Funds Analyst - Elevate Programme - Belfast - starting 13 April 2026

Vantage Point Global (VP) is a talent consultancy established in 2014 to support top-tier clients in building their talent pipeline. VP provides opportunities for all, hiring exceptional, diverse talent who are supported and developed throughout their career journey at VP, enabling them to be highly effective in their roles. We partner with our clients to create opportunities for individuals to launch into fulfilling and rewarding careers in the industries we serve and deliver a future-ready workforce to our clients.

Our unique model delivers continuous formal training, personal development and mentoring to create a driven, high-calibre, highly skilled workforce that is empowered to add value to our clients from the outset. Our head office is in London, but we work with clients globally. We currently have teams in London, Manchester, Newcastle, Belfast, Warsaw, Wroclaw and are expanding into the US and Asia. Vantage Point Global is a fully committed inclusive employer. We are passionate about attracting diverse talent, and welcome applications regardless of ethnicity, culture, age, gender, nationality, religion, disability, or sexual orientation.

Location: Belfast city centre, 3 days/week onsite
Start Date: 13 April 2026

The Opportunity

Join our Elevate Programme and help fund real projects, protect public money, and keep decisions fair and evidence-based. You will work across multiple live schemes, learn the full grant lifecycle, and build strong operational and analytical skills that transfer into wider operations, risk, compliance, and programme delivery roles. You'll play a critical role in how decisions get made. You'll turn applications, evidence, and reporting into clear stories and recommendations. You'll spot risk early and fix issues before they become challenges. You'll improve how schemes run, so good applicants move faster and weak submissions get handled consistently.

What the Role Involves

• Guiding applicants through requirements and reducing back and forth through clear answers.
• Assessing applications against published criteria and funding rules, and document your rationale.
• Writing sharp assessment summaries for decision panels, including risks, gaps, and recommendations.
• Tracking delivery against milestones and outputs, and chasing what is missing.
• Analysing recipient financial and performance reports, and testing whether delivery matches commitments.
• Running several grant processes at once, and keeping them on track to deadline.
• Identifying delivery, financial, and compliance risks, and escalating with options and evidence.
• Building strong working relationships with internal teams and external stakeholders.
• Finding process fixes that reduce risk, improve quality, and speed up turnaround.

What Success Looks Like

• You manage your own caseload and hit scheme deadlines by month 1-3.
• You produce assessment reports that panels can act on quickly.
• You keep records audit-ready and easy to follow.
• Faster and cleaner decisions for panels, with fewer follow-up questions.
• Better applicant experience through clear guidance and consistent outcomes.
• Stronger scheme controls through early risk identification and tighter reporting.
• Process improvements that cut cycle time or reduce rework.

What We're Looking For

We’re open to recent graduates, early-career candidates or professionals looking for a new challenge. You should bring:

• Clear writing and confident communication.
• Strong analysis and attention to detail.
• Ability to interpret rules and apply them consistently.
• Sound judgement, with the confidence to escalate early.
• A continuous improvement mindset.

Grant lifecycle experience, especially in government or public-sector delivery, is a plus, as is exposure to due diligence across different applicant types. Spotlight and or Creditsafe experience is brilliant but not essential as you'll receive all the training you need for the role.

Programme Timings and Ways of Working

• 12 March: Application deadline
• First interviews will be held virtually.
• Final interviews: in person in Belfast city centre in March 2026
• The first 6 weeks of in-person training take place in central Belfast - candidates will be required to attend the office up to 5 days per week.
• After training, the role becomes hybrid, with 3 days per week in the Belfast office.

Programme Benefits & Progression

• Alongside your starting salary, there will be a performance review every 6 months and a potential salary uplift at 12 months
• Ongoing training and development support through one-to-one coaching and access to our award-winning trainers
• Health cash plan and cycle to work scheme
• Opportunity for conversion into a permanent role at 12-24 months
• Clear progression options into senior operational roles, specialist streams (compliance, risk, transformation)

Why Join?

• Be part of a high-growth team that values development and long-term career goals
• Gain early responsibility and direct exposure to operational excellence in a professional services context
• Build a solid foundation for a career in client operations and claims

Please submit your CV and answer a few screening questions via our careers portal. If you do not hear from us within three weeks of applying, your application will not progress further. Vantage Point Global is a fully committed Equal Opportunities, inclusive employer. We are passionate about attracting diverse talent, and welcome applications regardless of ethnicity, culture, age, gender, nationality, religion, disability, or sexual orientation.