Remote Finance Business Partner & Forecast Analyst

Love Charity Jobs; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 34,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

The National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC) is seeking a Finance Business Partner Analyst to join the Finance team. This remote role supports monthly forecasting, provides insightful financial analysis, and drives improvements in reporting and controls across the UK charity sector.

Working with budget holders, you will consolidate forecasts, challenge assumptions, and develop reporting tools using Excel and Power Query.

Qualifications

• AAT qualification or substantial equivalent experience in management accounting, financial reporting, forecasting or analysis.
• Experience working with budget holders or non-financial stakeholders to support budget monitoring, forecasting or financial decision-making.
• Ability to challenge assumptions clearly and professionally.
• Advanced Excel skills: formulas, lookups, pivot tables, data validation, data cleansing, and Power Query.
• Experience consolidating information from multiple sources and maintaining complex reporting workbooks or financial data models.
• Strong analytical skills with attention to detail, including reconciliations and data quality checks.
• Experience in grant monitoring, charity/public sector finance or grant-funded organisations is desirable.
• Experience working effectively in a remote environment and maintaining proactive communication.

Responsibilities

• Support budget holders through monthly forecasting and budget monitoring.
• Review forecast submissions to ensure assumptions are robust and evidence-based.
• Consolidate, validate and maintain monthly forecasts and reporting data.
• Produce analysis on budget variances, forecast movements and risks.
• Manage and maintain grant monitoring information and datasets.
• Perform reconciliations, data validation and quality checks.
• Develop and improve reporting processes using advanced Excel and Power Query.
• Explain complex financial information to non-financial colleagues.
• Support continuous improvement of forecasting, grant monitoring and reporting controls.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Pivot tables

Data validation

Power Query

Stakeholder management

Financial analysis

Reconciliations

Data models

Analytical mindset

Education

AAT qualification or equivalent experience

Tools

Power Query

Excel

Job description

The National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC) is seeking a Finance Business Partner Analyst to join the Finance team. This remote role supports monthly forecasting, provides insightful financial analysis, and drives improvements in reporting and controls across the UK charity sector.

Working with budget holders, you will consolidate forecasts, challenge assumptions, and develop reporting tools using Excel and Power Query.