The Opportunity
Save the Children International has an exciting opportunity for you to join our team as the Localisation Senior Financial AnalystinCentre -London, UK or any existing Save the Children International Regional or Country office worldwide.
Role Purpose:
In order to achieve our global breakthroughs for children by 2030, the Save the Children movement has committed to significantly changing the way we work – a core component of which is to shift power to local and national actors. Our Localisation ambition – ‘Local to Global for Impact’ - is an ambitious, multi-year, transformational journey that will see us – and the wider sector - deliver more, better, and fairer impact through context-responsive, locally-designed, locally-led and locally–owned programs for children. We will achieve this by addressing fundamental challenges in the way current aid is delivered to enable and facilitate local actors’ own access to global resources for maximum impact – and we will overcome blockers within our own organization that currently prevents this from happening.
The Localisation Initiative was originally formed to define the strategic approach to Localisation and the high level roadmap for its realization. We are now entering the next phase of the transformation – with the team being given a mandate to accelerate the pace at which we will be able to meet the movement’s Localisation ambition. It consists of a small number of dedicated resources tasked with overcoming a number of blockers to Localisation that currently exist across the movement.
As the Localisation Financial Analyst, you will lead on key analytical outputs and provide strong analytical support to the Localisation Initiative team. The scope of this role spans leading on both data collection/ assimilation/ analysis, as well as implementing data controls/ quality and process improvements.
EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS
Essential:
- Ability to understand and manage stakeholder drivers and project expectations
- At least 5+ years of experience in financial/ data analysis, ideally within the NGO sector
- Highly organised and methodological approach to work
- Experience of leading analysis outputs and working with financial and other key data sets, preferably in an accountancy, actuarial, risk or auditing capacity
- A proven ability to deliver to the highest standards in a fast-paced and complex environment, with high quick turnaround times
- Ability to work independently and judge when to ask for advice or inputs
- Excellent communication skills (written & oral English), including the ability to communicate and present both at a technical and non-technical level
- Strong interpersonal skills, including the ability to negotiate/mediate; to facilitate the resolution of conflicting data/ financial analysis
- Proven experience of working effectively with senior management and presenting analysis in a compelling manner to senior leadership
- Advanced analytical and problem solving skills
- Ability to support the creation of compelling business cases/ projects with accurate cost and effort estimations
- Excellent understanding of business complexity and project interdependencies
- Intellectual curiosity and the ability to question thought partners across functional areas
- Proven experience in facilitating productive workshops, preferably in multi-cultural contexts
- Ability to effectively prioritise work and agree priorities with the Project Lead/ Manager
- Demonstrates a strong work ethic and able to take the initiative and ownership to deliver value to the business
- Cultural awareness and experience of delivering solutions internationally
Desirable:
- Non-profit sector knowledge/experience (especially international development projects)
- Second language – French, Spanish or Arabic
We can offer circa £49,500 per annum (If based in UK) with an option of flexible working hours. If the role is based outside of the UK, National T&C (including pay) will apply.
This role can be based in London or any existing Save the Children International Regional or Country office location on approval, provided the successful candidate has proof of eligibility to work from the preferred location.
Where we Work -Where We Work | Save the Children International
The Organisation
We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realise the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard.
We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:
- No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday
- All children learn from a quality basic education and that,
- Violence against children is no longer tolerated
We know that great people make a great organization, and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children. We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive environment where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.
Application Information:
Please attach a copy of your CV and cover letter with your application, and include details of your salary expectations.
We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.
All employees are expected to carry out their duties in accordance with our global anti-harassment policy.
Save the Children does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process.