Finance Business Partner

Finance Business Partner 

The Clean Air Fund is looking to recruit a Finance Business Partner to join their team in London. This is an exciting opportunity to join a rapidly growing organisation whose mission is to use philanthropic grants to catalyse a reduction in air pollution.   

As Finance Business Partner with Clean Air Fund you will provide support across both the Finance and wider CAF team. You will take a business partnering approach in helping provide a robust financial service, particularly to our Strategic Partnerships & Communications team (covering advocacy, private sector engagements, communications and thematic portfolios of data, health & super pollutants) and MEL team (monitoring, evidence & learning) and our grantees & partners to ensure new and existing grants & projects are well managed and well implemented. This role reviews and approves the financial and operational aspects of Clean Air Fund’s grants and projects, including due diligence and budgets. It will support the relevant portfolio teams as well as the Executive Directors in managing their grant making budgets and with grant forecasting. 

To be successful in this role you will have the following skills and experience; 

• CCAB Accountancy qualification or equivalent by experience 
• Sound knowledge of Charity SORP 
• Experience of working in a global facing organisation and ability to adapt working style where appropriate 
• Experience of building relationships with senior stakeholders and working collaboratively across teams 
• Ability to take a business partnering, solution focused approach, with commercial acumen 
• Able to analyse complex information, and present it in a simple, easy to understand format 
• High quality written and verbal communication skills 
• IT proficiency (most specifically in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint) 
• A do-er, able to work at pace and respond to opportunities. 
• Happy to work autonomously and with an instinctive pragmatic and problem-solving approach. 
• Professional, sound independent judgment, strong organisational and project management skills and the ability to be flexible as priorities and needs change. 
• Collaborative with strong interpersonal skills, quick to build relationships and influence others. 
• Highest ethical standards, confidentiality and personal integrity. 
• Strong problem solving skills, approaching situations strategically, methodically and with a high degree of rigour.  
• Great attention to detail and thorough  

For more information on this role, as well as the full person specification please see the job description

• Closing date – 6th November 2024
• Salary – £54,430 -£65,000
• Type of employment- Permanent
• We facilitate home working for up to 50%

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