Company: British Council
Job Title: E&E Finance Business Partner
Job ID: 50280
Location: Abuja / Lagos (Hybrid)
Business Division: Finance and Corporate Services
Employment Type: Indefinite Contract (Permanent)
Job Field: Finance / Accounting
Pay Band: 7-F
Application Closing Date: 11th October, 2026 at 23:59 IST
The British Council is the UK’s international organisation for cultural relations and educational opportunities. Founded in 1934, it works with more than 100 countries across the fields of arts and culture, English language, education, and civil society. The organisation creates opportunities, builds connections, and promotes understanding between people in the UK and other countries.
The Role
The E&E Finance Business Partner will work closely with the English & Exams (E&E) business to provide financial insight, planning, budgeting, forecasting, and performance analysis. The role will support informed decision-making, risk management, and commercial performance while serving as a collaborative finance partner to maximise business impact.
Accountabilities
Business Partnering and 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 and 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 and 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, including Power BI and dashboard creation.
- Experience providing financial support to operational teams with positive feedback.
- Strong communication skills, including storytelling supported by data, and the ability to explain financial information effectively 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: Ability 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: Ability to prepare meaningful internal variance analysis and identify early warning indicators.
- Multi-tasking and Prioritisation: Ability to manage multiple demands and deadlines.
- Collaboration: Strong relationship-building skills across dispersed teams.
- EPM System Expertise: Preferably Anaplan, with confidence 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
Interested and qualified candidates should apply online through the British Council careers portal.
Candidates should ensure they have the pre-existing legal right to live and work in the country where the role is based. Mobility, relocation, and visa sponsorship support will not be provided.
Application Closing Date
11th October, 2026 at 23:59 IST.