Business Analyst - Finance

Business Analyst – Finance
Reference: APR20255156
Location: Flexible in UK
Contract: Fixed Term for 12 months
Hours: Full-Time, 37.5 hours per week
Salary: £33,027.00 - £35,259.00 Per Annum
Benefits: Pension Scheme, Life Assurance Scheme, 26 days' Annual Leave

Note: Whilst the role is offered full time the organisation is open to applications from anyone able to work at least 22.5 hours per week.

Nature is in Crisis, and this charity is working across the UK and overseas to save it. As the UK's largest nature conservation charity, with a workforce of over 14,000 employees and volunteers, the organisation has an ambitious programme of work to transform their approach and deepen their impact.

The charity has an exciting opportunity for a talented business analyst to join their Finance team. The successful candidate will support an integrated programme and project management team, who deliver organisational wide people and business change across the organisation. The work will be fast paced, far reaching and innovative, covering all elements of operations.

You can be based anywhere in the UK, and the charity is very supportive of flexible working. They value and understand the importance of different voices, experiences, perspectives and backgrounds within their workforce and strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community.

What's the role about?

As part of the financial planning and reporting team you will support the finance business partners and be responsible for delivering business analysis support and insight (e.g. data analysis, financial analysis, process mapping, etc.) to projects and programmes across the UK that support the charity's 2030 strategy.

Key activities will include:

1. Supporting the Finance and Transformation team in delivering business analysis to support key finance-centric projects and programmes. This includes, but is not limited to:

• Data analysis
• Process mapping and review
• Financial analysis and reporting

Supporting the project and programme managers in developing robust business cases, modelling financial impacts and risks, and reviewing and tracking financial benefits.

Communicating and engaging with colleagues and stakeholders at a variety of levels. You will be confident in articulating your business analysis work in a number of ways and will be able to confidently engage Senior Management to drive and manage positive change and maintain their support throughout your business analysis.

What the charity needs from you:

• Educated to degree level and/or have sufficient experience to be able to carry out the duties to a high level.
• Knowledge of financial management and processes (including double-entry accounts).
• Advanced spreadsheet skills.
• Excellent numerical skills.
• Ability to evaluate incomplete and complex financial information, to develop and consider a range of possible options and make a judgement as to the recommended course of action.
• Ability to produce clear written communications.
• Proven time management and organisational skills.
• Ability to act as a critical-friend to board level and senior managers balancing challenge and support - Desirable.
• Ability to convey appropriate financial messages to various audiences - Desirable.
• Proven ability to understand business issues and identify interventions to improve business performance - Desirable.
• Proven experience of making recommendations to decision makers through analysis of financial information, modelling scenarios and paying due regard to risk and control issues - Desirable.
• Proven experience of planning, co-ordinating, and delivering projects that contribute towards improved profitability / organisational efficiency - Desirable.
• Management accounting experience - Desirable.

The charity reserves the right to extend or make this role permanent without further advertising dependent on business needs at the end of the contract term.

Closing date: 23:59, Fri, 2nd May 2025

The organisation is looking to conduct interviews for this position asap.

Interested?

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Our client is committed to developing an inclusive and diverse workplace, in which everyone feels supported, valued, and able to be their full selves. To achieve their vision of creating a world richer in nature, the charity needs more people, and more diverse people, on nature’s side. People of colour and disabled people are currently underrepresented across the environment, climate, sustainability, and conservation sector. If you identify as a person of colour and/or disabled, the organisation is particularly interested in receiving your application.

The charity is an equal opportunities employer. This role is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

No agencies please.