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A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a Management Accountant to join the head office team of this £90m turnover EQT private equity backed Life Sciences group at SPT Labtech .

We’re looking for a team player with a can-do attitude. You’ll be a conscientious self-starter, aiding continuous improvement projects and business partnering, whilst developing your commercial finance and financial system skills.

The breadth of the role, together with the ambition of the business and our investors, will offer you a fantastic opportunity to develop professionally whilst working within a fun, supportive and fast paced environment.

You’ll report directly to the UK Finance Manager and work closely with our Finance team, as well as providing support across the wider business to deliver high-quality reconciliations, business partnering, data analysis, and support to the business.

About us:

Based in Melbourn, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom. SPT labtech makes products that transform the way scientists work. For decades, our expert scientists, engineers and business innovators have provided scientists with world-leading, innovative solutions for liquid handling, sample preparation, and sample management that help accelerate research and make a real difference to human health. We work collaboratively with our customers, building trusted relationships that enable us to deliver exceptional, personalised experiences designed for real-world challenges in the lab.

Want to be part of a team that’s truly making a difference?

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Ownership of month end process ensuring preparation, production and completion of monthly Management Accounts for multiple entities

• Month end responsibilities also include:
• Detailed review of revenue and cost of sales to ensure costs have been allocated correctly
• Posting relevant journals
• Liaising with relevant managers to review costs and drive financial improvement
• Analysis of variances to budget/forecast
• Preparation of balance sheet reconciliations, including intercompany reconciliations
• Timely resolution of issues arising

• Assisting with forecasts and budgets

• Partner with commercial and operational teams to provide financial insight and support.

• Assist operations with cost accounting:

o   Gross margin analysis.

o   Production variance analysis.

o   Inventory reporting.

o   Calculation of slow moving and obsolete stock provisions.

o   Providing financial support to cycle counting and stock checks.

• Drive for efficiency and change throughout Finance with a focus on continuous improvement.
• Support the annual external statutory audit.

Your Skills & Attributes

You will be:

• ACCA, CIMA, ACA Qualified / Finalist.

• Technically strong with a good understanding of management reporting in a manufacturing environment.

• You’ll be a strong communicator who can collaborate with key stakeholders and colleagues across multiple departments.
• You’ll be a proactive self-starter who acts on their own initiative and is prepared to ask for guidance.
• Able to prioritise your own workload to ensure deadlines are met, whilst producing accurate work.
• Possess a continuous improvement and growth mindset.
• Quick to assimilate and work effectively with new information, thriving in an agile work environment.
• Methodical and high attention to detail.
• IT literate with strong systems knowledge, including strong skills in Excel.
• Ability to work to deadlines.

Desirable knowledge, experience and technical skills:

• Life Sciences manufacturing or similar high technology manufacturing industry experience
• Experience working in a global company across multiple currencies, languages and time zones.
• Infor Syteline, or other ERP systems experience.

Our commitment to you:

You’ll be working with smart professionals in a motivated and driven team.

We offer a competitive salary package and comprehensive, valued benefits, including private medical insurance, a generous pension plan, and an annual discretionary bonus.

We embrace diversity and inclusivity, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, physical ability, or family status. We prioritise supporting our employees' diverse needs as we strive for excellence together.

If the above resonates with you, apply with an up-to-date CV and be a part of our journey to reshape the future of science.

• Responsibilities : You will work on a range of projects involving the set-up and management of de novo, global real-world evidence (RWE) studies, including ethics applications and site support
• Salary : £45,000 per annum
• Benefits : Discretionary profit share bonuses paid twice per year, hybrid and flexible working options, generous holiday allowance, private medical insurance, critical illness cover, income protection, full funding for external training and more
• Role Type : Full-time, permanent
• Start Date : This role will ideally commence on Monday 1st December 2025. However, we also have start dates available in January and February 2026, and you will be asked to state your availability on your application form
• Application Deadlines : Whilst there are no set application deadlines, we strongly recommend applying as early as possible. The role will close when a suitable candidate is found
• Location : This role is available in our Global Headquarters in Cambridge , as well as our London office

We are seeking an experienced clinical research professional to join the RWE team at Costello Medical. In this position, you will be based within our Study Management sub-team, which leads the setup and delivery of global de novo RWE studies. The role can be based in either our Cambridge or London office, with opportunities for extensive collaboration across our international team.

