War Child Alliance Foundation works globally to support children affected by conflict. Strengthening financial management, reporting, systems utilization, and process effectiveness across country offices and global functions is critical to ensure accountability, donor compliance, effective decision-making, and efficient program delivery.

The Role

The Senior Finance Business Partner – Reporting & Systems will support finance transformation initiatives across the organization, focusing on financial planning and reporting, management information, Power BI implementation, Unit4 optimization, and finance process analysis and improvement.

Responsibilities

• Support drafting, reviewing, and updating global finance policies and procedures.
• Assist in strengthening internal control frameworks and risk mitigation measures across country offices.
• Guide country teams in implementing and adhering to finance policies.
• Contribute to documenting, standardizing, and improving financial processes.
• Support periodic financial control checks, including reconciliations and balance sheet reviews.
• Monitor compliance with internal policies, procedures, and donor requirements across countries.
• Assist country teams in improving month-end and year-end closing processes to reduce closing timelines.
• Contribute to audit preparation, coordination, and follow-up on audit findings.
• Support country teams in implementing structured financial planning and reporting cycles.
• Drive improvements in monthly closing processes to ensure faster, high-quality reporting.
• Assist in developing and embedding quarterly forecasting processes.
• Provide guidance on budget monitoring and financial performance tracking.
• Assist in maintaining accurate grant administration and financial tracking systems.
• Support preparation and review of donor financial reports in line with contractual requirements.
• Ensure compliance with donor regulations, guidelines, and reporting standards.
• Strengthen alignment between program and finance teams on grant management.
• Support preparation of internal financial reports, dashboards, and performance insights.
• Assist in variance analysis and budget monitoring across country programs.
• Support the design, development, and implementation of Power BI reporting solutions and the transition from Excel-based reporting processes.
• Provide analytical and operational support to the global finance function.
• Collaborate closely with country finance teams and cross-functional departments.
• Support capacity building of country finance staff where needed.
• Lead the mapping and documentation of key finance processes, workflows, controls, and system touchpoints across country offices and global functions.
• Analyze existing finance processes and identify opportunities to improve efficiency, consistency, controls, reporting quality, and user experience.

What We Offer

• Improved compliance with global finance policies across WCAF offices.
• Reduced financial closing timelines and improved reporting accuracy.
• Enhanced internal control frameworks and audit readiness.
• Improved quality, consistency, and usability of management reporting.
• Development and implementation of Power BI dashboards and reporting solutions to support management decision-making.

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