Location: Cairo, Egypt
Closing date: 20 August 2025
Main purpose of position
The Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) Business Partner will play a substantial role in driving the financial strategy of the organization. This position is responsible for overseeing the budgeting process, forecasting, modelling, conducting financial analysis, and providing insights financial reporting to support strategic decision-making.
About ICARDA
The International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) is a treaty-based international non-profit research organization supported by CGIAR.
ICARDA's mission is to reduce poverty and enhance food, water, nutritional security, and environmental health in the face of global challenges, including climate change. We do this through innovative science, strategic partnerships, linking research to development, and capacity development that consider gender equality and the role of youth in transforming the dry areas. ICARDA works in partnership with governments, universities, civil society, national agricultural research organizations, other CGIAR research centers, and the private sector. With its temporary Headquarters in Beirut, Lebanon, ICARDA operates in regional and country offices across Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. For more information: www.icarda.org.
Main responsibilities:
- Manage the overall ICARDA budgeting process, ensuring that the annual and long-range budgets, including operations and science, are set and approved at all organizational levels.
- Prepare monthly budget monitoring reports and periodic forecasts, promptly highlighting variances and facilitating necessary adjustments.
- Generate periodic reports in alignment with the organization's budgeting and reporting calendar.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align financial goals with organizational strategy.
- Support the development and evaluation of new programs and initiatives by conducting financial feasibility studies.
- Establish and implement indicators and processes to integrate best practices in budgeting, reporting, and forecasting throughout the organization, aiming for continuous service improvement.
- Implement, maintain, and update business intelligence (BI) reports and analytics, ensuring transparent and accessible financial information for stakeholders.
- ·Ensure the application of an accurate full cost recovery methodology to cover organizational non-research expenses and specific research units.
- Review grant application budgets to ensure adherence to the organization's full cost recovery policy, grant terms and conditions, and donor regulations.
- Ensure that the current financial system (ERP) encompasses all necessary business financial processes and cost recovery models to manage accurate financial information.
- ·Implement and optimize ERP-driven financial processes for budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, reporting, and cost recovery to ensure precise financial management.
Education, qualifications, and experience:
- Relevant Masters' university degree with at least 7 years of experience (or a Bachelor’s with at least 10 years’ experience and formal training).
- Experience in financial planning and analysis, preferably within the non-profit sector.
- Advanced proficiency in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and financial modeling; familiarity with accounting software and donor management systems is a plus.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with keen attention to detail.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels.
- Demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities and meet tight deadlines.
- Experience with international non-profit organizations and familiarity with donor compliance requirements.
- Excellent command of the English language, both written and spoken.
- Strong self-motivation and innovative skills.
- Experience in working on an ERP.
Terms of appointment, salary, and benefits:
This is a nationally recruited position for which ICARDA offers an attractive compensation package including a competitive salary, medical insurance, 30 days of annual leave, five months’ maternity leave, 15 days’ paternity leave. The successful candidate will be offered an initial contract of 3 years, renewable subject to continued need for the position and satisfactory performance. The first year will be probationary period.
Please be advised that ICARDA accepts applications only in English, as per the organization's standard communication language. Applications in other languages will not be considered.
Only shortlisted applications will be contacted.