and scenarios.

You will also have:

• Proven experience in FP&A financial modelling or commercial finance roles
• A recognised accounting qualification with relevant post-qualified experience
• Strong skills in Excel and financial modelling with the ability to produce clear and insightful reporting and to communicate financial performance with operational leaders
• Experience working with complex operational or delivery models ideally involving suppliers or logistics
• Ability to work through uncertainty and multiple scenarios providing clear and actionable insight
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills with the ability to explain complex outputs clearly
• A high level of attention to detail and structured approach to analysis

Desirable

• Experience reviewing contracts or working with commercial teams.
• Experience in a start-up environment or an organisation where there is a high-level of uncertainty in future operations
• Experience or interest in scientific research and/or healthcare organisations with the ability to understand the key issues facing the leadership team

• From 65000 per annum basic salary.
• Generous Pension Scheme We invest in your future with employer contributions of up to 12%.
• 30 Days Holiday Bank Holidays Enjoy a generous holiday allowance with the flexibility to take bank holidays when it suits you.
• Enhanced Parental Leave Supporting you during lifes biggest moments.
• Cycle to Work Scheme Save 25-39% on a new bike and accessories through salary sacrifice.
• EV Scheme Save up to 40% on a brand new electric vehicle all-inclusive package through salary sacrifice
• Home & Tech Savings Get up to 8% off on IKEA and Currys products spreading the cost over 12 months through salary sacrifice.
• 1000 Employee Referral Bonus Know someone amazing Get rewarded for bringing them on board!
• Wellbeing Support Access to Mental Health First Aiders plus 24/7 online GP services and an Employee Assistance Programme for you and your family.
• A Great Place to Work We have a lovely Central London office in Holborn and offer flexible and remote working arrangements.

Join us - letsprevent disease together.

Closing date 14 April 2026 at 5:00pm.

We may close this vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date if we receive a high volume of applications so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

At Our Future Health we recognise the importance of having a diverse workforce and ensuring that all candidates regardless of their background have equitable access to our application process. We proactively encourage applicants who identify as having a disability neurodiversity or long-term health conditions to let us know if they require any reasonable adjustments as part of their application process.

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