Senior Finance Analyst - Commercial

WWF UK; Manor Park; Hybrid; GBP 52,000 - 72,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Pension contributions

Learning & development

Wellbeing initiatives

Hybrid work

Job summary

WWF-UK is seeking a Senior Finance Analyst - Commercial to join our Commercial Finance team, partnering with senior stakeholders to support decision making and strengthen financial planning. You will drive budgeting, forecasting and long-term planning, with clear monthly reporting and analysis to inform business decisions.

This role works across fundraising, communications, and our Operations and People & Culture teams, shaping business cases and process improvements while ensuring resources

Qualifications

• Part-qualified accountant or equivalent experience.
• Strong experience in financial planning, budgeting and forecasting.
• Experience producing and analysing management accounts and financial reports.
• Experience of financial modelling and business planning.
• Proven ability to work as a business partner, supporting a range of stakeholders.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to present financial information clearly.
• Strong organisational skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities and meet deadlines.
• High attention to detail and accuracy.
• Advanced Excel skills.

Responsibilities

• Act as a strategic business partner to senior stakeholders.
• Lead budgeting, forecasting and long-term financial planning.
• Provide timely monthly reporting and financial analysis.
• Support business cases and income development activity.
• Identify opportunities to improve processes and ways of working.
• Collaborate across WWF-UK teams including fundraising and operations.

Skills

ACCA/ACA/CIMA

Budgeting & forecasting

Management accounts

Financial modelling

Business partnering

Communication skills

Organisation

Attention to detail

Advanced Excel

Tools

Excel

Job description

We're excited to be recruiting a Senior Finance Analyst - Commercial. This is a key role within our Commercial Finance team, which supports a range of functions across WWF-UK, including Fundraising, Communications, and our Operations and People & Culture teams. As a Senior Finance Analyst, you will act as a strategic business partner, working closely with senior stakeholders to support decision-making, strengthen financial planning and ensure resources are used effectively to deliver our organisational priorities. You'll play a central role in the financial planning cycle, including budgeting, forecasting and long-term planning, as well as providing clear, timely insight through monthly reporting and analysis. Alongside this, you'll help shape business cases, support income development activity, and identify opportunities to improve processes and ways of working. This is a role for someone who enjoys connecting financial insight to real-world impact, bringing clarity to complex information and working collaboratively across teams to support better decisions.

You'll bring the following skills and experience to succeed in this role: Essential

• Part-qualified accountant (ACCA, ACA, CIMA) or equivalent experience
• Strong experience in financial planning, budgeting and forecasting
• Experience producing and analysing management accounts and financial reports
• Experience of financial modelling and business planning
• Proven ability to work as a business partner, supporting a range of stakeholders
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to present financial information clearly and accessibly
• Strong organisational skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities and meet deadlines
• High attention to detail and accuracy
• Advanced Excel skills

Desirable

• Experience working in a commercial finance or FP&A environment
• Experience supporting income-generating teams or working with fundraising functions
• Experience contributing to business cases or project planning
• Experience identifying and implementing process improvements
• Experience working in a matrix organisation

Experience working in a matrix organisation. We believe in rewarding our team with more than just a salary. Here's what you can expect:

• Annual leave starting at 26 days a year, rising one day each year to 31 days plus bank holidays
• Flexible working options, to support your work life balance
• 7.5% employer contribution to pension, rising to 10% with employee contribution
• Learning and development opportunities to help you grow
• Regular wellbeing initiatives to support your health and happiness.

This is a UK based contract, and you are required to have the Right to Work in the UK. Unfortunately, we're unable to offer sponsorship and any offer of employment will be subject to evidence of your Right to Work in the UK. This role is hybrid with a minimum 40% of your contracted hours spent at our beautiful UK head office, the Living Planet Centre in Woking, Surrey, where you hot desk among trees and gardens.

About WWF-UK We're a global conservation charity with millions of supporters and hundreds of projects around the world. At WWF‑UK, we're bringing our world back to life. Protecting what's left isn't enough. We're racing to restore nature and prevent catastrophic climate change. And it's a race we can win with everyone's help. We're courageous, passionate, and driven by science. For more than 60 years we've been at the forefront of global efforts to protect wildlife and the natural world. We work with integrity, collaboration and deep respect for those we partner with.

We're proud to be a Disability Confident employer and are committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone feels they belong. We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and identities. So, if there's anything we can do to make your application or interview experience more comfortable or accessible, just give our Talent Acquisition Team a shout via our website.

Just as we celebrate diversity in all its forms, we are equally dedicated to creating a safe environment for every person we work with or encounter. Our commitment extends to children, adults at risk, and individuals experiencing any form of vulnerability, whether temporary or permanent. We proudly stand behind CAPSEAH (Common Approach to Protection from Sexual Exploitation, Sexual Abuse and Sexual Harassment) and put this commitment into action through clear policies, thorough training, and recruitment checks tailored to each role, which may include external vetting. If you ever have a concern, however big or small, know that there are confidential channels ready to support you at WWF‑UK. We promise to respond promptly and with care, because protecting every individual is at the heart of everything we do.