Senior Finance Business Support Partner

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Location: Harare, Nairobi or London

Contract Type: Permanent

Salary: Salary will be paid in, GBP in the UK, USD$ in Harare and the equivalent in local currency in Nairobi (KES)

Hours of Work: Full Time

Closing Date: 30 August 2026

Locations: The position is open to candidates from the following CAFOD offices:

• London, UK (Home/Hybrid) | Starting Salary - £48,225 - £52,080 (including London weighting)

• Nairobi, Kenya | Starting Salary - 7,431,414 KSH

• Harare, Zimbabwe | Starting Salary - $55,354 USD

Contract: Permanent/Rolling - Dependent on local labour laws 

Please note that we are unable to provide visa sponsorship or work permits for this posting.

Job Profile 

As a key member of CAFOD’s Integrated Finance team, the Senior Finance Business Support Partner plays a vital role in the implementation of the CIF strategy and leads on providing efficient and effective business support to CAFOD’s programme. This will include business support to the international and supporter-focused programmes, business model improvement, opportunities for improving efficiency and effectiveness and developing surge capacity and innovation.

The post holder will form part of the CIF Management Team, collectively sharing responsibility for providing efficient financial services and informative financial management information and supporting financial planning to enable all teams in CAFOD to deliver CAFOD’s overall programme.

The post holder will maintain a dotted-line relationship with national office finance managers and accountants and oversee national office bookkeeping, building the capacity of the offices to ensure accurate financial records are maintained, funds are managed properly, and local regulations and CAFOD organisational accounting requirements are met.

Key Responsibilities 

Business support for the international-focused programmes  

• Lead and maintain a community of practice among the national office finance officers and accountants to strengthen national office capacity, maintain robust financial events and controls, and ensure national office requirements are reflected in central system developments

• Provide strategic support to international offices to address capacity gaps, including, where needed, providing surge support

• Oversee the national office book-keeping to ensure records are accurate, debtors and creditors are settled on a timely basis, and funds are managed effectively

• Lead the management of inter-office transactions, ensuring transactions are reconciled and allocated accurately

• Lead the national office annual audit cycle

• Support the Country Representatives in strengthening their oversight and financial planning for the National Offices they lead

Business Model improvement   

• Advising the Director of International Programmes and International Programme Leadership Team in making strategic resource allocation and financial decisions

• Support programmes in strengthening their ways of working and identifying solutions to financial constraints and obstacles that threaten programme delivery.

Developing surge capacity  

• Travel as needed to provide additional support during emergencies, temporary capacity gaps, or periods of increased operational demand, including audit support

• Provide business support to national offices to strengthen financial operations and service delivery.

• Provide support on integrated funding and supporter fundraising initiatives, while building the capacity of non-financial managers to manage budgets and resources effectively.

• Support the development of internal and external capacity-building initiatives.

• Provide technical finance support and act as a key point of contact for colleagues working outside the UK.

Innovation & transformation 

• Identify opportunities to improve ways of working, streamline processes, and increase operational efficiency.

• Promote the effective use of technology and AI to enhance delivery, insight, and decision-making.

• Contribute to the development and implementation of business model improvements and transformation initiatives.

• Support improvements in logistics, operations, and supply chain management to ensure value for money and effective service delivery.

Operational Performance & Continuous Improvement 

• Lead and support change management activity to ensure operational improvements are implemented effectively, embedded well, and understood across teams.

• Contribute to strategy development by translating organisational priorities into practical operational plans, measurable objectives, and clear delivery frameworks.

• Promote a common culture and shared organisational DNA by encouraging collaboration, consistency, accountability, and alignment with CAFOD’s values and ways of working.

• Drive performance optimisation through continuous review of processes, systems, and team practices to improve efficiency, quality, and service delivery.

• Champion a holistic and integrated approach to operational performance, ensuring that planning, delivery, people, systems, and resources work together effectively.

Driving team performance and development 

• Work collaboratively to deliver CIF’s strategic goals through clearly defined KRAs for its three integrated objectives, with agreed KPIs to measure performance.

• Improve efficiency through shared ways of working and continuous improvement

• Foster a strong customer-focused mindset and a collaborative partnering approach with key stakeholders

• Encourage the team to strengthen finance capability across UK and international programmes, and with project partners where appropriate.

Safeguarding

All CAFOD staff share responsibility to promote and maintain a strong safeguarding culture, including identifying the key actions they should take given their role and responsibilities.

Job Specific Competencies 

1. Expertise in international finance operations across multi-currency and donor-funded environments, with experience ensuring compliance and building finance capability among non-finance stakeholders.

1. Strong data capability, with experience in financial systems, data integrity, and using technology (including AI where relevant)

1. Excellent communication skills, including the ability to empathise and understand needs and influence key stakeholders.

1. The ability to work as a team and work in collaboration with stakeholders.

1. Finance professional with an analytical approach and excellent attention to detail.

1. Experience of Staff Performance Management and Development.

CAFOD is a welcoming, supportive workplace committed to a safe, inclusive culture where everyone is respected. CAFOD will make reasonable adjustments at every stage of the recruitment process to ensure candidates with disabilities or individual needs are fully supported.  

Safeguarding for Children and Vulnerable Adults 

CAFOD recognises the personal dignity and rights of children and vulnerable adults, towards whom it has a special responsibility and a duty of care and respect. CAFOD, and all its staff and volunteers, undertake to do all in our power to create a safe environment for children, young people and vulnerable adults and to prevent their physical, sexual or emotional abuse. CAFOD is committed to acting at all times in the best interests of children and vulnerable adults, seeing these interests as paramount. Any candidate offered a job with CAFOD will be expected to adhere to CAFOD’s Safeguarding policy and sign CAFOD’s Code of Behaviour as an appendix to their contract of employment and agree to conduct themselves in accordance with the provisions of these documents.

All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references, and appropriate screening checks can include criminal records and terrorism finance checks. CAFOD also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this Scheme, we will request information from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms their understanding of, and consent to, these recruitment procedures.