Salary: £40,000 - £45,000 per annum (dependant on skills & experience)

Start Date: As soon as possible

Contract Type: Permanent

Location: Fauna & Flora International, Cambridge, UK. Current policy offers partial remote working within the UK

Founded in 1903, Fauna & Flora International (FFI) is the world’s longest established international conservation organisation. Our vision is to create a sustainable future for the planet where biodiversity is conserved by the people living closest to it. We aim to do this through the conservation of threatened species and ecosystems worldwide, choosing solutions that are sustainable, based on sound science and take account of human needs. We have become a trusted entity in the world of conservation. Today FFI is active in over 40 countries.

FFI’s Finance Business Partners enable and champion best practice financial management across the organisation and build strong integration between finance and conservation teams. This is an exciting opportunity to strengthen FFI’s ability to manage complex statutory grants.

You will work closely with the UK and overseas-based Finance and Programme teams to ensure the efficient and effective management of statutory funding, contributing to the delivery of FFI’s mission and strategy. This role will also take the lead on the annual single entity audit for foreign recipients of US federal funding.

You will have experience of working with statutory funding from donors such as USAID, EU and DfID, and will have a solid understanding of the terms and conditions attached. You will have experience developing resources and training to help non-finance managers comply with the requirements of their statutory donors. You will also have experience of working with local implementing partner organisations, helping with due diligence reviews and organisational assessments. You will have solid project financial management experience, including reporting, audits, budgeting and forecasting, and have excellent analytical and problem-solving skills. Your strong communication, interpersonal skills and customer focus will enable you to build effective working relationships and your proven experience of working closely with non-finance managers will enable you to provide them with essential financial support to ensure successful project delivery.

You will be a good team player and enjoy working in a busy environment, with the ability to balance competing demands. With a proactive approach to your work, you will seek to add value and have opportunity to contribute your skills and expertise to FFI’s growth and development.

In return, the role offers the opportunity to work within an international, impactful and ground- breaking organisation, at the forefront of global conservation. In addition, FFI offers a generous pension contribution, attractive annual leave allowance and life insurance.

Our offices are located in The David Attenborough Building in central Cambridge, just a few minutes’ walk from glorious historic buildings and museums, the picturesque River Cam, the central market and shopping centre, and a host of cafés and restaurants.

The closing date for applications is Sunday, 5 June 2022.

New Vacancy- Finance Business Partner– Erdington

£42,000 - £45,000 per annum, plus £1,680 Car allowance

37.5 hour per week

Trident Group has over 50 years of delivering homes, services and innovation for up to 8,000 people in over 3,400 homes in some of the most disadvantaged communities in the Midlands. It employs more than 750 staff, works with over 150 volunteers and provides training places and apprenticeships for many more. The Group has an annual turnover of more than £32m and owns assets close to £170m.

The Group includes Trident Housing, which provides landlord services for the Group in respect of housing management and maintenance; Trident Reach, a registered care and support charity providing services (homeless, mental health, young people, older people, BME groups and domestic violence) to people in the Midlands.

About the role

Reporting to the Head of Finance with key relationships with the Operational Directors. The Finance Business Partner will work with our business to report, understand and influence financial and operational performance. The post will straddle the Senior Management Teams of Finance and the operational business.

• To manage the financial reporting and management accounting function for one of our business units. Ensure reporting to Group Finance Director and to the business is timely, accurate and insightful.
• Provide value-adding comment on performance through monthly reporting and feeding into Group Board reporting.
• Working with the business, prepare challenging annual budget within Group timetable.
• Monthly reforecasting providing an accurate view of our annual projection
• Able to provide information that feeds in to our 30-year financial plan.
• Able to provide information on key risks and opportunities for growth and improvement.
• Input into new business/grant submissions. Challenge to deliver profitable schemes in line with our strategies.
• Provide challenge and ideas for improvement. Have the personality to commitment to drive positive change.
• Make best use of our reporting systems – improving the monthly reporting pack. Proving reports to scheme/project or expense code where appropriate.
• Management and development of an Assistant Management Accountant
• Support to deliver regulatory and statutory reporting
• Key role in delivering successful year end accounts/audit

