Finance Business Partner at Save the Children

Role Purpose:

The role of the Financial Planning and Analysis team is to provide quality strategic insight and effective finance business partnering to key stakeholders to drive quality financial and business outcomes.

The role holder will be responsible for supporting the Finance leadership team and key SCI Centre stakeholders with strong finance business partnering and high quality management information in order to enable the organisation to deliver high quality outcomes for children.

In order to be successful you will bring/have:

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

Essential

• Relevant finance and business partnering experience in a Chartered Accounting, Commercial or NGO environment
• Well-developed analytical and business partnering skills
• Excellent IT literacy including expertise in spread sheet modelling
• Proven experience in budgeting and forecasting
• Ability to liaise remotely with a wide range of people at all levels and across different cultures and to act with credibility, tact and diplomacy
• Excellent stakeholder management and strategic influencing skills
• Ability to be proactive and logical in problem-solving scenarios
• High attention to detail and takes pride in delivering accurate, high quality work
• Ability to work at both granular / detailed and higher / more strategic levels, and be able to switch fluidly between both
• A thorough understanding of financial systems and procedures
• Strong time management skills with an ability to plan ahead, anticipate requirements, and obstacles, and an ability to juggle competing priorities successfully, and to work to tight deadlines
• Conscientious and client focussed
• Maintains a calm disposition and positive outlook particularly when working under pressure
• A full appreciation of the value of co-operation, both internationally and within a team environment
• Commitment to Save the Children values
• Verbal and written fluency in English

Desirable

• Experienced in a multi-currency multi sector finance environment
• Understanding of NGO fundraising activities