# E&E Finance Business Partner Job British Council Canonical URL: https://primejobalerts.com/jobs/ee-finance-business-partner-job-british-council Company: British Council Category: Accounting Location: Kenya Work type: Full-time Work arrangement: On-site Published: 2026-09-14 Expires: 2026-10-29 ## Job Description Finance Jobs. British Council Jobs. E&E Finance Business Partner. Driving financial strategy, managing regional budgets, and guiding executive decisions, requiring an Accounting/Finance Degree, ACCA/CPA, and 5+ years experience. ### The Role This role partners with the English & Exams (E&E) business to provide financial insight, planning, budgeting, forecasting, and performance analysis. Working closely with operational teams, it supports informed decision-making, risk management, and commercial performance, acting as a collaborative finance partner to maximise business impact. ### Responsibilities Business Partnering & Stakeholder Engagement - Serve as a trusted finance partner to Finance Directors and Market Leads, providing decision support, financial insights, and profitability analysis to drive commercial performance and strategic outcomes. - Enable stakeholders to understand financial performance by identifying cost drivers, KPIs, risks, and opportunities while building strong relationships across finance, programme delivery, and corporate services. - Manage multiple stakeholder and product support requests, effectively prioritising work based on risk, business impact, urgency, and competing demands. Operational Decision Support - Develop financial analysis and business cases for Teaching Centres, delivery models, market expansion, property changes, and investment opportunities to support strategic decision-making. - Produce cost-benefit, ROI, and payback analyses, alongside operational and commercial models, to optimise pricing, utilisation, and delivery channels. - Conduct scenario and financial modelling to assess regulatory, tax, and organisational changes, supporting multi-year planning through revenue, margin, and cost forecasts. Financial Planning, Budgeting & Forecasting - Support annual planning, forecasting, reforecasting, and scenario modelling by consolidating inputs across business units and regions, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and alignment with approved assumptions and strategy. - Provide clear financial guidance to non-finance stakeholders, explaining variances, managing budget and forecast queries, and supporting expenditure tracking and financial processes. Financial Monitoring, Reporting & Analysis - Prepare and deliver accurate management reporting, KPI dashboards, variance analysis, and performance insights, highlighting trends, key drivers, and emerging issues across Exams and Teaching. - Produce ad hoc analysis and reporting to support business decisions, performance reviews, and leadership requirements, while ensuring data accuracy through close collaboration with the CoE and reporting teams. ### Role specific knowledge and experience ### Essential - Intermediate experience in financial management, FP&A, or management accounting. - Strong financial modelling, forecasting and analytics skills. - Strong data literacy (Power BI, dashboard creation). - Experience providing financial support to operational teams with positive feedback. - Strong communication skills, including story telling supported with data, and the ability to effectively explain financials to non‑finance colleagues. - Experience handling multiple deadlines and working with a portfolio of activities. ### Desirable - Experience in Exams, Teaching, or broader education / commercial service environments. - Experience with SAP or similar ERP platforms. - Experience with Anaplan or similar EPM platforms. ### Role specific skills - Business Partnering: able to build trust and communicate financial information clearly to non‑finance teams. - Financial Acumen: solid understanding of budgeting, forecasting and financial performance drivers. - Analytical Skills: able to prepare meaningful internal variance analysis and identify early warning indicators. - Multi‑tasking and prioritisation: able to manage multiple demands and deadlines. - Collaboration: strong relationship‑building skills across dispersed teams. - EPM System Expertise (preferably Anaplan): confident in both planning and reporting functions. ### Language Requirements The British Council systems and global processes operate in English. Written and verbal proficiency in English is required. ### How to Apply Click here to apply ## Apply Use the canonical Prime Job Alerts page for full application instructions and source verification.