About you

• Qualified accountant
• Demonstrable evidence of business partnering in a similar organisation
• Evidence of driving performance in a similar team.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills both with the team and the wider business.
• Strong numerical and analytical skills.
• Good knowledge of Excel and other MS packages and a sound knowledge of Finance and reporting Systems.
• Able to motivate teams and contribute as team player.
• Strong interpersonal skills to enable effective liaison with internal and external clients.
• Able to work flexibly and under pressure and meet tight deadlines.

Applying

All applications must be accompanied with a current CV which will be used to assess your suitability for the role. Please ensure all the skills, experience and qualifications requested are clearly demonstrated in your CV as explained in the body of the advert.

All applicants must provide their right to work documentation at interview stage, such as a valid passport which will be verified to check your eligibility to work and live with in the UK

All roles will be subject to a successful disclosure at an appropriate level from Disclosure and barring service (DBS). Please be aware you will need to complete an enhanced adults DBS check before taking up the role.

We have a new and exciting opportunity for a Finance Business Partner to join our team. This is not your typical ‘accountant’ position and has been created to add much-needed capacity to the Finance Team on project accounting. The postholder will provide financial support and guidance to large grant-funded programmes and will assist in financial management of some consultancy projects. They will be partnering with the programme and project staff, and will therefore be working with staff with a differing degrees of financial experience.

Duties Include

• Prepare budgets and financial proposals for projects.
• Support Project Managers with budget reforecasts, cost recovery and income recognition calculations.
• Review and interpret financial information and prepare monthly project reports for Programme and Project Managers.
• Track project budgets and monitor project expenditure.
• Review project finance procedures and methodology and suggest improvements and/or develop methodology where appropriate.
• Ensure client/donor compliance requirements are met in financial records and reporting.
• Provide oversight of contract and funding agreement requirements and ensure relevant personnel are informed of obligations.

About You

We are looking for someone who is adaptable, agile and able to demonstrate an analytical and methodical approach to problem-solving. The ideal candidate will have a proven ability to develop budgets and forecasting expenditure and be skilled in analysing financial data using Excel at an advanced level.

You will need to have at least 2 years’ experience of working in a similar project-focused position and be educated to degree level in social sciences, economics, international development (or similar) or have equivalent relevant experience and be at least part-qualified in one of the following: ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent.

If you would like to contribute to increasing the impact of a dynamic organisation committed to ending poverty, we would love to hear from you. Please download and read the full recruitment pack and apply with your CV and cover letter to our online application portal.

Early applications are highly encouraged; we will be reviewing submissions as they arrive, and interviews will be held periodically. As we are recruiting on a rolling basis, we reserve the right to end recruitment without notice.

A leading National Health Service organisation are looking for a interim Finance Business Partner to join their team for two months. This is an exciting opportunity to join an excellent team and work within a prominent organisation.

In this role you will be responsible for:

• Supporting and advising the Senior Finance Business Partner in the provision of financial support to the work-stream.
• Ensuring a robust and cohesive approach to financial management and support the decision making of the work-stream to ensure effective use of financial resources in pursuit of agreed operational goals.
• Taking accountability for the production of all month end reporting in line with programme requirements and support the Finance Business Partner in delivering meaningful performance analysis
• Attending regular budget meetings with budget managers, summarising and explaining financial information in a confident and clear manner
• Contributing to long-term financial planning, making adjustments or amendments to plans when necessary in order to meet organisational objectives

The successful candidate will:

• Be a CCAB qualified accountant
• Have excellent NHS experience - being able to understand the NHS financial regime
• Have experience of providing accounting support to budget managers
• Be computer literate, including strong Microsoft Excel and Word skills

This role offers fully remote working.

Allen Lane have partnered with an international highly reputable organisation to appoint a Finance Business Partner, the role will continued growth of the organisation, based in Central London.

