
Advisor, Financial Analysis – Business Partnering
Save the Children US
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Fairfield • Connecticut • District of Columbia • United States
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Salary
💰 $74,800 - $102,600 per year
Tech Stack
About the role
- Collaborate with teams and divisions, providing guidance on budget and expense transactions, ensuring compliance with financial policies.
- Foster and maintain trusting relationships with stakeholders to ensure seamless flow of information and enable timely, well-informed decision-making.
- Prepare and present insightful reporting on key results, monitor trends, and communicate risks in forecasted and actual results.
- Facilitate regular discussions with budget holders to review variances, address changes, and provide financial analysis for decision-making.
- Monitor and report financials that influence multi-year strategic goals and priorities.
- Proactively engage with stakeholders throughout the budgeting and monitoring process to ensure that inputs are both received and provided in a timely and accurate manner.
- Develop and produce regular financial analysis and reporting for month-end, year-end, and ad-hoc needs.
- Analyze and give feedback on Budget vs Actual (BvA) performance for revenue and expense reporting.
- Support budget holders and senior management in defining best practices for financial measurement.
- Promote best practices among teams, share efficiencies, and support goal achievement by leveraging operational and financial knowledge.
- Evolve financial reporting to provide the Senior Leadership Team with timely information for decision-making.
- Collaborate with FABP team and extended finance during development of the annual budget and bi-annual revisions, ensuring timely deliverables and alignment with Agency goals.
- Provide guidance and support for the annual planning cycle.
- Ensure excellence in revenue planning, budgeting, and reporting for a portfolio of teams and divisions.
- Maintain integrity of budget tools and train staff as needed.
- Analyze and summarize revenue and expense inputs, ensuring accurate translation into sources and uses.
- Coordinate detailed reviews of business units' P&L.
- Review, validate, and support the upload of final budgets into Agresso.
- Lead and manage financial analysis and business partnering projects, ensuring alignment with organizational goals, timely delivery, and adherence to budget constraints.
- Coordinate cross-functional teams, monitor progress, and provide regular updates to stakeholders to facilitate informed decision-making.
- Train relevant audiences on budget and planning, ensuring high-quality client service.
- Maintain accurate internal process documentation, including updates to the Finance Manual and creation/enhancement of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
Requirements
- Minimum of a bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience, plus at least 5 years of relevant experience
- Demonstrated experience providing financial planning, analysis, or business partnering support in a complex organization
- Strong customer‑service orientation with the ability to build trusted, collaborative relationships across diverse HQ divisions
- Proven ability to translate financial data into clear, actionable insights for non‑financial stakeholders
- Experience supporting budgeting, forecasting, and resource‑allocation processes
- Advanced analytical skills, including proficiency with financial modeling and variance analysis
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to tailor messages to different audiences and levels of financial literacy
- Ability to manage multiple priorities, respond quickly to stakeholder needs, and deliver high‑quality work under tight timelines
- High level of accuracy, attention to detail, and commitment to operational excellence
- Proficiency with financial systems and tools (e.g., Excel, ERP platforms, reporting systems)
- Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively in a matrixed environment, including coordination with global or cross‑functional teams
- Commitment to continuous improvement and a proactive, solutions‑oriented mindset
- Professional proficiency in MS Office suite
- Professional proficiency in spoken and written English
Benefits
- Flexible schedules and time off: Flexible schedules, generous PTO, 11 paid holidays plus 2 floating holidays, and hybrid working opportunities
- Competitive health care, dental and vision coverage for you and your family
- A variety of paid leaves: caregiver, parental/adoption, critical child illness and fertility benefits
- Annual merit increases and/or additional incentives for eligible employees
- A retirement savings plan with employer contributions (after one year)
- 15 safety and wellness days annually (if hired on or after July 1, safety and wellness days prorated to 8 days), mental health benefits and support through Calm and company-hosted events.
- free and confidential assessments, short-term counseling, referrals, and follow-up services
- Access to internal and external learning & development opportunities and mentorships
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
financial planningfinancial analysisbusiness partneringbudgetingforecastingvariance analysisfinancial modelingreportingP&L analysisdata translation
Soft Skills
customer service orientationcollaborative relationshipscommunication skillsattention to detailoperational excellenceproactive mindsetability to manage prioritiestrust-buildingadaptabilityproblem-solving