Senior Finance Manager

Save the Children International has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Manager - Finance Business Partnering Member Finance, to join our Financial Planning and Performance (FP&P) Team.

Team Purpose

The Financial Planning & Performance team is responsible for providing quality strategic insight and effective finance business partnering to key stakeholders across the Save the Children International Global Teams and Members to drive quality financial and business outcomes.

Job Purpose

The role holder provides financial leadership and coordination to Save the Children Members to support the delivery of our global financial strategy and enhance financial performance.

Principal Accountabilities

• Lead the SCI Member Finance team and drive high performance through a combination of leading by example, coaching and structured training and development.
• Contribute to the development of a team culture that reflects our organisational values, encourages learning, creativity and innovation, and frees up our people to deliver outstanding results for all key stakeholders.
• Finance business partner to the 30 Member finance teams and Resource Mobilisation team.
• Responsible for the consolidation and analysis of member finance results, budgets and long term financial plans, including review of income performance and cost ratios.
• Provide finance leadership to enable the achievement of global growth ambitions as set out in the Global Funding framework, including ensuring cost effective growth.
• Lead on the financial elements of the operation and performance monitoring of SCI’s investments into fundraising growth.
• Analyse the Save the Children movement’s financial data and provide tables, graphics and commentary to tell the story to the Board and other leadership groups, as part of both scheduled and ad hoc reporting.
• Support the SCI financial leadership driving an agenda of cost efficiencies across Save the Children Members by leveraging best practices, identifying opportunities and influencing change.
• Work closely with the CFO and Director of FP&P to drive consistency across Save the Children entities in measurement of financial performance to enable optimal decision making.
• Support Member financial reviews as required (e.g. in response to early warning indicators or following request for assistance from a member).
• Responsible for key member interfaces such as the Member share calculations.
• Provide direction and support to the SCA Shared Finance Systems Business Partner to maximise the benefits of sharing a Financial Management System (FMS) and a common coding model across the SCA Movement.

Experience and Skills

• Exemplary leadership skills with the ability to inspire, motivate, and influence teams.
• Demonstrates accountability and holds team members accountable in line with SCI’s values.
• Expertise in financial management including budgeting, forecasting, and presenting complex financial information clearly and compellingly.
• A thorough understanding of financial systems and procedures.
• Understanding of key operational and strategic considerations relating to fundraising strategies, organisational cost structure and driving cost efficiencies.
• 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.
• Proactive and logical approach to problem-solving with the ability to anticipate requirements and obstacles.
• Conscientious and client‑focused attitude.
• Excellent IT literacy including advanced skills in spreadsheet modelling and analysis.
• Strong time management skills with the ability to plan ahead and juggle competing priorities, maintaining a calm disposition under pressure.
• Significant experience working within a multi-currency finance environment.

Education and Qualifications

• ACA, CIMA, CPA, or qualified by 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

• Application review by our recruiting team based on your CV and cover letter.
• Two-stage competency-based interviews with the hiring team.
• Some recruitment may include an additional assessment or case study stage, or a third stage interview.
• 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.