About the Role
We are hiring a Finance Business Partner in our London Team to support our mission-driven programmes by providing insightful financial guidance, strengthening decision-making, and ensuring the effective stewardship of donor and organisational resources.
Responsibilities
- Oversee the financial management of a portfolio of departments and projects, keeping budgets under continuous review, and providing regular financial information and analysis.
- Contribute proactively within the FP&A team to improving programme finance systems, procedures and templates.
- Assist the Programme Management Group to keep track of and reconcile actual and committed project expenditure.
- Create and post monthly salary allocation and cost recovery journals into our accounting system Dimensions.
- Ensure that the financial aspects, reporting and audit requirements of grant/donor funded projects are aligned with donors’ contractual requirements and ClientEarth standards.
Requirements
- Demonstrable experience of financial administration of a portfolio of grants
- Demonstrable experience of preparation of budgets and grant financial reports (ideally trusts, foundations and institutional donors such as FCDO and EU)
- Experience and knowledge of donor funding and compliance
- Must have the pre-existing legal right to work in the UK.
Skills
- Advanced excel skills
- Strong general IT skills
Location
- London
Work Type
- Permanent
- Full Time
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Qualified Accountant (desirable)
Salary/Compensations
- £50,331 / year
Benefits
- Flexible working
- 80% remote work option
- 20% office-based work option
About the Company
- ClientEarth values diversity and inclusion.
- ClientEarth is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice or legal services to third parties.
Equal Opportunity
- ClientEarth values diversity and inclusion and the benefits this brings. We aim to appoint the most suitable candidate at all times and welcome applications from people from all different backgrounds.
