FINANCE AND PLANNING BUSINESS PARTNER

CARE is an international NGO with local staff and community partners in more than 90 countries. We create local solutions to poverty and inequality and we seek dignity for everyone every day and during times of crisis. These solutions have a broad range, from clean water to access to education; from microfinance to ensuring that everyone has nutritious food; from agriculture and climate change to disaster response. CARE puts women and girls at the center of everything we do because they have proven to be the best hope for creating lasting change in the world. Our staff live where they work, which makes us effective at understanding the challenges they face. We’ve been doing this for over 70 years, since World War II. It started with the world’s first CARE Package® of food for the post-war hungry in Europe. Our work today is as important as ever, we believe that poverty and inequality are historic injustices that we can end within a generation, for good. If you share our core beliefs: poverty is an injustice; poverty is solvable; and together, we have the power to end it, join us, and fight with CARE.

Description:

The Sr. Finance and Planning Business Partner will be a critical part of the Impact and Innovation senior leadership team, driving effective internal budgeting and planning for the Department as well as engaging with international program operations, finance, the Impact and Innovation Human Resources Business Partner, legal, and procurement to align CARE’s systems and operations with the transformed ways CARE intends to deliver impact by 2030. This role will directly support the VP of Impact and Innovation to ensure there is a clear plan, budget, and accountabilities to advance transformation for CARE in alignment with the CARE USA Strategy, and that Departmental processes are aligned for successful execution of team objectives. CARE’s operations and systems will need to continue to re-align with the evolution of the CARE network and the strategic priorities of digital transformation, market-based approaches, systems-level orchestration and achieving impact at scale. This is fundamentally a change management role, and communication in different styles to the various global stakeholders to ensure clarity and appropriate engagement are core elements of success. The incumbent will have a dual reporting line to the VP of Impact and Innovation and to Director of Financial Management and Business Partnering in the Office of the Chief Financial Officer of CARE-USA. The role will also be responsible for the successful operational management of the department, including planning and budget formulation and execution; regular operational alignment and quarterly strategic dialogues; integration with other teams across CARE, including particularly Resource Development and other Program departments. While each Impact and Innovation team area will have a Lead, this role is responsible for the holistic planning, coordination, and financial forecasting, and financial oversight to ensure the Impact and Innovation team as a whole is clear on objectives, is meeting outcomes measured against key indicators, and is modeling agreed cultural behaviors.

Responsibilities;

• Operations
• Financial Management
• Strategic Alignment

Qualifications:

• 10+ years operational management experience, clear understanding of non-profit business functions, proven operational agility, proven ability to develop and lead teams, proven ability to build partnerships across teams, including different stakeholders, ability to communicate effectively – both oral and written; strong capabilities in financial planning and analysis to inform decision-making and resource allocation; experience in strategy development, planning and execution.
• 10+years of increasing responsibility in financial planning, modeling, management and operational support. Advanced excel skills. Demonstrated agility and curiosity with digital tools (collaboration tools, project planning, etc.). Proven ability to work with Executive team members.