Business & Performance Analyst

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JOB TITLE: Business & Performance Analyst
TEAM: Finance team
UNIT/DIVISION: Private Partnerships Division (PSP) Org. Unit
DUTY STATION: Rome HQ
CONTRACT TYPE: Short-Term, Regular Consultant
DURATION: 11 months
WORK SCHEDULE: Full time, Monday to Friday
VA REFERENCE: n/a
LINE MANAGER/SUPERVISOR: Thomas Brunner, Head of Finance team

ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is the world's largest humanitarian agency working to create a world with zero hunger. WFP and its partners believe that no child should go to bed hungry and that individual and collective wellbeing can only be achieved if all children, women and men get the nutritious food they need to lead healthy, dignified lives. Each year, WFP assists 90 million people in 83 countries. Every day, some 5,600 WFP-chartered trucks are on the road, 92 planes are in the air and 20 ships are at sea. These numbers speak to WFP's unparalleled reputation as an emergency responder, one that is often the first on the scene in the most difficult environments. WFP also works with partners to strengthen the resilience of communities most vulnerable to hunger and malnutrition through long-term development programmes aimed at boosting food security, local economies, education, employment and gender equality. While hunger and malnutrition are the world's largest solvable issues, the needs are still immense and growing. 821 million people in the world suffer from chronic hunger.
The Private Partnerships Division (PSP) is responsible for working with the private sector to achieve greater impact in WFP's work. PSP has embarked on an exceptionally ambitious new strategy to raise an additional one billion dollars for hungry or malnourished people in the next five years and to expand the contribution to WFP from the business sector through effective and sustainable long-term partnerships as well as from private individual supporters around the world. This includes securing new high impact technical partnerships, signing significant new corporate deals and growing existing relationships as well as building a base of one million individual supporters.

PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT
To comply with the divisional responsibilities and the challenges of a very diversified portfolio regarding the overall data management under the Private Sector Partnerships and Fundraising (PSPF Strategy, PSP requires a Business & Performance Analyst.

ACCOUNTABILITIES / RESPONSIBILITIES
Within delegated authority and reporting directly to the PSP Head of Finance, the Business & Performance Analyst will be responsible for the following duties:

Business analysis and forecasting
1. Lead on transforming the data analysis processes towards data visualization and insights by creating new and improved data management & optimization tools such as dashboards, stories, and workbooks to ensure more efficient and automated processes for tracking and evaluating divisional performance as measured against the PSPF Strategy targets.
2. Working independently, deliver regular divisional financial performance reporting and analysis insights that enable data-driven decision-making at all levels of PSP and wider WFP management (when requested).
3. Lead and coordinate the divisional forecasting and planning processes to ensure that the forecasts and yearly plans demonstrate progress towards achieving the PSPF Strategy targets. Specifics include overall guidance on processes, preparation of training materials and technical setup on Salesforce, liaising with team managers on targets and deliverables, analyzing the forecasting data and delivering the final reports to the PSP management.
4. Working directly across the team, coordinate WFP participation in the International Fundraising Leadership Forum by providing detailed private and public sector income reports, with a particular focus on individual giving income, liaising with internal stakeholders and Friends organizations to ensure consistent data delivery across all fundraising streams, and co-representing the division at the annual IFL data insights workshop in London, UK.
5. Prepare and disseminate regular INGO fundraising industry trend analyses, sharing the insights internally and with Friends organizations. Coordinating across PSP and Friends organizations to deliver customized insights to ensure both teams meet financial targets in support of effective implementation of the PSPF Strategy.
6. Lead on ensuring consistency of fundraising data between different data platforms and tools, such as Tableau, Salesforce, WINGS and Excel, by maintaining the data flow processes and carrying out data consistency checks.
7. In accordance with the WFP Corporate Results Framework, draft the PSP Finance inputs with relevant analyses and content for the WFP Management Plan, Annual Performance Plan, Annual Performance Report, quarterly CCI reporting and other WFP strategic documents to ensure compliance with the requirements of the WFP corporate reporting and process standards.

Individual Giving Specialized Area
8. Maintain the highly specialized investment tracking model that provides processed data for the granular analysis of all Individual Giving KPIs in relation to the board-approved strategy, by working closely with data scientists from both the IG and STM team as well as specialists from the Japan and US EFO.
9. Lead the preparation of the monthly reports to the leadership group in PSP on the top-level metrics to guide investment decisions based on performance of the various investment activities according to individual giving specific characteristics, including working with the PSP leadership group on the quarterly reporting to the Executive Board and senior WFP leadership, particularly in the area of Individual Giving reporting.
10. Under the supervision of PSP Head of Finance, contribute analyses of the individual giving programme portfolio and the underpinning data model to maximize ROI based on the relative contribution of the two main products, STM and the HQ-led IG programme.

Leadership and general
11. Oversee the hiring and onboarding of data analysts as required, including TOR development, screening of candidates and selection process.
12. Supervise and coach junior staff to enable best performance and a well-functioning team.
13. Perform other related duties as required.

DELIVERABLES AT THE END OF THE CONTRACT
1. Ensure that all PSP fundraising performance reports and analyses are published and functioning on the WFP Analytics server.
2. Ensure successful completion of the Private Sector annual planning and forecasting exercises by delivering the final
version of the plans & forecasts to the division's leadership team.
3. Successfully participate in the International Fundraising Leadership forum by sharing detailed fundraising data for WFP public and private sector income, attending the yearly workshop and sharing fundraising insights with senior management of PSP and WFP.
4. Contribute to conducting a review of the IG investment model and share actionable insights with the PSP leadership and beyond.
5. Timely submission of the Individual Giving and investment reports
6. Successful creation of specialized modelling tools for investment and performance analysis
7. Guidance on IG data submission and analysis

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
Education
Advanced university degree in International Development, Economics, Business Administration, Communications or Social Sciences.
Work history
3 to 5 years progressive postgraduate experience working in private sector partnerships and fundraising environment. Familiarity with WFP operations highly desirable.
Hard skills
Proven ability to conceptualize, plan, manage, develop and monitor processes
Excellent understanding of global issues and an ability to translate an Organisation's mission
Advanced knowledge of Private Sector Fundraising principles and practices.
Advanced knowledge of Excel and Salesforce.
Advanced knowledge of data visualization tools, such as Tableau and Power BI.
Knowledge of SQL or other programming/ coding languages and tools.
Soft skills
Outstanding analytical, negotiation and advocacy skills
Excellent communication, analytical and project management skills
Excellent interpersonal skills to work in a team and establish effective working relations with team members or other stakeholders
High degree of independence and ability to work under minimal supervision
Ability to handle multiple tasks within deadlines and deliver on commitments
Work effectively in a multi-cultural environment and international organization
Understanding or appreciation for working in a large, complex, hierarchical, decentralised and geographically dispersed organisation
Uses tact and courtesy to give and receive information with a variety of individuals (people oriented)
Motivated team spirit and contributed to an inclusive and sound working environment (team player)
Highly adaptable to change and comfortable dealing with ambiguity, stress and competing demands with grace and humor
Language(s)
Excellent command of spoken and written English
Intermediate knowledge of another official UN language would be a plus (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish).

WFP LEADERSHIP FRAMEWORK

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