Financial Analyst
Location: UK flexible location/ home working
Contract type: 18-month fixed term
Hours per week: 35
Salary: c£35,000 (plus £3344 Inner London Weighting if applicable)

Do you have a flare for data analysis / financial analysis and interested in using your skills to support the British Red Cross with a major portfolio of transformation programmes?


We have an exciting and rarely advertised opportunity for a Financial Analyst to join our team. You don’t need to be a qualified accountant for this one – just strong analytical skills!

In this role you’ll be supporting the Finance Lead, using your analytical skills to contribute to the delivery of all aspects of financial analysis, within our transformational change portfolio. We are getting “Fit for the Future” as we implement our ambitious strategy 2030, you’ll play a key role in this as you support the development and implementation of new financial infrastructures.

This role is essential to our operations as a charity and therefor vital to helping those in crisis.

What will you be doing?

In this role you’ll provide support to the Finance Lead and programme teams to develop project and programme budgets and track costs. You’ll also support the identification and tracking of financial benefits while delivering regular and ad hoc reporting to the Programme Director/team on the financial position of the programmes and projects.

You’ll be required to provide and present financial analysis and insight concisely that facilitates effective decision making. You’ll need to support the project and programme teams to understand the financial implications of their projects and analyse potential return on investment. You’ll be required to understand how the organisation operates and utilise income and cost information to develop financial models and analysis.

Could this role be for you?

To be successful in this role, we hope that:

• You are analytical. You are decisive and can solve problems

• You have the ability to interpret, summarise and present complex financial data as organised and concise information to facilitate understanding and decision making

• You are highly computer literate and with experience of computerised financial systems and advanced user of Microsoft Excel

• You have demonstrable experience analysing large volumes of data

Closing date for applications is 23:59 on the 12th February 2023, with interviews anticipated to be held shortly after

What you’ll receive in return...

• 36 days holiday (including Bank Holidays)
• Option to buy an extra 5 days annual leave
• Up to 6% contributory pension
• Flexible working policy, including compressed hours and home working
• Genuine investment in your training and personal development

Diversity is something we celebrate

We want you to be able to bring your authentic-self to the Red Cross. We want you to feel that you are in an inclusive environment, and a great position to help us spread the power of kindness.

At the British Red Cross, we are looking for the best people to help us provide support to millions of people affected by crisis in the UK. We want our team to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve, offering equal opportunities to everyone, regardless of; age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.

The British Red Cross, incorporated by Royal Charter 1908, is a charity registered in England and Wales (220949) and Scotland (SC037738).

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