As a senior member of the team, you will independently manage study and site activities across a portfolio of projects. You will act as the primary contact for study management tasks, providing strategic leadership and ensuring high-quality delivery in line with ethical and regulatory standards.

This role offers the chance to shape the future of RWE delivery at Costello Medical, contribute to the development of best practices, and work on impactful global studies.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Leading the setup and management of RWE studies, including Phase IV, interventional, non-interventional, observational, and market research studies while also deputising for the Study Management Lead as needed
• Overseeing Institutional Review Board (IRB)/Independent Ethics Committee (IEC) submissions, site feasibility assessments, contracting, and local approvals
• Developing and reviewing essential study documents, including protocols and regulatory submissions
• Conducting and leading Site Initiation Visits (SIVs), site meetings, and closure visits alongside identifying potential study sites and assessing feasibility
• Serving as the main point of contact for study sites, providing ongoing support and communication throughout the study lifecycle
• Monitoring study progress, tracking enrolment and milestones, and proactively managing risks and mitigations with responsibility for escalation of concerns, safety management plans, risk-based quality management, and Corrective and Preventive Actions (CAPAs)
• Maintaining oversight of study budgets, invoicing, and compliance documentation (e.g. Study Master File/Trial Master File)
• Collaborating with statisticians and epidemiologists to support data analysis and reporting
• Contributing to the development and implementation of standard operating procedures (SOPs), internal training, and process improvements
• Acting as a strategic advisor on study management, ethics, and compliance across the company, ensuring adherence to best practices and industry standards
• Supporting business development efforts, including proposal writing and expanding RWE service offerings, while also contributing to pipeline growth and expansion of UK RWE team capabilities

Hybrid Working Policy: We believe that having face-to-face time in the office holds many benefits and is central to ensuring that the community we have created, where people have a workplace they belong to and feel part of, is never lost. At the same time, we recognise that homeworking can improve work life balance, reduce commuting times and costs, and provide the opportunity to juggle personal commitments.

Therefore, we offer flexible working arrangements that allow our colleagues who have passed probation to work from home for up to half of the time, measured across a 2-week rolling period. During your probationary period (normally the first 6 months of the role) you will be able to work from home for 1 day per week.

To learn more about the personal and professional development opportunities at Costello Medical, explore first-hand career profiles from our colleagues about their experiences with the company:

Costello Medical is a rapidly growing global healthcare agency specialising in medical communications, market access, and health economic and outcomes research. We work with a wide range of clients, including the industry’s most successful pharmaceutical and medical technology companies, patient and public health bodies, and charitable organisations. We have been listed in the Top 100 Best Companies to Work For list since 2017 and were proud to receive B Corporation accreditation in 2022. Learn more about us, our work, and our mission on our website:

Requirements

This is a fantastic opportunity for a clinical research professional to utilise a range of skills in a role that requires a passion for real-world evidence studies, paired with excellent organisational skills. As this is a priority growth area for Costello Medical, there is an opportunity for the successful candidate to develop quickly with the company.

You will take pride in producing exceptionally high-quality work and will relish the opportunity to build successful relationships with clients, as well as internal colleagues. You will identify and capitalise on opportunities to go above and beyond for clients and exceed their expectations wherever possible.

