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Finance, Planning & Analysis Manager

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire (On-site)
£65,000 - £68,750 per year
Full-time or part-time
Permanent

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Job description

Finance, Planning & Analysis Manager
Location: Cambridge, UK 
Salary: £65,000 – £68,750 p.a. full-time equivalent, dependent on experience
Basis: Permanent; full-time, part-time or flexible
Eligibility: You must be eligible to work in the UK

The role

We are looking to recruit a fully qualified (ACA/ACCA/CIMA) FP&A Manager to lead a newly established Business Planning team for the Raspberry Pi Foundation. The Foundation has an annual expenditure of £17m and employs 180 people in the UK, Ireland, India and the USA. We are anticipating further growth in the coming years. 

Reporting to the Director of Operations and working closely with the Chief Financial Officer, you will lead all aspects of the annual business planning and budgeting cycle and monthly reporting to the Foundation’s management and Trustees. You will partner with the Foundation’s Financial Controller and leadership team to provide insight and help inform decision making. The role will include financial planning, budgeting and analysis, and management accounting. You will lead a highly-skilled team, including the current Business Operations Manager and a Finance Apprentice.

The ideal candidate will have experience of working in an international organisation. You will have strong analytical ability and attention to detail and excellent business partnering skills. You will be accustomed to working with colleagues at all levels of the organisation and will be used to presenting and communicating financial information to non-finance people. 

We strive to make the Foundation a place where talented people who care about our mission can do the best work of their careers. We have a flexible and collaborative approach to all aspects of our work. If you’re the right person for the job, we’ll make it work for you, and you can be confident that you’ll be working with an exceptional team.

Responsibilities

  • Oversee annual business planning, budgeting, forecasting, and long-term financial planning. 
  • Partner with the leadership team to develop budgets, forecasts, and long-term financial plans.

  • Work closely with the leadership team, providing financial expertise and guidance to support decision-making and optimise resource allocation across products and programmes.

  • Provide in-depth financial analysis and insights, identifying trends, risks, and opportunities for improvement across products and programmes.

  • Support Fundraising in bid process, providing robust and costed financial data for bids and reports back to funders.

  • Embed cross team collaboration and systems between fundraising and finance to establish one source of truth on performance against grants.

  • Provide assistance to the financial controller with cash flow forecasting, particularly in relation to timing of receipts of grant income and payment of onward grants.

  • Manages a team of 2.

  • The role will partner closely with the Financial Controller and two Senior Fundraising & Development Managers.

Experience and personal attributes

We recognise that everyone has the potential for growth, and we welcome applications from candidates who can demonstrate that they have some, but not all, of the experience and personal attributes listed here.

  • Qualified accountant with 5+ years PQE or equivalent
  • Significant experience in budgeting, forecasting, financial modelling, and analysis

  • Proven track record in developing and implementing business plans, ideally in a nonprofit context

  • Experience with grant budgeting, reporting, and compliance

  • Familiarity with setting KPIs, tracking performance, and using data to inform decision-making

  • Strong analytical skills and the ability to derive insights from financial and operational data

  • Strong business partnering and interpersonal skills to build relationships with key stakeholders

  • Excellent communication skills to present financial information clearly and concisely to diverse audiences

  • Experience leading and managing teams, fostering collaboration, and developing talent.

About us

The Raspberry Pi Foundation is a UK-based educational charity with the mission to enable young people to realise their full potential through the power of computing and digital technologies. You can read more about us on our careers page.

Established in 2008 and first known for our product — the wildly successful Raspberry Pi computer — the Foundation has developed education programmes, learning experiences, and products that are helping millions of young people learn vital new knowledge and skills

Through Code Club and CoderDojo, we support the world’s largest network of free informal computing clubs for young people. Tens of thousands of educators have taken our online courses, and millions of people use our free online learning resources. To deepen our understanding of how young people learn about computing and how to create with digital technologies, we conduct academic research, and we use that knowledge to increase the impact of our work and advance the field of computing education.

Across all of our work, we work hard to engage young people who come from backgrounds that are traditionally underrepresented in the field of computing or who experience educational disadvantage. We work all over the world, with teams based in the UK, Ireland, North America, and India, and partnerships with mission-aligned organisations in over 40 countries.

We are at the forefront of the global movement to help young people learn about computing and digital making. You can read more about our mission, values, and goals in our Annual Review 2023 and our Strategy 2022–2025.

Benefits

In addition to competitive salaries, we offer a range of benefits for all of our colleagues, including:

  • 25 days’ annual leave initially, growing to 30 days after five years service

  • Company-wide close down for 3 days at the end of the year

  • Generous company pension scheme with 8% employer and 4% employee contributions

  • Private healthcare

  • Life assurance and long-term illness insurance policy

  • Investment in professional development and learning

  • Flexible work hours as needed, to fit around childcare or other commitments

  • Generous family leave policy

  • Cycle-to-work scheme and season ticket loan

Timetable for applications
Closing date:
21 October 2024; 09:00 am GMT
Phone screen: From application to week commencing 21 October 2024
First-round interview: Week commencing 28 October 2024
Second-round interview: Week commencing 04 November 2024

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. If successful in the selection process, you will be required to undergo a background check to confirm that you are a suitable person to work with children. Further background checks will be made at regular intervals thereafter.

 

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Raspberry Pi Foundation View profile Organisation type Registered Charity Company size 21 - 50
Refreshed on: 08 October 2024
Closing date: 21 October 2024 at 09:00
Tags: Finance, Accounting, Data Analysis

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