Senior Specialist - Finance Business Partner

Save the Children International has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Specialist - Finance Business Partner to join our global team.

 

Team and Job Purpose

The Finance Business Partnering team is responsible for providing quality strategic insight and effective finance partnering to key stakeholders across the Save the Children International Global Teams to drive quality financial and business outcomes.

 

Role purpose

The role holder will be responsible for providing strong finance business partnering and high quality management information to Global Teams in order to enable the organisation to deliver high quality outcomes for children. 

This includes leading budgeting/forecasting processes for assigned departments or teams, and producing high quality financial management information and reporting to enable effective decision making.

 

Job Title: Senior Specialist - Finance Business Partner

Reports To: Senior Manager - Finance Business Partnering

Work Pattern: Hybrid/Remote with flexible working options available 

Contract Length: Permanent 

Grade: P4

Location: Any approved Save the Children International office location. For a full list of locations that Save the Children International can hire in, please visit: SCI Careers

Time Zone (that the role holder must be available to work in): Europe, WCA, ESA, MENAEE Time Zones (UTC/GMT + / - 3 hours)

Right to Work: The successful candidate must possess the unrestricted right to work in their current or preferred location for the duration of employment. 

Language Requirements: English

International Travel Requirements: Yes, once a year

 

Principal Accountabilities

• Provide strategic financial management, oversight and advisory to teams within the assigned department(s), including monthly reporting process, annual budget and reforecasts. 
• Deliver meaningful financial analysis to support strategic and management decision making for SCI Leadership team and other key stakeholders. 
• Provide ongoing monitoring of departemental spending and cost recovery risks across relevant funding types and develop/maintain required tools to achieve same effectively. 
• Take relevant action to ensure that team /departemental cost recoveries are processed in a timeline, compliant and efficient manner.
• Strategic partnering of key stakeholders to uplift overall performance, manage financial risks and provide clear financial visibility. 
• Develop and maintain financial plans for relevant investments made by the assigned departments and monitor the achievement of desired benefits.
• Work with business partners across the FP&P team to review processes and tools in place, identify opportunities for improvements and standardisation to drive efficiencies across the team. 
• Business Partner with key stakeholders to support on global KPI improvements and uplift overall performance, providing guidance, advice and dealing with all finance-related queries. 
• Undertake additional duties, supporting other senior Finance staff as and when required.

 

Experience and Skills

Essential

1. Well-developed analytical and business partnering skills, including expertise in budgeting, forecasting, and presenting complex financial information clearly and compellingly.
2. A thorough understanding of financial systems and procedures.
3. Understanding of key operational and strategic considerations relating to Awards Finance, Cost recovery and Business Innovation.
4. Builds and maintains effective relationships with team members, budget holders, and external partners to ensure coordinated financial management and reporting.
5. Excellent verbal and written communication skills, and proven ability to interact with individuals at all levels and from various cultural backgrounds with credibility, tact, and diplomacy, both remotely and in person
6. Proactive and logical approach to problem-solving with the ability to anticipate requirements and obstacles.
7. Excellent IT literacy including advanced skills in spreadsheet modelling and analysis
8. Effective in managing and coordinating multiple financial tasks and responsibilities in a timely manner
9. Maintains a calm disposition and positive outlook particularly when working under pressure

 

Desirable

• Multi-Currency Environment: Significant experience working within a multi-currency finance environment.
• Experience working with large data sets, including with data warehouses.
• Experience working with Power Query, Power Pivot and/or Power BI.

 

Education and Qualifications 

Essential

• ACA, CIMA, CPA, or equivalent, or relevant experience 

 

 

Working at Save the Children International

Save the Children is the world's leading organisation for children, employing ~25,000 staff. We save children's lives. We fight for their rights. We help them fulfil their potential. Through our work in 116 countries, we put the most deprived and marginalised children first.

We know that great people make a great organisation, and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children. We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive environment where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.

The work here is challenging but is also immensely rewarding. At Save the Children, you will be in good company, working with talented, like-minded individuals who are determined to ensure that all children survive, learn, and are protected. Your contribution will help ensure children's voices are heard at the highest levels, and that we achieve our global strategy, Ambition for Children 2030, and reach every last child.

 

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and Equal Opportunities

DEI is core to our vision, values and global strategy. Save the Children is committed to creating a truly diverse, equitable and inclusive organisation, and one which will support us in our vision to ensure every child attains the right to survival, protection, development, and participation.

We are committed to equal employment opportunities, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, race, colour, ethnic origin, nationality, disability, marital or civil partnership status, gender reassignment, pregnancy and maternity, caring or parental responsibilities, age, or beliefs and religion. We are committed to diversifying our staff to better represent the communities we serve and actively welcome underrepresented groups to apply.

Reasonable adjustments will be made should any candidate invited to interview require this.

 

Application Information

Please attach a copy of your CV and cover letter with your application. A full copy of the role profile can be found here via the job listing. It is recommended that you save a copy of the role profile as it will no longer be available after the advert closes.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and the job advert may be closed earlier than advertised subject to the volume of suitable applicants. Please submit your application at your earliest convenience to avoid disappointment.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Candidates who are successfully shortlisted should expect to hear from us within 2 weeks of the advert deadline.

 

Our recruitment process:

1. Application review by our recruiting team based on your CV and cover letter
2. Two-stage competency-based interviews with the hiring team
3. Some recruitment may include an additional assessment or case study stage, or a third stage interview
4. If successful, you will receive a conditional offer of employment, followed by your contract subject to passing background checks

We need to keep children and adults safe so our selection process includes rigorous background checks and reflects our commitment to the protection of children and adults from abuse. All employees are expected to carry out their duties in accordance with our Code of Conduct and all policies and procedures relating to Anti-harassment, Health and Safety, Safeguarding, and DEI and Equal Opportunities.

 

Save the Children does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process.