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Business Manager
Overview
Our client is seeking an experienced Business Manager to join their regional team on a full-time, permanent basis.
This is a hybrid role based in Cambridge, offering the opportunity to contribute to meaningful work that supports communities, places, and long-term organisational impact. The successful candidate will play a key role in managing business operations, supporting performance monitoring, overseeing grant-related processes, and ensuring high standards across financial and administrative activities.
This position would suit a confident business operations professional with strong leadership skills, experience managing complex processes, and a sound understanding of financial management and governance.
Responsibilities
- Manage workloads across the Business Management Team, ensuring effective delivery of agreed practices, standards, and service expectations.
- Support the development of team capabilities and contribute to a culture of continuous improvement.
- Ensure compliance in the delivery of grant-aid, advisory work, procurement, and financial administration.
- Act as a member of the Local Leadership Team, contributing to operational planning, performance monitoring, and management feedback.
- Advise senior stakeholders on operational budgets, grant budgeting, and related business processes.
- Provide quality assurance across key operational activities, including procurement and financial administration.
- Undertake quality control in relation to advisory and grant-related work.
- Support effective business planning, reporting, and governance across the regional team.
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Requirements
- Educated to degree level or able to demonstrate equivalent professional experience.
- Experience managing complex business processes, including financial management.
- Proven track record of effective leadership, team management, and motivation.
- Awareness of management accounting principles.
- Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to advise and influence stakeholders.
- Commitment to inclusive working practices and continuous improvement.
Benefits
- Salary range: £42,624 – £44,961 per annum.
- Permanent, full-time contract.
- Hybrid working arrangement based in Cambridge.
- Competitive defined benefit pension scheme.
- Generous annual leave allowance of 28 days.
- Access to corporate discounts.
- Free entry to relevant heritage and cultural sites.
- Development opportunities to support professional growth.
- Supportive and inclusive working culture.
- Flexible working options may be considered, including job sharing, part-time working, compressed hours, and alternative working patterns.
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Application Process
Applications will be assessed against the essential criteria outlined above.
Our client is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from candidates of all backgrounds. They are committed to diversity, inclusion, accessibility, and supporting reasonable adjustments for candidates with disabilities or neurodiversity.
The recruitment process is designed to reduce bias and assess candidates based on skills, suitability, and relevant experience. Applicants may be asked to respond to role-specific questions as part of the selection process.
Provisional interview date: 10 August 2026.
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