This is a great opportunity for a candidate who is confident in collaborating with non-finance teams, providing financial management and delivering projects.

Reporting into the Senior Finance Business Partner this is a key role and you will be required to:

• Provide high quality financial management information to country office teams, including engaging and participating in strategic projects for the regions and being the main contact for planning, forecasting and budgeting;
• Delivering financial capacity building and financial training to country office teams;
• Ensuring financial systems & controls are being implemented appropriately and identifying risks that may impact the budget and mitigate such risks;
• To ensure that financial reports for restricted fund projects are submitted in a timely manner.

Previous Experience

• Previous experience dealing with the financial elements of institutional donor programmes;
• Track record of working with foreign currency accounting & monitoring;
• Experience with collaborating with teams including non-finance teams.

The ideal candidate will need to be a fully qualified accountant, whilst experience within the not for profit sector is preferred it is not an essential for this opportunity.

This role would be a great fit for a candidate coming from a smaller charity who is looking for a larger platform to work on, or someone who works for a global not for profit organisation who is looking to take the next step in their career.

I would also encourage ambitious newly qualified finance professionals looking to make their first move out of practice. This organisation prides themselves on their Learning and Development programmes and would provide a fantastic platform in your career.

Further Job Spec is available on request. To apply please send your CV via the link. For an informal conversation about the role please contact Tiffany Richards via the Allen Lane agency website.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Finance Business Partner to join our team based in Gilwell Park, Chingford London. We will offer you a competitive salary of £47,000 per annum Band G, Level 3 (inclusive of Outer London Weighting).

We’re Scouts and everyone’s welcome here - all genders, races and backgrounds. Right across the UK, we help over 400,000 young people aged 4-25 gain skills for life and find their place in the world. We help them speak up, play their part and shine bright.

The Finance Business PartnerRole:

The Finance Team is made up with a diverse number of individuals, from various backgrounds, who all have a strong sense of team work whilst creating a good environment to work in. You would be joining a team where we encourage individuals to develop and learn new skills by working with stakeholders both internal and external to help the Scouts achieve its strategic goals.

As a Finance Business Partner, you will be responsible for developing and maintaining financial and accounting procedures that support the performance of our finance team. The role will provide support and guidance to budget holders.

Key responsibilities as our Finance Business Partner:

- Provide support in the preparation of the annual budget and quarterly forecasts.
- Assist in the preparation of the Management Accounts and associated Reports.
- Providing support, advice and guidance to budget holding managers enabling them to understand their financial responsibilities, improve reporting processes and make decisions based on their financial management information.
- Support Head of Finance and Deputy Head of Finance in the financial decision and budgeting process
- Support budget holders with budgeting and forecasting and review of the financial information on the reporting system.
- Work closely with budget holders arranging regular meetings and ensuring the data that they are provided with is insightful and meaningful.
- Present written analysis to the senior finance team which will contribute to all annual budgeted, planning and reforecasting.
- Work with Systems Accountant and Group Management Accountant to develop suite of reports for management accounts.
- Assisting in the preparation of the Association’s annual statutory accounts in accordance with regulatory requirements and assisting in meeting external audit requirements.

What we are looking for in our Finance Business Partner:

- In depth Knowledge and understanding of computerised accounting and reporting systems
- Good numerical and communication skills
- Preparation of budgets, forecasts and management accounts
- Experience supporting non finance staff to understand financial management information

What we can offer you as our Finance Business Partner:

- 25 days holiday and going up to 28 days after 2 years’ service and 32 days after 5 years’ service
- Additional holidays between Christmas & New Year
- Life Assurance
- Simply Health Scheme
- Generous Pension Scheme
- Free car parking

We are proud to be a family-friendly employer and offer…

- Up to four personal days paid leave a year
- Maternity/Paternity Leave
- Childcare Vouchers
- Flexible working hours
- Store Discount at our Scout Store + other online benefits
- Study and volunteer leave

Closing date: Wed, 25 May  2022, 23:59

Don’t miss out on the opportunity to join our fantastic team! Click ‘Apply’ now!

