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Financial Planning and Analysis

• Provide strategic financial partnership to Grants Managers, Portfolio teams and other stakeholders, ensuring cohesive communication of financial data across Finance, Grants, and Philanthropic Partnerships.
• Support teams with best-practice granting approaches (from Finance point of view), including foreign exchange considerations, inflation adjustments, and cost benchmarking.
• Offer ongoing guidance on grant due diligence, budget setup, financial reporting reviews and other ad-hoc requirements.
• Enable effective decision making up to executive level by analysing granting and fundraising data and presenting it in a clear and compelling way.
• Support quarterly grants forecasting in collaboration with Grants and Finance colleagues, contributing financial input to forward-looking projections.
• Assist in monitoring grant budget envelopes and commitments, highlighting key variances or emerging issues to relevant stakeholders.
• Manage grant fund allocations and budget envelopes to donor requirements and restrictions, to leverage the greatest impact from available resources.
• Contribute to annual budgeting and business planning processes for grants by providing financial data, analysis and support to FP&A and Grants teams.
• Prepare and support grants-related financial reporting, ensuring information is accurate, timely and relevant for Grants stakeholders.
• Support monitoring of grant budgets and commitments, helping identify variances and trends in collaboration with Finance colleagues.
• Present financial information in a clear and user-friendly way, supporting Grants teams to interpret and use financial data effectively.
• Support the effective use of the Grant Management System (GMS) in collaboration with Finance and Grants teams, including understanding financial data flows and reporting outputs.
• Lead on the financial administration of the Grant Management System, such as budgeting, budgeting codes, payments, and any required finance functionality.
• Contribute to improvements in grants-related financial processes, tools and templates in partnership with relevant stakeholders.
• Act as a liaison between Finance and Grants teams to support alignment of financial and operational workflows.

Finance Business Partner – Grants

• Play a key role in strengthening collaboration between Finance and Grants teams, supporting effective financial management of the grants portfolio.
• Focus on building strong relationships with Grants stakeholders and providing clear, timely financial information.
• Act as a link between Finance and Grants, translating financial data into meaningful insights for Grants teams.
• Ensure financial considerations are appropriately reflected in granting decisions.
• Support quarterly grants forecasting in collaboration with Grants and Finance colleagues.
• Prepare and support grants-related financial reporting, ensuring information is accurate, timely and relevant for Grants stakeholders.
• Support the effective use of the Grant Management System (GMS).