Essential requirements for the role are:

• A minimum of 2 years’ experience in a study management or clinical trial/study coordination role
• Experience working in clinical research across the UK, EU or the US
• A degree level qualification in a scientific discipline (minimum 2.1 or equivalent)
• An understanding of RWE or clinical research methods and study designs
• An understanding of the regulations and guidelines for clinical research across multiple geographies
• An exceptional level of attention to detail and a high degree of written accuracy, as well as excellent proficiency in written English and arithmetic
• Strong written communication skills, with experience of creating detailed documents related to clinical study operations, such as standard operating procedures, study protocols and other essential study documents
• The capacity to maintain exceptional customer service and quality of deliverables under multiple competing demands
• Experience communicating directly with key stakeholders
• Experience autonomously managing clinical studies or aspects of their delivery
• The ability to work independently and take initiative, with minimal supervision required beyond initial onboarding

Desired requirements for the role are:

• Regulatory compliance experience, for instance, experience with audits or inspections of clinical research, issue identification or CAPA planning, or having worked in a regulatory or quality role
• Experience specifically with phase IV studies, observational research and/or NIS
• Experience in conducting clinical research within APAC (Asia-Pacific region) and/or North America
• Experience working in a Contract Research Organisation

Benefits

Alongside our award-winning company culture, where every team member is celebrated, respected, and has their voice heard, we are proud to offer a comprehensive benefits package which includes:

• A starting salary of £45,000 per annum, as well as a discretionary profit share bonus paid twice per year. Please note that we have established salary bands that ensures a fair and consistent approach for all applicants, eliminating the need for individual negotiations
• 25 days’ annual leave plus bank and public holidays, as well as a holiday buy and sell scheme
• Flexible working hours and the chance to work from home for up to half of your working time after passing probation
• Flexible benefits scheme offering cash payments, additional pension contributions and more
• Private Medical Insurance which offers comprehensive cover on a “medical history disregard” basis
• Paid study leave and funding for external qualifications
• Critical Illness Cover, Income Protection and Life Assurance
• Paid and unpaid sabbaticals based on length of service

Please click here to learn about our full reward package and the other benefits of working for Costello Medical:

You are required to submit your CV and a cover letter via our online application form. In your cover letter, you must explain why you think you would be suited to the role and why you would like to join Costello Medical, with examples to support both. Your CV should clearly state the dates of all qualifications and grades achieved where applicable.

Our recruitment process includes a self-recorded video interview which will be reviewed by the Talent Acquisition team. If successful, you will be sent an assessment to complete from home. If you achieve the pass mark, you will be invited for an interview with members of our RWE team, which will include a short presentation you can prepare for in advance. Our standard recruitment process lasts around one month, however, this can be adapted if necessary.

As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workforce and, throughout the recruitment process, there are a number of reasonable adjustments we can provide. Please click here to learn more.

Please note that, whilst we embrace AI to innovate and improve processes, your role may involve confidential data that cannot be uploaded to AI. Therefore, it is important for us to assess your own skills and abilities, so we recommend that you do not rely solely on this technology to generate any application materials.

We can provide visa sponsorship for eligible candidates for our Senior Study Management Coordinator role. You will be asked to provide details of your right to work in the UK within your application, however this will have no impact on the processing of your application.

For current Student visa holders, in most cases you will be unable to join us in a permanent full-time position until you have submitted your Graduate visa application. Please refer to Immigration Rules - Immigration Rules: Appendix Student - Guidance - GOV.UK and Graduate visa: Overview - GOV.UK for more details.

Please contact should you have any questions.

Nuclera is a venture-backed biotech company headquartered in Cambridge, UK with significant operations in Boston, USA. Nuclera’s mission is to accelerate discovery by enabling rapid, easy access to functional proteins essential for drug discovery research. Our eProtein Discovery™ benchtop system accelerates protein expression and purification optimization in research labs.

Nuclera is seeking a dynamic, high-energy, and results-driven Director of Product to champion the launch and expansion of a groundbreaking product in the life sciences market. This is a unique opportunity to join a trailblazing biotech company that is revolutionizing rapid protein expression and purification workflows, where innovation moves at an extraordinary pace.  

Unlike overseeing a mature product portfolio with incremental updates, the Director of Product must provide strategic leadership and work hand-in-glove with our target customers—guiding the rapid evolution of our eProtein Discovery platform to ensure it’s fit-for-purpose and drives strong market adoption.