The Scouts is an equal opportunity employer, and we are committed to diversity and actively seeking applicants from a wide range of backgrounds.

Strictly no agencies.

A not-for-profit organisation are recruiting for an Interim Finance Business Partner

Your new company
A London-based charity.

Your new role
Reporting to the Head of Finance Business Partnering, you will be responsible for accurate monthly management reporting; leading on project accounting; budgeting and forecasting and performance monitoring. Anticipated duration is for 4-5 months. To start ASAP. 100% remote working available.

What you'll need to succeed
You will be a qualified Accountant with strong finance business partnering experience.

What you'll get in return
The opportunity to add value in a varied and interesting role.

What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
If this job isn't quite right for you but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career.

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My client, a growing and dynamic Charity, is looking to recruit a finance business partner – a maternity cover in the finance team.

They are looking for an experienced business accountant to work with the charity and wider finance team in order to implement a programme of significant change to their finance systems and processes.

You will be expected to analyse current processes, systems and data and identify possible improvements and develop creative solutions.

The aim is to deliver better value for the business through provision of better information, faster delivery of reports, a greatly improved user experience and enhanced stewardship.

There will also be a number of ad hoc projects that will need supporting from a financial point of view

Prior financial experience in a management account or analyst role would be advantageous and the ability to be a self-starter, work with the wider business and engage with stakeholders at all levels is extremely important.

You will also need to adapt quickly and be able to fit within a small and close knit team.

Head of Finance Business Partnering: up to £64,800 (9-month FTC) SE London | Home

For a large, London University, we are recruiting a Head of Finance Business Partnering for 9-months to cover a secondment. Reporting to the Assistant Director of Finance, the Head of Finance Business Partnering will manage and lead the Business Partnering Team through a finance transformation programme and will develop business partnering processes to enhance service delivery. This role will also provide strategic support to senior managers across the university on the planning and delivery of their financial objectives.

Main Duties:

• Leading, managing and motivating a large team of Business Partners, emphasising service delivery
• Proactive advice to senior managers on key risks and financial outcomes
• Train budget holders on financial responsibility
• Provide management information, analysis, forecasts and advise to senior management
• Implement budgetary control measures
• Ensure the preparation of the University's monthly management accounts and written reports
• Support the FP&A Team to develop models and costing allocation analysis
• Lead a culture of continuous improvement, suggesting and implementing improvements to systems and processes.

Person Specification:

• CCAB qualified with significant experience of leading Finance Business Partnering Teams
• Strong business partnering experience, including working with non-finance stakeholders
• Experience of management through change and transformation
• Strong data analysis and forecasting and modelling experience
• Ideally Higher Education experience
• Experience with new systems and process implementation would be great
• This role will be working 3 -days a week from the SE London campus and 2 -days from home.

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As an employer, we are committed to ensuring the representation of people from all backgrounds regardless of their gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, ethnicity, age, neurodiversity, disability status, or any other aspect which makes them unique. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds to apply and would encourage you to let us know if there are steps, we can take to ensure that your recruitment process enables you to present yourself in a way that makes you comfortable.

My client, a growing and dynamic Charity, is looking to recruit a finance business partner – a maternity cover in the finance team.

They are looking for an experienced business accountant to work with the charity and wider finance team in order to implement a programme of significant change to their finance systems and processes.

You will be expected to analyse current processes, systems and data and identify possible improvements and develop creative solutions.

The aim is to deliver better value for the business through provision of better information, faster delivery of reports, a greatly improved user experience and enhanced stewardship.

There will also be a number of ad hoc projects that will need supporting from a financial point of view

Prior financial experience in a management account or analyst role would be advantageous and the ability to be a self-starter, work with the wider business and engage with stakeholders at all levels is extremely important.

