External Funding Specialist

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Make your mark for patients

At UCB we are committed to improving patients’ lives and advancing scientific and medical knowledge through a variety of initiatives supported by our External Funding programs, including Grants, Sponsorships and Donations, and Sponsorships. To support our commitment, we are seeking a highly-motivated, autonomous, and experienced External Funding Specialist to join our External Funding team (Grants, Sponsorships, Donations). This person will be based out of one of Brussels (Belgium), Monheim (Germany) or Slough (UK) offices.

About The Role

The global role of the External Funding Specialist is to coordinate and manage the external funding requests (donations, grants and sponsorships) including, but not limited to, the following: arrangement of review committees; management of the review process; preparation of meeting minutes; engagement with internal and external stakeholders (HCPs, HCOs, Medical, Sales); drafting of legal documents and uploads of contracts to applicable contracting system; monitoring and payments; reconciliation of funding requests, acting as the point of contact for stakeholder queries including access requests and queries related to the management of external funding requests.

Who You’ll Work With

This role will work in close collaboration with Areas/Affiliates to support processes and correct use of the applicable funding system. Will also work closely with the external provider team members managing the funding system portal to ensure high standards and quality delivery of contracted services.

What You’ll Do

• Coordinate and manage the end-to-end process of delegated external funding requests (donations, grants, and sponsorships)
• Fulfill any reporting requirements related to external funding (e.g. funding oversight), as applicable
• Support the development of global and local solutions for improving processes related to external funding (e.g., projects, SOPs, process innovation, digitalization, change management) and reducing complexity
• Identify and drive process and system related improvements leading to efficiencies and process excellence
• Participate in the implementation and maintenance of systems, procedures, and follow-up tools for projects, as applicable
• Provide relevant trainings to stakeholders and to any new Funding Specialist / service providers

Interested? For this role we’re looking for the following education, experience, and skills:

• Experience working in a matrix environment and effectively collaborating with cross-functional teams
• Experience working in IT systems for funding or other relevant systems
• Experience preferred with drafting and review of legal documents and processing payment requests
• In-depth knowledge of applicable industry codes (e.g. US, UK & Ireland industry codes of practices)
• Proficiency with MS Word, Excel, SAP, and ability to learn and use new software. Strong teamwork mentality supporting a positive working culture
• Problem-solving mindset: Foresee problems and take effective measures to avoid them or mitigate their impact; envisage and initiate change; independently identify and solve problems

If you are interested to learn more about R&D within UCB, please find more information here R&D at UCB .

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Are you ready to ‘go beyond’ to create value and make your mark for patients? If this sounds like you, then we would love to hear from you!

About Us

UCB is a global biopharmaceutical company, focusing on neurology and immunology. We are around 8,500 people in all four corners of the globe, inspired by patients and driven by science.

Why work for us?

At UCB, we don’t just complete tasks, we create value. We aren’t afraid to push forward, collaborate, and innovate to make our mark for patients. We have a caring, supportive culture where everyone feels included, respected and has equitable opportunities to do their best work. We ‘go beyond’ to create value for our patients, and always with a human focus, whether that’s on our patients, our employees or our planet. Working for us, you will discover a place where you can grow, and have the freedom to carve your own career path to achieve your full potential.

UCB and its subsidiaries encourage diversity and inclusion in the workplace; we are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race/colour/religion/sex/national origin/veteran/disability/age/sexual orientation/gender identity.