Finance Business Partner at WaterAid UK

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 level that 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 

Requirements

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.