Finance Business Partner

People First; Truro; Hybrid; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

ShelterBox is seeking a [role] to support programme-level financial accounting, donor reporting and oversight, ensuring accurate reconciliations, budgeting, forecasting, and risk management. You will partner with teams to drive value for money and ensure finance systems meet organisational needs.

The successful candidate will bring experience in donor reporting and project accounting across multiple projects, with a collaborative, proactive approach and a willingness to deploy with project

Qualifications

• Experience of supporting financial processes related to donor reporting and project accounting across a diverse portfolio of projects.
• Ability to combine technical expertise with strong business partnering to support decisions.
• Knowledge/experience of inventory accounting highly regarded; exposure to management or implementation of a project accounting finance system.

Responsibilities

• Strengthen financial knowledge and confidence with budget holders through coaching, training, and partnership-based support.
• Design intuitive reports and analysis to meet needs across the organisation.
• Provide clarity around performance and act as a trusted advisor to finance and non-finance colleagues.
• Support the shaping of financial information guidelines for programme delivery to inform boards and strategy.
• Collaborate to improve reporting tools and ensure finance systems support programme needs.
• Support programme managers with financial insight to improve decision-making.
• Assist with monthly project portfolio reporting and forecasting and ensure accuracy and actionable analysis.
• Interpret donor requirements and ensure compliance across projects and grants.

Skills

Donor reporting

Project accounting

Business partnering

Forecasting

Education

Accounting/Finance degree

Tools

Project accounting software

Job description

Whichever job you take on at ShelterBox, you will be working towards a world where no family goes without shelter after disaster.

Our team are the foundations of ShelterBox. They create a framework in which we are able to transform lives.

You would be joining ShelterBox at an exciting time of growth, helping us to continue to maximise both our reach and the impact of our work. Our team is full of positive, people focused individuals with a real passion for our cause.

Do you have the skills, personality and ambition to help us write our next chapter?

Grade: 3

Salary: £42,613 per annum

Hours: Full Time,37.5 hours per week (Flexible hoursconsidered)

Position type: Fixed termfor 18 months

Responsible to: International Programmes Finance Manager

Direct reports: None

Location: Truro, Cornwall (hybrid) or remote (UK only) withtravel to Truro HQ a minimum of twice per year.

This role may occasionally berequiredto deploy as part of a ShelterBox project delivery team, working alongside our programme partners. These deployments are unlikely to exceed 2 weeks in duration.

ROLE PURPOSE:

To support programme-level financial accounting, grant stewardship,reportingand oversight—ensuringaccuratereconciliations, cost recovery, budgeting, forecasting, donor reporting, and risk management,while acting as a proactive business partner to drive informed decision-making and value for money. This role will also support the Financial Reporting & Systems Manager in deliveringaccurateinternal reporting and ensuring finance systems meet organisational needs.

WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

The successfulcandidate must have experienceofsupportingfinancialprocessrelatedto donor reporting and project accountingacross a diverseportfolio ofprojectsandpossessthe confidence and collaborative skills to workeffectively with senior management.

The successful candidate must be able to combine technicalexpertisewith strong business partnering skills to support decisions that improveorganisation efficiency, protect organisational sustainability, and build confidence incolleagues across the organisation.

The candidate must also have experience of project accounting and charitable donor reporting. Knowledge and experience of inventory accounting would be highly regarded, as would exposure to the management or implementation of a project accounting finance system.

MAIN ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Strengthening financial knowledge and confidence with budget holders through coaching, trainingprogrammesand partnership-based support.
• Working collaboratively across the Finance team to design intuitive reports and analysis that meet the needs of colleagues across the organisation.
• Contributing to stronger processes and tools, providing clarity around performance, and acting as a trusted advisor to both finance and non-finance colleagues.
• Support the shaping of financial information guidelines for programme delivery, whichinforms board-level decisions, and supports organisational strategy.
• Collaborating with the Financial Reporting & Systems Manager to improve reporting tools and ensure finance systems support programme and organisational requirements.
• Support programme managers byprovidingfinancial insight and challenge to improve decision-making.
• Assistwith monthly project portfolio reporting and forecasting, ensuring accuracy and actionable analysis.
• Interpret donor requirements and help ensure compliance across assigned projects and grants.
• Advise programme teams on best practice donor reporting and project accounting protocols.

Budgeting, Reporting & Compliance

• Assistin development and maintenance of reports and systems that enable effectivefinancial managementof projects.
• Support donor financial reporting, ensuring timeliness, accuracy, and compliance.
• Contribute to the development and usage of project budgeting templates; provide guidance to programme teams.
• Collaborate with finance systemsandothercolleagues to ensure systems meet programme finance needs, especially for project accounting and donor reporting.
• SupportFundraising departmenton income projection andintegrationin project funding gap.
• Assist the Financial Reporting & Systems Manager with preparation and review ofdepartmentalbudgets, forecasts, andinput relevant information forthemonthly management accounts.
• Support administration and optimisation of finance systems to meet reporting needs.
• Assistprogramme teams with partner due diligence assessments related to projectdelivery.
• Attendprogrammecoordinationmeetings providingadequate intelligenceonproject financial status.
• Supportfinancial managementof partner grants, including payment facilitation and compliance checks.
• Review partner financial reports and ensure alignment with donor requirements.

Controls & Oversight

• Monitor project-level financial performance, highlighting risks and variances.
• Monthlyreconciliationof funding forecast, ensuring that incomereceivedare recognisedwhen due.
• Maintainaccuraterecords and documentation for audits and donor compliance.
• Review departmental budgets with relevant budget holders.

Other responsibilities

• Participate in cross-functional projects asrequired.
• Any other duties asrequiredwhich aredeemedappropriate tothe level and grade of the post

ShelterBoxis an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer whereby we do not engage in practices that discriminate against any person employed or seeking employment based on race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national or ethnic origin, age, marital status, physical or mental disability, protected status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable law.

At ShelterBox we are committed to safeguarding and protection of children and vulnerable people in our work.We will do everything possible to ensure that only those who are suitable to work with children and vulnerable people are recruited to work with us.

Successful applicants will also be required to apply for and hold a valid DBS check.