FINANCE BUSINESS PARTNER

Are you an experienced finance business partner looking to apply your skills to support Amnesty International to achieve our human rights strategic goals?

JOB PURPOSE

As a Finance Business Partner, you will provide high quality and comprehensive financial support and guidance to budget holders and other stakeholders, promoting sound budget management and ensuring financial resources are allocated in the most effective way possible.

Please note that this is a 1-year fixed term contract.

ABOUT YOU

We are looking for an accountant who has significant experience as a finance business partner, providing support and guidance to key stakeholders in areas such as budget management, financial forecasting, and risk management.

The successful candidate will be a strong relationship builder able to communicate financial information clearly and concisely for internal stakeholders.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

• Build relationships and engage budget holders to allow open communication and ensure finance and non-finance staff are aware of the financial impact of management decisions.
• Support effective financial decision making through supporting preparation of monthly IS management accounts and finance reports for programmes. Lead ongoing review and redesign of financial reporting to ensure reports are fit for purpose and effectively support analysis and decision making.
• Support the Financial Planning & Analysis Manager and programme budget holders in planning for and carrying out the annual budgeting & planning process. Design and lead training, develop budget templates, carry out analysis and produce budget information packs for Senior Director review.
• Act as finance partner on a range of organisation-wide change projects, ensuring affordability, tracking against budget, reporting of project spend to key stakeholders, and providing recommendations based on financial analysis.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Relevant chartered accountant qualification (or working towards one) or have significant relevant experience.
• Significant experience in management reporting, i.e. producing quality financial information to strict deadlines.
• Experience in preparing and monitoring budgets, ability to identify budget problems and to solve them.
• Systems experience
• Intermediate/advanced Excel (essential)
• Intermediate PowerPoint (essential)
• Microsoft D365 (preferred)
• Basic VBA (preferred)
• Power BI (preferred)

Please see the attached job description on our website for more information on responsibilities, skills and experience required.

What We Offer:

At Amnesty International, we are passionate about what we do and we are proud of our achievements as a movement. To compensate our employees for the critical work they do, we reward them through a combination of an attractive and sector competitive salary and benefits package, high levels of engagement and involvement, and a commitment to employee development.

• 37 days annual leave (inclusive of public holidays and grace days)
• Hybrid working environment – The standard working week at Amnesty International is 35 hours
• Pension Contribution Scheme – with an employer contribution of 8% of your gross annual salary, in addition Amnesty International will match individual contributions of up to 3%. Making a total employer contribution of 11%
• Life Assurance
• Annual salary review
• Opportunity to join our cycle-to-work scheme
• Interest-free season ticket loans for travel to work
• Contribution towards the cost of eye tests and glasses
• Access to Linkedin Learning
• Employee Assistance Programme

WHAT WE HOPE YOU WILL DO NEXT

If you are talented, passionate about human rights and want to use your skills, knowledge and experience to change the world then we would encourage you to click ‘Apply for this Role’ below.

Freedom, Justice, Equality. Let’s get to work.

N.B. We reserve the right to close a vacancy BEFORE the closing date in the event of an overwhelming response or a change in business priorities, therefore we recommend you apply now if you are interested.

Commitment to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion:

Amnesty International believes in a world that is fair, inclusive and equitable. Together, we’re committed to being an anti-racist organisation with a diverse workforce that can better tackle the global human rights challenges that face our world today. We know that different voices, ideas, perspectives, experiences and knowledge, working together will enable us to better the lives of people around the world.

We are committed to building and sustaining an anti-racist, culturally diverse and inclusive organisation, where all employees feel valued, have a sense of belonging and an equal opportunity to fulfil their potential. We therefore strongly welcome applications from suitably qualified people regardless of their background; including underrepresented groups, LGBTQI+ individuals and those who may have or are living with a disability.

To see our full statement please visit this link: Racial equality, equal opportunities, diversity and inclusion policy – Amnesty International

Amnesty International is committed to being an inclusive employer and providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process for all. If you would like to receive any information in a different way or would like us to do anything differently to help you apply for our roles, please get in touch with the team by [email protected]