Migrant Help have an exciting opportunity to recruit a Deputy Director of Financial Planning & Analysis to join our team!

Location: Dover, Homebased

Read the overview of this opportunity to understand what skills, including and relevant soft skills and software package proficiencies, are required.
Contract: Permanent
Salary: £80,000

About us:

Migrant Help is a leading charity that was established in 1963 and delivers a range of support and advice services to people affected by displacement and exploitation across the UK. Our vision is for a global society that protects vulnerable people, treats them with respect and enables them to reach their full potential.

We foster a culture in which equality, diversity and inclusion are recognised, valued and encouraged. It doesn't matter who you are or where you come from, we match your skills with the needs of our organisation, as long as you share our values, vision and goals. We welcome applications from candidates regardless of their age, religion or belief, race, gender reassignment, disability, sexual orientation, sex, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity.

The Deputy Director of Financial Planning & Analysis 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 on the Charity's strategies and resourcing of its FP&A function – it's forecasting, modelling and costing and how valuable insights from that work can be communicated to most effectively further the Charity's aims. You will be a key member of the Migrant Help finance function, providing strategic and operational financial support to enable sustainable growth, informed decision making, and accountable service continuity.

If you are adaptable with demonstrable experience leading, supervising and reviewing large contract bids, and are looking for an exciting role that makes a difference, we'd love to hear from you!

Key responsibilities of our Deputy Director of Financial Planning & Analysis:

• 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.
• Leading 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 based and act as a key finance business partner to service leads

The 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 which 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 in achieving the automation and validation of budgets and forecasting

Migrant Help is committed to safeguarding those we provide a service to, applicants will have to undergo strict vetting procedures throughout different stages of the recruitment process therefore:

This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check therefore applicants must:

• Be able to provide documents to show their right to work in the UK (such as Passport, work visa, settled status document, certificate of registration, naturalisation as a British citizen, Biometric Residence Permit etc.)
• Provide full employment history for the previous 3 years and/or suitable documentation to cover any gaps in employment

These are some of the benefits we offer

• Our working week is 35 hours per week offering flexibility and work life balance
• Enhanced family friendly provisions
• Employees will gain an extra day 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 other additional employee benefits and recognitions.
• Wellbeing support.
• Migrant Help offers employees a non-contributory pension scheme Migrant Help pays 8% worth of employee salary into the pension scheme.

Closing Date: 4th May 2026

If you are interested in becoming our new Deputy Director of Financial Planning & Analysis, please click 'APPLY' today. We look forward to hearing from you!

Your application will be assessed against the job description and person specification, which can be found via the above link, we therefore recommend you review both before you apply.

We encourage applications from disabled people by offering them an interview if they meet the minimum criteria for the job

Please note this vacancy may close early depending on applications received

As part of your role, it is important you operate within Migrant Help's values: Protection, Diversity, Equality, Partnership, Innovation and Excellence. xbpsjku

Migrant Help is proud to be an equal opportunities employer.