You will also need to adapt quickly and be able to fit within a small and close knit team

Finance Business Partner, West London – Arts Education, up to £52,000

An arts higher education institution based in West London is looking for a new Finance Business Partner to join their newly restructured team. Reporting directly to the Finance Director, the Finance Business Partner has full responsibility for the analysis, budgeting and forecasting and payroll, along with some other ad hoc and project work. Experience in payroll would be ideal, even if just overseeing the work of an external provider. This is a great organisation with a strong team, and has the potential to become a managerial position further down the line.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the UK and European payroll to ensure staff are paid accurately and on time and that relevant accounting entries made.
• Manage the process of creation of statutory audited accounts and other financial returns, to ensure that Met group is compliant with statutory and OFS requirements.
• Fulfil tax and compliance requirements - such as review of UK and German VAT returns to ensure information supplied to HMRC is accurate.
• Support the Finance Director in the set up and implementation of systems to drive business efficiency and deliver value.
• Strive to implement and improve processes in line with best practise, in order to create a strong financial control environment.
• Using modelling skills to assist with budget preparation and monitor performance, so that senior stakeholders gain accurate insight.

Key Skills & Qualifications:

• Finalist level or newly qualified ACCA/ACA/CIMA accountant
• Experience overseeing payroll is required
• Commercially minded, eager to be part of the organisation’s strategic plans
• Willing to be flexible within their role
• Team player with strong interpersonal skills

ShareAction

We are at a pivotal moment: the climate and biodiversity crises are deepening, and inequalities are even more marked in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. The global investment system has an oversized impact on many of these global challenges. We want to make sure that impact is positive. At ShareAction we work with investors, policymakers and individuals to unleash the positive potential of the investment system. We aim to build a world where our financial system serves our planet and its people.

Team

As part of the finance and operations team, you’ll play a crucial role in enabling the organisation to work effectively and efficiently. Our multi-faceted team proactively provides useful tools, information and support to staff, whilst also safeguarding the charity’s assets and managing risks. We’re a team of problem solvers, using our skills and experience to enhance ShareAction’s impact.

Position

This is a newly created role that will support ShareAction’s continued growth and build capacity and capability within the finance function. You will play a key part in ShareAction’s future growth and success, working closely with the Head of Finance, the fundraising team and budget holders around the organisation to ensure that all grant funding and project costs are in line with expectations and correctly accounted for.

As Finance Business Partner you will work with budget holders across the organisation, supporting the management of their budgets. In particular you will work closely with the fundraising team and delivery teams, ensuring that all grant finances are correctly structured and monitored.

A key part of your role initially will be building capacity and capability to enhance project level budgeting and management information, acting as a business partner to a range of non-finance stakeholders.

What you’ll do

The main responsibilities of the role will include:

• You will be working closely with our fundraising and delivery teams to create budgets for grant applications and new activities
• You will ensure that grant income, expenditure and cash flows are correctly recognised in our management accounts
• You will be identifying and managing the development of systems and processes to monitor expenditure and funding gaps on individual programmes and projects
• You will be supporting the organisational business planning, budgeting and forecasting processes, aligning with project budgets and funding
• You’ll create and maintain a register of finance deliverables from grant funding and ensure that financial reports are submitted accurately and on time
• You’ll business partner with budget holders across the organisation, becoming a trusted advisor and ensuring that they have sufficient information and training to effectively manage their own budgets
• You’ll be providing proactive financial analyses to support organisational decision making, increase/diversify income and ensure value for money from our expenditure
• You will identify and investigate variances to budgeted income and expenditure, working closely with budget holders to identify the business reasons and flag trends

Requirements

What you’ll bring to the team

• You’ll have a strong knowledge of best practice financial processes and control environments;
• You’ll need to be self-motivated, with the ability to work autonomously and work with a continuous improvement mind-set;
• You’ll have excellent communications skills, both written and verbal and the ability to communicate complex information and ideas;
• You’ll need an ability to build productive working relationships with internal stakeholders at all organisation levels;
• You’ll have an exceptional organisational and time management skills with the ability to work under pressure, plan and prioritise work effectively and meet deadlines;
• You will need advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel and good working knowledge of other Microsoft Office applications as well as a high degree of computer literacy;
• You’ll need experience of working with accountancy software.

