Deputy Director of Finance - Financial Planning and Analysis in Dover

Migrant Help have an exciting opportunity to recruit a Deputy Director of Financial Planning & Analysis to join our team!

Dover, Homebased

Contract: Permanent

Migrant Help is a leading charity that was established in 1963 and delivers a range of support and advice services to people affected by displacement and exploitation across the UK. We foster a culture in which equality, diversity and inclusion are recognised, valued and encouraged. We welcome applications from candidates regardless of their age, religion or belief, race, gender reassignment, disability, sexual orientation, sex, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity.

The Deputy Director of Financial Planning & Analysis role:

Part of the Finance team, the Deputy Director of Financial Planning & Analysis is a new and strategic role at Migrant Help. You will be a key member of the Migrant Help finance function, providing strategic and operational financial support to enable sustainable growth, informed decision making, and accountable service continuity.

Key responsibilities:

• Partner with the Senior Leadership team and Senior Finance Personnel to develop the methodology behind the setting and maintenance of budgets, and forecasts to support strategic objectives.
• Leading on the finances of all potential contract and grant applications that align with the charity's objectives.
• Provide financial analysis and insight to support strategic planning, investment decisions, and service development.
• Deliver high quality analysis of financial reports and performance.
• Monitor financial performance, highlight risks and opportunities and support corrective actions.
• Support the development of pricing models and cost recovery strategies for commercial contracts.
• Work closely with operational teams to track financial performance on volumetric based and act as a key finance business partner to service leads.
• Ability to commission internal roles or external support in FP&A based on the degree of complexity of contracts so that expertise and appropriate time can be allocated across multiple varying commitments.
• Management of an FP&A function at a senior level which as part of a large or growing organisation.
• Ability to interpret financial data and provide insightful analysis to support decision making.
• Align financial planning with strategic goals and help shape long term decision making.
• Proficient in the use or implementation of relevant forecasting tools in achieving the automation and validation of budgets and forecasting.

Migrant Help is committed to safeguarding those we provide a service to; applicants will have to undergo strict vetting procedures throughout different stages of the recruitment process therefore:

This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check therefore applicants must:

• Be able to provide documents to show their right to work in the UK (such as Passport, work visa, settled status document, certificate of registration, naturalisation as a British citizen, Biometric Residence Permit etc.).

Our working week is 35 hours per week offering flexibility and work life balance. Employees will gain an extra day annual leave per year to a maximum of 39 days, including bank holidays (pro-rata). Option to buy or sell up to 5 days of annual leave. Access to Perkbox, an employee rewards and benefits platform with over 9,000 deals and discounts, a range of free perks, employee wellbeing support and other additional employee benefits and recognitions. Wellbeing support. Migrant Help offers employees a non-contributory pension scheme; Migrant Help pays 8% worth of employee salary into the pension scheme.

If you are interested in becoming our new Deputy Director of Financial Planning & Analysis, please click 'APPLY' today. We encourage applications from disabled people by offering them an interview if they meet the minimum criteria for the job.

As part of your role, it is important you operate within Migrant Help's values: Protection, Diversity, Equality, Partnership, Innovation and Excellence. Migrant Help is proud to be an equal opportunities employer.