Finance Business Partner (Maternity Cover)

Global Canopy is a data-driven not for profit that targets the market forces destroying nature.
We do this by improving transparency and accountability. We provide innovative open-access
data, clear metrics, and actionable insights to leading companies, financial institutions,
governments and campaigning organisations worldwide. 

Nature-related Finance: Nature loss poses material risks to financial
institutions, as studies show more than half of global GDP is moderately or highly dependent on
nature. Lack of high-quality nature-related data is one of the biggest obstacles holding
financial institutions back from addressing nature-related risks. Global Canopy innovates to
increase the scope, quality and accessibility of freely available data. We work to enable
investors, lenders, insurers, financial regulators and others in the sector to identify and
mitigate their impacts and dependencies on nature – and to seize the opportunity of investing
in nature-positive solutions. Our work on nature-related finance centres on three collaborative
flagship projects, the Taskforce on Nature-related
Financial Disclosures (TNFD), ENCORE and The Little Book of Investing
in Nature.

Global Canopy’s Finance Business Partners play a crucial role in supporting our programme teams
to steward the organisation’s financial resources to achieve maximum impact, ultimately
supporting a global shift to a deforestation free economy. 

We are looking for an exceptional Finance Business Partner to provide a 10 month
maternity cover to support our programme teams with sound financial management. We are
looking for the successful candidate to ideally start working with us no later than 1st
November 2024.

To be successful in this role, these are the things that will matter the
most: 

• Customer focused with the ability and desire to build effective working relationships
  across the organisation, particularly with those in specific programme teams. 
• Strong analytical skills and technical competence in order to prepare reliable financial
  reports and guidance.
• Solutions focused on being able to identify key issues and make timely decisions to deliver
  outcomes.

Essential behavioural competencies:

• Collaborative – An ability to understand your audience, to analyse data and to deliver
  information in a clear and user-friendly manner. 
• Influential – Develop credibility with senior colleagues and stakeholders to be able to
  influence decision-making.
• Resilient – Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines whilst delivering to a high
  standard.

At Global Canopy, we value diversity and inclusion. You can read our diversity statement on
our website. We encourage applications from
all backgrounds and are committed to having a team with a diverse set of skills, experiences
and abilities. We are committed to reducing systemic barriers in our recruitment processes. 

Global Canopy works on issues of tropical deforestation. We are particularly interested in
strengthening our team to include those with a background from forest regions such as Latin
America and South East Asia. We welcome applications from people from these regions.

Global Canopy is an inclusive employer and accommodations will be made to allow anyone who
requires additional support to apply for this role. Please get in touch with us if you require
any additional support.