Location: Dover, Homebased
Contract: Permanent
Salary: £80,000
About the role
Part of the Finance team, the Deputy Director of Financial Planning & Analysis is a new and strategic role at Migrant Help. You will lead the Charity’s FP&A function – its forecasting, modelling and costing – and translate those insights into financial support for sustainable growth, informed decision‑making and accountable service continuity.
Key Responsibilities
- Partner with the Senior Leadership Team and Senior Finance Personnel to develop the methodology behind the setting and maintenance of budgets and forecasts to support strategic objectives.
- Lead on the finances of all potential contract and grant applications that align with the charity’s objectives.
- Provide financial analysis and insight to support strategic planning, investment decisions and service development.
- Deliver high‑quality analysis of financial reports and performance.
- Monitor financial performance, highlight risks and opportunities and support corrective actions.
- Support the development of pricing models and cost‑recovery strategies for commercial contracts.
- Work closely with operational teams to track financial performance on volumetric bases and act as a key finance business partner to service leads.
Experience and Skills you need
- Ability to commission internal roles or external support in FP&A based on the degree of complexity of contracts so that expertise and appropriate time can be allocated across multiple varying commitments.
- Management of an FP&A function at a senior level as part of a large or growing organisation.
- Ability to interpret financial data and provide insightful analysis to support decision making.
- Align financial planning with strategic goals and help shape long‑term decision making.
- Proficient in the use or implementation of relevant forecasting tools to achieve automation and validation of budgets and forecasting.
Other Requirements
- Must provide documents to show right to work in the UK (e.g., passport, work visa, settled status document, naturalisation certificate, biometric residence permit).
- Provide full employment history for the previous 3 years and/or suitable documentation to cover any gaps.
- This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
Benefits
- 35‑hour working week offering flexibility and work‑life balance.
- Enhanced family‑friendly provisions.
- Employees gain an extra day of annual leave per year to a maximum of 39 days, including bank holidays (pro‑rata).
- Option to buy or sell up to 5 days of annual leave.
- Access to Perkbox, an employee rewards and benefits platform with over 9,000 deals and discounts, a range of free perks, employee wellbeing support and additional recognitions.
- Wellbeing support.
- Non‑contributory pension scheme; Migrant Help pays 8% of the employee’s salary into the pension scheme.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Migrant Help is proud to be an equal‑opportunities employer and encourages applications from disabled people by offering them an interview if they meet the minimum criteria for the job.
Closing Date: 4th May 2026
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