Finance Business Partner in England

Finance Business Partner
Contract:
Permanent, Full-time,35hours per week
Location:
London, UK
UK hybrid working
– a minimum of 40% of working time is spent face-to-face (London office, external meetings or travel).
***** hybrid working at WaterAid means roughly three days wherever you work best and two days together in person.
Salary:
£48,********,439 per year with excellent benefits.
Change starts with water.
Change starts with you.
Every day, millions of people live without clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene.
WaterAid exists to change that – for everyone, everywhere.
Join us, and your energy will help unlock people\’s potential and create a fairer future.
About WaterAid
We\’re a global federation driven by one vision: a world where everyone, everywhere has clean water, sanitation and hygiene by ****.
Powered by our values of Respect, Accountability, Courage, Collaboration, Integrity and Innovation, we work alongside communities, partners and supporters to make change happen.
About the team
This position sits within the UK Finance team, specifically within the Management Accounting team based in London.
The Management Accounting team is responsible for providing robust reporting and analysis across the organisation, to ensure that WaterAid UK makes effective financial decisions and long term plans aligned with the 10 year strategy.
About the role
As our Finance Business Partner you will regularly support and advise UK team leaders and senior managers to review financial aspects of their financial performance and plans, working closely with People, Finance & IT, Policy and Campaigns, and parts of the international programmes directorates.
Regularly advise UK team leaders and senior manager to review financial aspects of their operational plans.
Continue to develop the systematic forecasting process for departments and ensure robust 3 year financial plans are implemented
Support strategic decision making on long term financial plans and modelling, supporting WAUKs 10 year strategy
Develop enhanced self-service reporting relevant at budget holder and department levelthat supports optimal decision-making
Create efficient finance processes that best deliver the needs of the organisation
Provide training and advice to build the financial management competencies of budget holders
Work closely with the wider finance and IS team on delivering the organisational priorities
To be successful, you will need:
Completed a professional accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CIPFA).
Experience of formulating, overseeing and reporting on operational plans, including KPIs.
Demonstrable innovative ability; using data and insight to inform recommendations for improvements to products, processes or activities.
Proven experience of using insight and analysis to provide trends, inform and drive business decisions.
Keen interest in information systems, ability to learn new systems quickly.
Experience of accounting for restricted funds, preferably in an international organisation.
Adaptability to build effective working relationships with both finance and non-finance colleagues and work in a collaborative way.
Highly organised, with the ability to prioritise and co-ordinate multiple tasks and confident to work independently.
Excellent communication skills, both oral and written.
Although not essential, we\’d prefer you to have:
Working knowledge of a budgeting and forecasting system.
Experience of using Power BI.
Working knowledge of SUN Vision Excel, or a similar multi-dimensional accounting system.
Knowledge of donor reporting requirements /experience of reporting to donors.
Knowledge of development issues and the sector.
Closing date:
Applications close 12:00 PMUKtime on 9th January ****.
Interviews may be scheduled on a rolling basis, and the role may close earlier if a suitable candidate is found.
How to apply:
Click Apply to complete the pre-screening questions and upload your CV
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At WaterAid, we strongly advise against using AI technology at any stage of the recruitment process.
Our goal is to ensure a fair and transparent process that provides every applicant with an equal opportunity to succeed.
We value hearing about your unique experiences and perspectives in your application, and, if shortlisted, during the interview as well.
Pre-employment screening:
To apply for this role, you must be able to demonstrate your eligibility to work in the respective country.
All pre-employment checks will be carried out according to local law and WaterAid\’s Safer Recruitment policy.
All UK based roles require a basic Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
36days\’ holiday (including 8