At the heart of Nuclera’s eProtein Discovery System lies a sophisticated integration of instrumentation, digital microfluidics cartridges, customized reagents, and software—a combination that delivers efficiency and automation to our customers while bringing uniqueness, complexity, and excitement to the Product team.

The ideal Director of Product thrives in a high-velocity, change-intensive environment, acting as a strategic liaison between our customers, the commercial organization, and internal R&D.

The ideal candidate must be a seasoned protein scientist with proven commercial experience , deeply versed in the pain points, challenges, and opportunities of the protein landscape—and adept at harnessing robust voice-of-customer insights to drive the market success of our eProtein Discovery System.

This role requires approximately 25-30% travel, including domestic and international trips, to attend customer meetings, industry events, and visits to office as needed.

Key responsibilities: 

• Strategic Product Leadership:
  Own the end-to-end product lifecycle—from vision and roadmapping through launch and scale—ensuring alignment with Nuclera’s strategic objectives, revenue goals, and evolving market demands. Mentor and oversee product managers to drive consistent, high-impact delivery.
• Market Intelligence & Customer Insight:
  Lead rigorous, ongoing market research and VOC programs (surveys, in-depth interviews, advisory boards) to surface unmet needs in protein science. Translate these insights into prioritized feature investments and clear business cases that inform the product roadmap.
• Cross-Functional Leadership & Stakeholder Management:
  Serve as the senior liaison between external stakeholders (customers, KOLs, sales, marketing) and internal teams (R&D, operations, quality, finance). Champion product requirements, secure executive buy-in, and ensure transparent communication on priorities, timelines, and metrics.
• Organizational Agility & Change Management:
  Navigate the complexities of a high-velocity startup environment—spotting risks early, realigning resources on shifting priorities, and driving continuous improvement in processes (e.g., agile ceremonies, OKRs, KPIs) to maintain momentum and resilience.

Additional responsibilities:

• Champion the Voice of the Customer at the Executive Level: Advocate relentlessly for customer and commercial-team needs across instrumentation, microfluidics, software, and reagents—ensuring these insights drive your strategic roadmap and influence executive decisions.
• Elevate Strategic User Experience: Set the bar for our instruments and cloud-based software, defining UX standards and guiding  teams to deliver intuitive, delightful experiences that boost adoption and retention.
• Drive Innovation & Commercial Viability: Lead high-impact product initiatives by combining primary VOC programs with secondary market research—translating deep customer understanding into prioritized feature sets, robust business cases, and clear financial models.
• Develop Strategic Plans & Business Cases: Architect and own comprehensive business plans, go-to-market strategies, and detailed user requirements for new product launches, aligning cross-functional teams and securing executive buy-in.
• Monitor Competitive & Industry Trends: Proactively scan the drug discovery, protein, CFPS, and broader life-science tools landscape—delivering actionable insights and trend analyses to keep Nuclera ahead of the curve.
• Cultivate Strategic Partnerships with Thought Leaders: Build and steer high-impact relationships with Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs), academic and industry collaborators, and channel partners—co-developing new applications and pioneering use cases that expand and differentiate our eProtein Discovery platform.

Requirements

Essential:

• 10+ years of life science/biotech product management experience, including 2+ years in a leadership role
• Demonstrated leadership: Proven track record building and mentoring product teams, setting strategy, and driving cross-functional execution
• Advanced life-science degree (PhD preferred; MSc/MBA acceptable with equivalent experience) with significant industry experience
• Deep antibody expertise: Hands-on experience in protein expression and purification workflows, with a strong grasp of CFPS and related technologies
• Commercial acumen: History of translating scientific insights into compelling product offerings that achieve strong market adoption and revenue targets
• Influence & communication: Exceptional ability to align stakeholders—from bench scientists to executives—through clear, persuasive storytelling of complex scientific concepts
• Voice-of-Customer mastery: Skilled at designing and running VOC programs, synthesizing feedback into prioritized roadmaps and robust business cases
  
  

Desirable:

• Experience in pharma/biopharma environments, particularly launching protein-focused tools or reagents
• Background in managing both scientific software and hardware instrumentation
• Prior work in high-growth startup settings

