Finance Business Partner
Job description
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Altum Consulting is proud to be partnering with an international, remote-first foundation that supports climate, energy and nature programmes through operational infrastructure, strategic funding and grant-making. We are supporting the search for a Finance Business Partner to join a growing global finance team at a time of continued development and change.
The organisation has been through a significant transition in recent years, moving from its previous structure into a new operating model, with new systems, processes and ways of working being embedded across finance and global operations. This role will play an important part in helping budget holders, programme teams and grant-making colleagues navigate that change, while strengthening financial planning, reporting and decision-making across the network.
This is a broad, hands-on role covering the full FP&A cycle, including budgeting, forecasting, grant management, funded reporting, proposal support, project budgets and internal management reporting. The successful candidate will work closely with the FP&A and wider finance team, acting as a key point of contact for colleagues across all programmes. This is a remote position that can be based in most locations, with salary adjusted to reflect cost of living.
Key duties will include:
- Supporting budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis and internal management reporting across programmes and central teams
- Assisting with project budgets, grant budgets, funded reports and financial inputs for proposals
- Working with budget holders to help them understand financial processes, responsibilities and performance
- Supporting month-end processes, including funding source allocations and reporting requirements
- Helping to review grant budgets and financial reports from grantees
- Providing clear and accessible finance guidance to non-finance colleagues
- Supporting training for budget holders and communicating process or system changes across the organisation
- Contributing to financial due diligence for grantees, consultants and service providers
- Working collaboratively with colleagues across time zones in a fully remote, international environment
The ideal candidate will:
- Be part-qualified, newly qualified or qualified by experience
- Bring experience in finance, management accounting, FP&A or a similar finance business partnering role
- Ideally have some exposure to grant management, project budgeting, funded reporting or charity/non-profit finance
- Be confident preparing or reviewing management reports, budgets and financial analysis
- Have strong Excel skills and be comfortable working with finance systems and planning tools
- Communicate clearly and confidently with finance and non-finance stakeholders
- Be comfortable acting as a visible representative of the finance team, including delivering guidance or training
- Be organised, proactive and able to manage a varied workload across multiple programmes and priorities
- Enjoy working in a collaborative, values-led and international environment
This is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to develop as a finance business partner within a growing global team. The role offers broad exposure across FP&A, grants, reporting and programme finance, with the chance to support colleagues across an international network working on some of the most urgent climate and environmental challenges.
The role is fully remote, with candidates required to work within seven hours either side of European time. The UK salary is c. £41,000, with equivalent local benchmarking applied where relevant.
Altum Consulting is committed to equity, diversity and inclusion and welcomes applications from candidates of all backgrounds.
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⭐ Lead your Personal Statement with FP&A and grant management experience, as the advert lists these as the core of the role's remit.
📊 Quantify your budgeting scope: e.g. 'Managed forecasting across 8 programme budgets totalling £3.2M, reducing variance by 15%'.
🌐 Highlight any experience working across time zones or in remote/international teams, as the advert explicitly calls this out as a key working requirement.
🎯 If you have charity, foundation or non-profit finance exposure, dedicate a bullet point to it — the advert flags this as a differentiator ('ideally have some exposure to... charity/non-profit finance').
🤝 Demonstrate your ability to translate finance for non-finance stakeholders — include a specific example of training delivery or guidance you provided to budget holders.
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- •Delivered monthly management reporting across 6 programme budgets totalling £2.8M, producing variance analysis packs reviewed by 12 budget holders and the Head of Finance.
- •Supported grant budget preparation and funded reporting for 3 restricted funding streams, ensuring compliance with donor requirements and reducing reporting errors by 22%.
- •Led finance induction sessions for 15 non-finance programme staff following a system migration, cutting budget submission errors by 30% in the first quarter post-go-live.
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Dear Hiring Manager,
Altum Consulting's search for a Finance Business Partner at a remote-first climate foundation is precisely the kind of role I have been seeking — one that combines rigorous FP&A with meaningful grant management and direct engagement with programme teams. The opportunity to support funded reporting and help budget holders navigate a newly embedded operating model aligns closely with my professional focus.
My background in management accounting and financial planning includes preparing monthly management reports, leading budgeting and forecasting cycles across multiple cost centres, and delivering variance analysis to senior stakeholders. I have experience communicating financial processes clearly to non-finance colleagues and have supported month-end close procedures including funding allocations. I am comfortable working with finance systems and planning tools, and bring strong Excel skills to data-heavy reporting environments.
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Interview questions
10 questions generated from this advert.
Technical
- ›Walk us through how you would build a programme-level budget from scratch, including how you would engage budget holders throughout the process.
- ›How have you approached variance analysis in a previous role, and how did you communicate findings to non-finance colleagues?
- ›Describe your experience with grant budgets and funded reporting — what systems or tools did you use and what were the key compliance requirements?
- ›What finance systems and planning tools have you worked with, and how have you used Excel for management reporting?
- ›How would you approach financial due diligence on a grantee or third-party service provider?
Behavioural
- ›Tell me about a time you had to explain a complex financial concept to a non-finance colleague — how did you approach it and what was the outcome?
- ›Describe a situation where you managed multiple competing priorities across different programmes or teams. How did you stay organised?
- ›Give an example of when you supported an organisation through a significant change in financial systems or processes.
- ›Tell me about a time you identified a financial risk or error in a grant report or project budget. What did you do?
- ›Describe a time you worked effectively with colleagues in different locations or time zones. What challenges did you face and how did you overcome them?
STAR answer examples
Model answers using the Situation-Task-Action-Result framework. Adapt to your own experience.
Tell me about a time you had to explain a complex financial concept to a non-finance colleague — how did you approach it and what was the outcome?
Give an example of when you supported an organisation through a significant change in financial systems or processes.
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