The Senior Finance Business Partner – Reporting & Systems will support finance transformation initiatives across the organisation, with a particular focus on financial planning and reporting, management information, Power BI implementation, Unit4 optimisation, and finance process analysis and improvement.
The Senior Finance Business Partner – Reporting & Systems will support the strengthening of financial planning, reporting, financial controls, systems utilisation, and management information across War Child Alliance.
The role will contribute to improving reporting quality, forecasting processes, Power BI implementation, Unit4 optimisation, finance process mapping, analysis, optimisation, standardisation and harmonisation across country offices and global functions, while strengthening cross-functional collaboration to improve organisational reporting, operational efficiency, and decision-making.
Scope of Work
A. Finance Policies & Internal Control
- 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, standardising, and improving financial processes.
B. Financial Control Activities
- 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.
C. Financial Planning, Reporting & Forecasting
- 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.
D. Grant Accounting & Donor Reporting
- 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 programme and finance teams on grant management.
E. Management Reporting & Data Transformation
- Support preparation of internal financial reports, dashboards, and performance insights.
- Assist in variance analysis and budget monitoring across country programmes.
- Support the design, development, and implementation of Power BI reporting solutions and the transition from Excel-based reporting processes.
- Contribute to improving reporting tools, automation, and data quality.
F. General Finance Support
- 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.
- Contribute to ad-hoc financial analysis, projects, and continuous improvement initiatives.
G. Finance Systems, Process Mapping & Continuous Improvement
- Lead the mapping and documentation of key finance processes, workflows, controls, and system touchpoints across country offices and global functions.
- Analyse existing finance processes and identify opportunities to improve efficiency, consistency, controls, reporting quality, and user experience.
- Identify opportunities to simplify, standardise, harmonise, and optimise finance processes and reporting practices across the organisation.
- Assess utilisation of Unit4 and related systems and recommend improvements to system-enabled processes and controls.
- Support optimisation of Unit4 ERP reporting structures, reporting dimensions, master data, and management reporting capabilities.
- Facilitate engagement between Finance, Programmes, HR, Procurement, IT, Funding and other stakeholders to improve process effectiveness and data quality.
- Support development and implementation of Power BI dashboards and management reporting solutions.
- Translate business and reporting requirements into practical reporting and system improvement initiatives.
- Improve reporting consistency, automation, and data quality across finance systems and reporting processes.
- Contribute to finance transformation and continuous improvement initiatives.
Deliverables
- Improved compliance with global finance policies across WCAF offices.
- Reduced financial closing timelines and improved reporting accuracy.
- Implementation or strengthening of quarterly forecasting processes across country offices and global office departments.
- 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.
- Improved reporting structures, data quality, and reporting automation across finance systems and reporting processes.
- Completed mapping and assessment of key finance processes, controls, reporting requirements, system utilisation, and cross-functional workflows, including prioritised recommendations and improvement opportunities.
- Recommendations for optimisation of Unit4 reporting structures, master data, reporting dimensions, and finance processes.