Benefits

What we offer:

In addition to competitive salaries, we offer a range of benefits including:

• Company bonus scheme of 5%
• Life insurance
• Private medical insurance and cash plan
• 25 days' annual leave + Bank Holidays
• Enhanced employer's pension contributions
• Enhanced maternity and paternity Leave
• Investment in professional development and learning
• Access to amenities on Vision Park and in Histon
• Fresh fruit, tea, coffee, and snacks in the office
• Organised team events

Initial Washrooms

Sales and Management Graduate Scheme - Telesales

Woodford

8.30am-4.30pm Mon-Thurs, 8.30am-3.15pm Fri

£22,987 basic(inc. London Weighting) + bonus + structured career progression + mobile phone + tablet + company discount scheme

Initial is one of the UK's leading washrooms product and service providers, and medical waste removal and disposal service and is part of the Rentokil Initial Group, a FTSE100, global company voted Indeed’s Best Place to Work in the UK 2020 .  Where there is a public bathroom/washroom/medical facility there’s an opportunity for us to provide an amazing service! 

We are looking for hands-on Graduates who want to be in control of their own future, are target driven and want to be rewarded against their own performance! 

If you are ready to start your career with a company that will allow you to experience various aspects of our business, train you to become an industry expert and give you the chance to choose the direction you want to take, this is the career opportunity you have been looking for! 

What the Graduate scheme looks like: 

Weeks 1-6: Initial training - you will attend our World Class Sales Academy whilst also shadowing operational and sales staff servicing our customers in a specific geographical area, servicing soap dispensers, air fresheners, sanitary and nappy units and floor mats, as well as medical customers removing hazardous and toxic waste. Your training will be encompassing and you will see all areas of the business.

Weeks 6-52: You will spend your first period in either sales support roles, including Indoor Sales, Customer Relations, Key Accounts Customer Relations and Telesales. You will spend some time in one role however we will give you exposure to  as many of these roles as possible giving you a broad understanding of our customers and their needs, whilst also becoming an expert in our products and services. During this time you will also have the opportunity to complete our Intro to Sales Development Programme. 

12+ months: This is a big step in the Sales and Management Graduate role. Having industry and business knowledge you will now be in a better position to decide where you want to take your career. You will play a part in any local projects in this time and you will also complete the Leadership Development Programme. During this time you will also have the chance to progress to roles such as:

Field Account Manager - you will be responsible for sales in a certain patch area

Service Team Leader - manage a team of field service colleagues 

Indoor Sales/Customer Relations Team Leader - leading a team of indoor sales colleagues

Regional Account Manager - supporting our Key Account Customers 

 24+ Months: Once you have been with Initial for 24 months you will be well placed to apply for senior positions such as Sales Team Leader, Key Account Manager, Branch Manager and Area Central Support roles. 

Requirements

Sounds Good? We’re looking for Graduates who:

• Aim to beat any target set and push themselves in and out of work
• Are a determined graduate with a minimum of a 2:2 BSc/BA degree in any subject (Business related, Transport, Logistics, Supply Chain or Management disciplines preferred but not necessary)
• Have a full UK Driving licence or be working towards this
• Are hardworking and ambitious
• Are comfortable working in the field
• Want to work with people and provide excellent customer service
• Are motivated and eager to learn
• Want to work hard, be successful and have fun whilst doing so. 

Benefits

What we will offer you on top of an exciting and varied career with an organisation who is  Management Today’s number 1 for Diversity and Inclusion 2020, and is at the forefront of Hygiene innovation;

• Competitive basic salary of £22,987
• Variable pay on top of basic salary
• Structured career progression and promotion
• Mobile phone and tablet
• RI Rewards (Discounts on 3000+ retailers!)
• A stable career in a FTSE100 company

Want to be part of our team of Graduates? Apply NOW and if selected, a member of our recruitment team will be in touch with more information. 

Rentokil Initial are an equal opportunities employer and are committed to creating a diverse working environment. To find out how we process your data view our careers privacy policy here .

