Strategic Finance Business Partner - YODA at Plan International

Job Description 

• In this role you will act as the strategic financial business partner for Programme Y.O.D.A. You will be required to work with the Programme Y.O.D.A managers as well as the wider Plan International Finance Team to support financial reporting and forecasting.  
• You will ensure resources are maximised and provide support to Programme Management Office and Programme Sponsors in assessing financial implications of their activities to ensure financially sound business cases for their new initiatives, a commercial approach to their operational delivery and a strong understanding of their own budget and expenditure and the drivers and implications of variances to enable agile response and reprioritisation as appropriate.
• You will also support in the assessment and development of a financial strategy to ensure financial sustainability. As well as ensure resources are optimised to enable best value for money delivery of objectives and enhance our values-based approach to leadership through a customer service focused business partnering approach.

To be successful in this role you will be:

• Ideally educated to degree level in finance or economics, related working experience 
• Strong commercial analytical skills 
• Customer focussed, business partnering experience 
• Experience of business case creation and project management 
• Qualified Chartered Accountant (CIMA/ACCA/ICAEW or recognised equivalent) 
• Excellent communications skills (written and verbal) and ability to communicate technical information to non-technical colleagues