Finance Coordinator – Transformation Delivery & IT at Save the Children

ROLE PURPOSE:

• The role of the Financial Analysis and Business Partnering team is to provide quality strategic insight and effective finance partnering to key stakeholders to drive quality financial and business outcomes. The role is responsible for providing professional support to the Finance leadership team and SCI Centre office budget-holders to deliver high quality management reporting.
• The role holder will be responsible for supporting the finance team business partnering the Investment and Transformation function, including the production of monthly management accounts, budgets and forecasts and value added financial information for budget mangers while maintaining the general ledger, reconciling control accounts, reconciling accrual and prepayment accounts.

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

Essential

• 1 to 2 years’ relevant finance work experience in a Chartered Accounting, Commercial or NGO environment.
• Good IT literacy including expertise in spread sheet modelling and
• 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 in a high pressure organisation.
• 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.
• Ability to be proactive and logical in problem-solving scenarios.
• Thorough – high attention to detail and takes pride in delivering accurate, high quality work
• A good understanding of financial systems and procedures analysis
• 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

• Experience of balance sheet reconciliation and analysis.
• Experience in budgeting and forecasting.
• Experienced in a multi-currency Finance environment.

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

• Support Finance Business Partners in preparing strategic management reports. 
• Recharging of costs to internal departments and country and regional offices. Posting of correction and reallocation journals, accruals and prepayments.
• Resolving queries from budget holders regarding financial transactions.
• Review accuracy and completeness of payroll data postings.
• Reconciliation of accrual and prepayment accounts.
• Balance sheet review and maintenance for specified accounts.
• Produce monthly management accounts, budgets and forecasts etc.
• Attending meetings with budget holders where required.
• Upload budget and forecast templates (including rolling forecasts) into the Agresso finance system.
• Review month-end data before hard close for accuracy and completeness. 
• Assist with ad hoc data requests and financial analysis for SCI leadership and other key stakeholders.
• Where required, partner with stakeholders on ad hoc projects/analyses, providing advice and guidance.
• Develop and document internal processes as required, to enable high quality finance support to business partners.
• Undertake additional duties, supporting other senior Finance staff as and when required.

QUALIFICATIONS  

• Part-qualified, AAT-qualified or Qualified by experience