Signaloid is the leading computing platform to quantify, transmit, and track data uncertainty dynamically and throughout computations in unmodified computing workloads. Our technologies are used in applications including materials modeling, autonomous systems, computational finance, machine learning, and quantum computing. Our team consists of contrarian engineers with combined research, engineering, and leadership experience from Apple, ARC, ARM, Bell Labs, CMU, University of Cambridge, EPFL, IBM Research, Intel, Max Planck, MIT, and NEC Labs. Find out more at and try out the Signaloid uncertainty-tracking computing platform by signing up for free at .

In this role, you will:

• Be responsible for leading the implementation of applications for Uncertainty Quantification in Supply Chain Management, in collaboration with other members of the engineering team.
• Be responsible for identifying appropriate algorithms that solve the problem at hand and creating the implementation of those algorithms in C or C++, for execution on Signaloid's compute engine.
• Be responsible for designing and implementing a testing and validation strategy for the Uncertainty Quantification in Supply Chain Management applications you implement.

After a year in this role, based on your demonstrated performance, you will have the opportunity to:

• Expand your role to other priority application domains of Signaloid's compute engine's use cases.
• See the applications you developed deployed with paying customers of Signaloid's compute engine.
• Use your experience from application development to influence the teams improving the architecture and performance of Signaloid's compute engine.
• Expand your role if desired, to include more customer-facing engagement with Signaloid's international partners.

Requirements

• Masters degree (or higher) in computer engineering, computer science, or a related discipline.
• At least three years experience with C.
• Experience developing applications starting from a fundamental description of an algorithm (e.g., from a research article or from an international standard or specification).
• Experience analyzing the computational complexity of the algorithms underlying a software implementation.
• Experience improving the performance of applications based on both algorithmic and implementation optimizations.
• In-depth understanding of version control tools in general and Git in particular.
• A willingness to listen to people until they feel understood.
• Honesty, empathy, and a willingness to see the world from the viewpoint of others.
• Additional Desirable Skills and Experience:
• Good working understanding of digital arithmetic and numerical methods.
• Good working understanding of GitHub's project management tools.
• Previous experience with continuous integration.
• Our Recruiting Procedure
• All positions require you to write a letter (you can also substitute the cover letter for a snippet of code that will run on the signaloid.io platform; be creative!) . We use the cover letter / code snippet to screen for communication skills, as clear communication is essential in a remote working environment.
• Applicants who pass the cover letter screening receive an initial 15-minute Zoom screening call with a member of our People Development Team to discuss your CV.
• Applicants who pass the screening interview will be asked to implement and point us to a public implementation on GitHub, for a problem we suggest and which the applicant implements themselves. To keep the interview timeline compact, we suggest applicants provide the pointer to the public GitHub repository within two weeks, but we expect the applicants to spend no more than a few hours on the coding project. As a token of our appreciation for your time however, we send you two popular books: Build and Remote .
• Applicants who successfully complete the project are invited for a short interview session with people from our core teams. In this session, you will speak with up to four technical team members who will use the project you completed as one of the discussion points.
• In the final stage, applicants are invited for an on-site interview with members of the team in Cambridge, or a "virtual onsite" interview where a team from Signaloid will be at your disposal to implement a solution to a representative challenge you could face in the role.

Benefits

A flexible remote-first work environment

• Be part of an international team with the flexibility to choose where you live, as long as you are available to be online and available during the hours 09:00 to 17:00 UK.
• Regularly join the rest of the team for in-person sessions somewhere in Europe (travel and lodging expenses covered by Signaloid).

Competitive compensation

• Yearly bonus based on company's Objectives and Key Results (OKR) performance and bi-yearly bonus based on your project team's OKR performance.
• Simple transparent compensation across the company.
• All full-time employees receive attractive stock options package.

A driven but respectful environment

• We never speak ill of others even if we differ in our viewpoints; we show up every day with a sense of urgency; we treat each other with respect as though each day were our last.
• No isolated "projects": No person in the team works in isolation and a successful outcome for the thread of work you lead will inherently depend on getting help from (and helping) other members of the team.