# Study Finance and Commercial Performance Officer > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/study-finance-and-commercial-performance-officer/efd07764-411c-4d4e-854e-94c1af6f5c1e - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/study-finance-and-commercial-performance-officer/efd07764-411c-4d4e-854e-94c1af6f5c1e.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Cambridge - **Region:** East of England - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Administrative and IT - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 p.a. pro rata - **Contract type:** 2 years (Fixed Term / Secondment) - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, Flexible working, 37.5 hours per week (Full Time or Part Time / Flexible working hours may be considered) - **Closing date:** 2026-06-09T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-05-27T18:02:00.636Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Cambridgeshire/Cambridge/Cambridge_University_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Research_Development_Cambridge_Clinical_Research_Centre/Research_Development_Cambridge_Clinical_Research_Centre-v7988486 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/7988486?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.cuh.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview 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 by 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. ### Detailed job description and main 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 are able to 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 café, 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. ## Job Details 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 by 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. ## Job Description 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. ## 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 are able to 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 café, 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 ### Skills **Essential** - 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 - Competence in using digital systems - 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 ### Knowledge **Essential** - 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 **Desirable** - 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 ### Experience **Essential** - 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.) **Desirable** - Participation in site initiation visits - Experience supporting early‑phase, rare disease or ATIMP trial set‑up and delivery ### Qualifications **Essential** - Post graduate qualification in a relevant subject or equivalent level of experience - GCP trained ### Additional Requirements **Essential** - The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of Safe, Kind, Excellent. ## Documents - [applicant information pack (pdf, 600.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10329559) - [information for applicants - completing your application (pdf, 222.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10329558) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.