Strategic Finance Partner: Funding & Programmes

Goal Sl; Dún Laoghaire; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

GOAL is seeking a proactive Finance Business Partner – Funding, Programmes & Cost Recovery to strengthen financial sustainability across the organisation. The role combines business partnering with cost recovery, including planning, forecasting, reporting and financial analysis.

The successful candidate will partner across Finance, Programmes, Fundraising and Operations, bringing strong analytical, systems and stakeholder-management skills to bear in a complex, international NGO setting.

Qualifications

• Fully qualified accountant with ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent.
• Experience in FP&A, finance business partnering or funding finance.
• Experience with cost recovery, indirect cost modelling or donor negotiations.
• Experience with programming, querying, automation or analytical tools.
• Familiarity with cost-recovery approaches such as Bond/Mango, NICRA or NPAC.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support GOAL’s organisation-wide cost recovery approach, including cost allocation, direct and indirect costs, and restricted and unrestricted funding.
• Partner with senior stakeholders to assess the financial viability and sustainability of funding opportunities and support informed funding decisions.
• Monitor programme and funding performance, identifying cost recovery gaps, financial risks, trends and opportunities.
• Provide financial modelling, scenario analysis, budgeting, forecasting and management information to support decision-making.
• Retrieve, reconcile and analyse complex financial and operational data across multiple systems.
• Develop clear dashboards and reporting using advanced Excel, BI/reporting tools and other relevant systems.
• Translate complex financial information into practical insight for finance and non-finance stakeholders, including input to donor discussions on budgets and cost recovery.
• Constructively challenge assumptions and proposals where appropriate, and work collaboratively across teams to improve financial processes and support sustainable outcomes.
• Fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent).
• Relevant experience in FP&A, finance business partnering or funding finance within a complex organisation.
• Strong financial analysis and modelling skills, including advanced Excel.
• Strong IT, systems and data capability, including experience with BI/reporting tools and multiple data sources.
• Ability to work independently, investigate complex issues and solve problems using initiative and sound judgement.
• Strong communication, interpersonal and influencing skills, with the confidence to constructively challenge where required.
• Strong understanding of restricted funding, donor compliance and programme finance, with the ability to work effectively across finance and non-finance teams.
• Experience in the international development, humanitarian or non-profit sector is highly desirable given the specialist nature of the role.
• Experience of cost recovery, indirect cost modelling or donor negotiations.
• Experience with programming, querying, automation or other analytical tools, or familiarity with recognised cost recovery approaches such as Bond/Mango, NICRA or NPAC.

Skills

Financial analysis

Modelling

Stakeholder management

Independent working

Communication skills

Problem solving

Education

Chartered Accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA) or equivalent

Tools

Excel

BI/reporting tools

Multiple data sources

Job description

GOAL is seeking a proactive Finance Business Partner – Funding, Programmes & Cost Recovery to strengthen financial sustainability across the organisation. The role combines business partnering with cost recovery, including planning, forecasting, reporting and financial analysis.

The successful candidate will partner across Finance, Programmes, Fundraising and Operations, bringing strong analytical, systems and stakeholder-management skills to bear in a complex, international NGO setting.