Finance Business Partner
- Recruiter
- Global Canopy Programme
- Location
- Oxford
- Posted
- 18 Aug 2017
- Closes
- 26 Aug 2017
- Job role
- Accountant
- Sector
- Accounting - Public practice
- Form effective collaborative relationships with programme heads, project managers and other staff within the relevant programme.Act as a go-to sounding board on all financial matters within the programme – providing challenge and support, ensuring that financial resources are used for maximum impact and in line with organisational priorities.Supporting programme teams to make efficient use of Global Canopy’s systems and procedures, ensuring that controls and processes work effectively.
- Preparation of budgets and other financial plans – in line with donor, organisational, and programme needsPreparation of financial and other reports to monitor progress and financial performance against plan.Support colleagues with interpretation and follow up of management information.
- Support colleagues to fully meet all donor requirements on related grantsPreparation of donor financial reports according to donor timetablesPrepare financial parts of donor proposals – liaising with colleagues as appropriate.
- Work with Finance team & other colleagues to make sure that Global Canopy’s policies, systems, practices and tools evolve to meet the organisations changing needs.Support with regular accounting tasks, annual accounts / audits, and cover for colleagues’ work as needed.Other work as requested appropriate to the skill level.
- Knowledge & understanding of accounting, having worked within a finance teamExperience of preparing budgets and plans / and monitoring against themCommunication skills – communicating financial matters with non-financial colleaguesAbility to form effective working relationships across an organisationExperience of complying with funding contracts and reporting to donors, including management of multiple income streams which fund multiple projects.Commercial awareness and acumen – including within a grant funded environmentAbility to manage own workload, prioritise effectively and meet deadlines under pressureInitiative to find solutions and work effectivelyA hands on approach, able to get things done in a small team with sometimes limited resources.Familiarity with accounting software, and database/CRM packagesIT skills – particularly excelA commitment to the environment
- Professional accounting qualificationExperience of charity accounting
Global Canopy Programme is an agile and entrepreneurial charity with an outsized impact. Our aim is to end large-scale deforestation, a global problem with huge hidden costs for people and prosperity.
We work smart, by focusing on the big market levers driving deforestation at regional, national and international levels. And we bring a fresh approach to identifying, targeting, and mobilising action among the key powerbrokers - the governments, businesses and financial institutions worldwide - with the power to end this global ‘deforestation economy’. Increasingly, we also address related environmental and social impacts caused by the same market dynamics that are converting the world’s rainforests into land for agricultural commodities: our systemic failure to account for the vital benefits we receive from nature.
Over the last 16 years we have built up a strong track record and an international reputation for innovation and effectiveness.
The organisation’s turnover is currently around £3millon. Funding comes from a combination of government donors, private foundations and individuals.
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