Application deadline: open ended – we are actively interviewing and reserve the right to close the application once a suitable candidate has been found.

Location: Cambridge, UK (hybrid working - a minimum of 2 days per week in the office, preferably Tuesday and Wednesday)

Full time: 35 hours per week

Contract: Open-ended

Salary: up to £45,000 per annum

Annual Leave: 25 days pro rata in year 1, increasing by 1 day p/a to 28 days

BirdLife International is the world’s largest nature conservation partnership. Through our unique local-to-global approach, we deliver high impact and long-term conservation for the benefit of nature and people.

We are looking for a Finance Business Partner to support financial operations of the Secretariat around the world to enable it to optimise its resource usage and safeguard its assets. Providing specific support for financial planning, fundraising, project finances, systems development and training.

In this role, you will be working closely with Divisions and Project Teams to ensure robust project and divisional finance. You will be at the table with the Divisional teams to support and challenge project proposals and project finances. Providing early warning of any financial risks and working with the project teams and divisions to mitigate these.

How you will do this:

• Prepare forecasts for monthly management accounts
• Work with project teams to develop proposal budgets
• Support project teams with financial aspects of projects and reporting to funders to ensure funder requirements are met
• Support project and regulatory audits
• Provide appropriate training and mentoring in finance matters to Secretariat staff
• Support the development and maintenance of appropriate financial policies and procedures across the organisation’s decentralised operations to adequately manage financial risks

Ideally you will have:

• Accounting qualification (we will consider qualification by experience)
• Knowledge of UK company, taxation and charities legislation
• Significant track record of business, financial and other relevant administrative experience.
• Ability to guide, influence and challenge in a consistent and constructive way
• Ability to act as a “critical friend” to budget holders and other stakeholders 
• Strong communication skills
• Creative, innovative and methodical approach to problem solving
• Foreign language skills an advantage

See the full job description here.

Some of our benefits:

• We are able to offer a hybrid model of working on-site and from home/remote for most roles, which helps to ensure a flexible work-life balance.  (A minimum of 2 days per week in the office, preferably Tuesday and Wednesday).
• A chance to work in the award-winning David Attenborough Building, which brings together much of the Cambridge-based conservation community on a ‘conservation campus.’
• A generous pension scheme, up to 12% company contribution.
• Holiday starting at 25 days excluding Bank Holidays and increasing for every year of service up to a maximum of 28 days.
• Full access to LinkedIn Learning with access to more than 13,000 high-quality, on-demand courses.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Employee Assistance Programme, including access to Health Assured online health portal (webinars, nutritional advice, 4-week programmes, financial wellbeing and more).

BirdLife values a diverse workforce and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. Find out more about our Diversity statement.

We are committed to building and maintaining an inclusive and supportive culture, a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed on merit. We aim to promote a more inclusive environment, which attracts all candidates and signals our commitment to celebrate and promote diversity.

Interviews: We will be running two interview stages for this role: first interviews will be held over Zoom or Teams, second interviews will be held in person at the David Attenborough Building, Cambridge. 

If you are shortlisted and have a disability and/or need any reasonable adjustments to be made during the interview process, please let us know in advance of your interview.