Finance Business Partner, Eurasia (Parental Leave Cover)

Salary Range: £49,200 - £51,790 per annum

Start Date:March 2024

Duration of Contract: This is a temporary position to provide Parental Leave Cover and will terminate on or before 30 March 2025 on the return of the Finance Business Partner, Eurasia from Parental Leave

Location: Fauna & Flora International, Cambridge, with international travel as required.

Current policy offers partial remote working with the UK

Founded in 1903, Fauna & Flora International (FFI) is the world’s longest established international conservation organisation. Our vision is to create a sustainable future for the planet where biodiversity is conserved by the people living closest to it. We aim to do this through the conservation of threatened species and ecosystems worldwide, choosing solutions that are sustainable, based on sound science and take account of human needs. We have become a trusted entity in the world of conservation. Today FFI is active in over 40 countries.

Fauna & Flora is seeking a Finance Business Partner, Eurasia (Parental Leave Cover) to enable and champion best practice financial management across the organisation and build strong integration between finance and conservation teams. This exciting role provides vital support to our Eurasia team in delivering conservation impact through provision of high-value management information and analysis to enable decision-making.

You will work closely with the UK and overseas-based Finance and Project Managers, Programme Directors and Administrators to ensure the efficient and effective management of financial resources and information, contributing to the delivery of Fauna & Flora’s mission and strategy.

You will have extensive management reporting experience, including budgeting and forecasting, and have excellent analytical and problem-solving skills. Your strong communication, interpersonal skills and customer focus will enable you to build effective working relationships and your proven experience of working closely with non-finance managers will enable you to provide them with essential financial support to ensure successful project delivery.

You will be a good team player and enjoy working in a busy environment, with the ability to balance competing demands. With a proactive approach to your work, you will seek to add value and have opportunity to contribute your skills and expertise to Fauna & Flora’s growth and development.

In return, the role offers the opportunity to work within a ground-breaking and entrepreneurial organisation, at the forefront of global conservation, and provides a unique opportunity to apply your skills and expertise, as appropriate, across the full spectrum of the programme themes and approaches. In addition, Fauna & Flora offers a generous pension contribution, attractive annual leave allowance and life insurance.

Our offices are located in The David Attenborough Building in central Cambridge, just a few minutes’ walk from glorious historic buildings and museums, the picturesque River Cam, the central market and shopping centre, and a host of cafés and restaurants.

The closing date for applications is Sunday, 11 February 2024.