Senior Finance Business Partner

Altum Consulting; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A respected international charity in London seeks a Senior Finance Business Partner to ensure high-quality financial management. The role involves leading budgeting cycles, producing management accounts, and delivering insights to support senior leadership. The ideal candidate is a fully qualified finance professional with experience in the charity sector. This position offers flexible working arrangements and a generous pension contribution.

Benefits

Generous pension contribution of 10%

Flexible working arrangements

25 days holiday plus Bank holidays

Qualifications

• Strong track record in budgeting, forecasting, and delivering insights.
• Confident in producing management accounts.
• Experience in a charity, NGO, or donor-funded environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead annual budgeting, forecasting, and planning cycles.
• Produce accurate monthly management accounts.
• Provide financial insights and analysis to senior stakeholders.
• Ensure compliance with donor requirements.
• Support donor audits and track restricted funds.

Skills

Budgeting

Forecasting

Financial analysis

Management accounts

Education

Fully qualified finance professional (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) or equivalent

Job description

We're partnering with an highly-regarded international charity working to address severe forms of exploitation and drive positive change for vulnerable communities across the world, to recruit a Senior Finance Business Partner.

This position plays a key role in ensuring high-quality financial management across the organisation. You will lead budgeting and forecasting cycles, produce detailed management accounts, deliver insights to senior leadership, and support donor reporting and compliance.

Responsibilities

• Leading annual budgeting, forecasting and multi-year planning cycles.
• Producing accurate monthly management accounts with clear analysis and commentary.
• Partnering with budget holders to prepare and review budgets, forecasts and variance explanations.
• Providing financial insights, analysis and ad hoc reports to senior stakeholders including board reports.
• Preparing and review donor budgets and financial reports.
• Ensuring compliance with donor requirements and maintain strong internal processes.
• Supporting donor audits and ensure accurate tracking of restricted funds.
• Overseeing month-end processes, including salary and overhead allocations.
• Supporting statutory audit preparation and contribute to improvements in financial systems and tools.
• Providing financial training and guidance to non-finance staff.

Ideal candidate

• Be a fully qualified finance professional (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) or equivalent experience.
• Have a strong track record in budgeting, forecasting and delivering clear financial insights.
• Be Confident producing management accounts and supporting senior decision-makers.
• Have experience working in a charity, NGO or donor-funded environment.

In return, you'll receive a generous non-contributory pension contribution of 10%, flexible working arrangement with two days per week required in the Central London office and a holiday allowance of 25 days plus Bank holidays.

This is a chance to shape financial strategy in an organisation committed to enabling long-term systemic impact. If you're excited by the challenge and ready to bring your expertise to a passionate and dynamic team, please apply today!