Desirable

• You would ideally have experience of working in or with the not for profit sector and knowledge of the charity SORP;
• You would ideally have excellent knowledge of accounting concepts through being a part qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) with relevant experience;
• You would ideally have experience of working within the finance function of an SME;
• You would ideally have experience of financial planning and accounting for project.

What we will do for you

• We will provide you support with any training you require on the job, including using the accountancy software (currently Quickbooks)
• You will gain valuable experience of shaping systems and processes in a growing organising
• By working closely with teams across the organisation you will develop a deep understanding of the work we do and how it relates to our mission

Other information

Contract type: Permanent but with possible flexibility to 4 days per week
Who it reports to: Director of Finance and Operations
Salary: £35,000 - £40,000 per annum + 8% pension contribution and benefits including a healthcare scheme

Deadline for applications: Monday June 6th June, 9am

Interview dates: w/c June 13th and 20th - There will likely be two stages of interviews

ShareAction values and respects all differences in people (seen and unseen) and welcome applications from all backgrounds, communities and industries. We are committed to having a team that is made up of diverse skills, experiences and abilities and so if you are not 100 per cent sure that you meet all the requirements but believe you could excel in this role, we encourage you to apply and use the application questions to tell us about your experience and what you hope to bring to this role.

We also actively encourage staff to work in ways that best suit their needs and our flexible working policy outlines many of the options available- such as part-time and term-time working, job sharing, home working and working compressed hours. Please talk to us at the interview about the flexibility you need. We can’t promise to give you exactly what you want, but we do promise not to judge you for asking.

Please note that to be considered for this post you must be legally eligible to work in the UK. Due to current restrictions we are unable to hire anyone that isn’t already living in the UK. Due to our size we are unable to sponsor visas.

About the role:

An inspirational charity are currently seeking to appoint a Finance Business Partner. This varied role involves both Business Partnering and Financial Planning & Analysis. You will be joining the finance department and working collaboratively with the senior managers and directors within the organisation. This opportunity is predominantly remote, with occasional visits to the central London office.

Key responsibilities include:

• Acting as the finance lead in various projects across directorates, providing analysis, liaising with various stakeholders, and influencing decision making
• Business partnering for finance - building models to support FP&A across the charity, supporting with yearly budget processes in line with future financial/business plans and goals
• Producing ad hoc reporting and providing financial expertise when required by senior management
• Interpreting data/concepts and presenting this information to non-financial stakeholders
• Delivering training on finance systems/processes to various stakeholders
• Driving the monthly/quarterly financial forecasting processes - analyse forecasts and ensure planning is delivered in a timely manner

The successful candidate will be:

• ACCA/ACA/CIMA qualified
• Solid, proven experience in:
• Business partnering
• Producing budgeting and forecasting
• Financial analysis and building models
• Preparing year end accounts
• Presenting complex finance information to various stakeholders
• Advanced Excel skills - confident building robust financial/business models and manipulating a high volume of data
• Proactive, self-starter, able to use own initiative and get stuck into tasks set
• Charity sector experience is desirable

My client is a well established Charity in Somerset who is looking to recruit a Finance Business Partner on a permanent basis.

This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and proactive individual to join our team to provide a link between Finance and all other parts of the charity, working in partnership to ensure the achievement of business targets, compliance with policies and adding value in all areas of work.

As a Finance Business Partner, you will be responsible to drive financial performance providing leadership, guidance and support on financial information, business performance and implementation of strategies.

You will also support the Director of Finance and the team of Finance Business Partners on the delivery and development of business support services to the wider organisation.

This is an important role for the Charity and would ideally suit someone who is use to working in a busy , complex environment and someone who is proactive, able to juggle an ever changing work load and most importantly has excellent written and verbal communication skills.