Business partner FP&A Transformation and corporate services

Job title:

Business partner FP&A Transformation and corporate services

Company

British Council

Job description

We support peace and prosperity by building connections, understanding and trust between people in the UK and countries worldwide.We work directly with individuals to help them gain the skills, confidence and connections to transform their lives and shape a better world in partnership with the UK. We support them to build networks and explore creative ideas, to learn English, to get a high-quality education and to gain internationally recognised qualifications.Working with people in over 200 countries and territories, we are on the ground in more than 100 countries. In 2021-22 we reached 650 million people.British Council Pay band: Senior Management Pay, SMPSBenefits Include, but are not limited to:

• 32 days annual leave, in addition to public holidays
• 3 days volunteering leave
• Career average defined benefit pension scheme
• An unrivalled opportunity for you to get to use all the experience you’ve built up working in and/or leading global organisations to support us in building trust across the world.

Department: FinanceContract type: 12 months Fixed Term ContractClosing Date: Monday 19th of August, 2024 (23:59 GMT)Location: UK Wide (Belfast, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Manchester or London)You must have the legal right to work in the UK at the time of application.British Council supports working in new ways such as hybrid working, subject to full approval by line management and conditional upon our ability to provide the appropriate level of service. This may not be appropriate for all roles but can be explored at interview.Role Purpose:The British Council is the UK’s international organisation for cultural relations and educational opportunities. We create friendly knowledge and understanding between the people of the UK and other countries. We do this by making a positive contribution to the UK and the countries we work with – changing lives by creating opportunities, building connections and engendering trust.We work with over 100 countries across the world in the fields of arts and culture, English language, education and civil society. Each year we reach over 20 million people face-to-face and more than 500 million people online, via broadcasts and publications. Founded in 1934, we are a UK charity governed by Royal Charter and a UK public body.The Corporate Plan sets out growth targets for both the number of people we will work with and the income that we will generate as we recover from the impact of Covid. Turnover by 2021 for the British Council is expected to be close to £1.5 billion including the UK Government grant. The Council is embarking on ambitious plans for transformation over the next few years that will ensure financial sustainability and growth in commercial operations.You will report to the Director FP&A Professional Services and Transformation and will provide financial support and business partnering across Professional Services and the British Councils Transformation programme.You will support business teams in their financial and operational plans for transformation through to implementation, ensuring financials are clear and correctly linked to strategic and operational plans; and will own the financial models that sit behind this. You will establish financial guidance/targets and core assumptions for planning and reporting and provide analysis and insights as required.This is an exciting role for anyone looking to gain an oversight of the British Council and to support a major transformation programme.Main Accountabilities/Responsibilities but not limited to the following:

• Support the Director Professional Services and Transformation in the development/ongoing maintenance of a comprehensive 5yr financial model for Professional Services in conjunction with SBU, regions, functional leads and other key stakeholders across the business as applicable. This should incorporate but not be limited to:

• Development of business models/cases to support transformation of each workstream.
• Modelling of efficiency/benefits profiles and the level of investment required to deliver these
• Improved approach to allocation of Professional services to report functional profitability across a 3-5 year period
• Generation of cash flow assumptions for business cases.

• Support the Transformation team and relevant business leads in preparing clear and precise business cases that correctly set out the financial and commercial case for each investment area. This should include consideration of relevant tax and status issues.

• Monitor and report on delivery against implementation plans and in particular the measurement of benefits. Develop robust approaches to the measurement of benefits ensuring these are transparent and aligned across the business.

• Support the Director in providing high quality reports to SLT, Board of Trustees and HMG stakeholders as required.

• Review approach to financial reporting for Professional Services and make recommendations and implement alternative data structures and approaches to improve transparency and global reporting of these areas.

• Provide analyses and insights to support commercial decision-making and so reference for example market, competitor, and customer information.

Role Specific Knowledge and Experience:Minimum/Essential

• CCAB qualified accountant.
• Proven senior professional experience in an equivalent position within a complex matrix organisation.
• Operating in international and multi-cultural organisations
• Appraisal of investment projects
• Managing and developing teams
• Financial Planning & monitoring including management information reporting
• Strong report writing and presentation skills to board level audiences.

Desirable

• Shared Services Operations
• Development and optimisation of SAP accounting and planning applications
• What constitutes best practice in the upper quartile of finance functions
• Leadership of change projects/initiatives
• Strong commercial finance experience gained in an organisation undergoing change and driving for growth

A connected and trusted UK in a more connected and trusted world.Equality , Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) StatementThe British Council is committed to policies and practices of equality, diversity and inclusion across everything we do. We support all staff to make sure their behaviour is consistent with this commitment. We want to address under representation and encourage applicants from under-represented groups, in particular, but not exclusively, on grounds of ethnicity and disability. All disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria are guaranteed an interview and we have Disability Confident Employer Status. We welcome discussions about specific requirements or adjustments to enable participation and engagement in our work and activities.The British Council is committed to safeguarding children, young people and adults who we work with.We believe that all children and adults everywhere in the world deserve to live in safe environments and have the right to be protected from all forms of abuse, maltreatment and exploitation as set out in article 19, UNCRC (United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child) 1989.Appointment to positions where there is direct involvement with vulnerable groups will be dependent on thorough checks being completed; these will include qualification checks, reference checks, identity & criminal record checks in line with legal requirements and with the British Council’s Safeguarding policies for Adults and Children.If you have any problems with your application please emailPlease note: Applications to this role can only be considered when made through the Apply section of our careers website. Our ‘ASK HR’ email is only to be used in case of a technical issue encountered when applying through the careers website. Emails with supporting statements and CV/Resumes sent to this email address will not be reviewed and will be deleted.

Expected salary

Location

London

Job date

Wed, 07 Aug 2024 01:24:13 GMT

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