Head of Africa Regional Finance – Anglophone

About MSI

MSI Reproductive Choices is one of the world’s leading providers of sexual and reproductive healthcare. We believe that everyone should have the right to choose. From contraception to safe abortion and life-saving post-abortion care, we are committed to delivering compassionate, affordable, high-quality services for all.

Today, our organisation has over 9,000 team members working in 37 countries across the world. Our success lies in the fact that MSI teams are locally led, entrepreneurial and results-driven, and are passionate about delivering high quality, client-centred care in their own communities. As a social business, we focus on sustainable delivery, efficiency, and funding models that are built to last, so that the women and girls we serve today will have a choice in the future too.

We know that access to reproductive choice is life changing. For some, it can mean the ability to complete an education or start a career. For others, it means being able to look after the family they already have. For everyone, it means the freedom to decide their own future, creating a fairer, more equal world.

About the Role

The Head of Regional Finance Anglophone is responsible for supporting the cluster of countries to achieve sustainable growth through improved financial management and performance. The Head of Regional Finance Anglophone will work closely with the Africa Finance Director, and with country Finance Directors.

The Head of Regional Finance Anglophone line manages Regional Finance Managers and dotted line manages in country Finance Directors.

About You

We recruit talented, dynamic people with diverse backgrounds and experiences, all united by a belief in our mission and a focus on delivering measurable results. We’re proud to be an equal opportunities employer and are committed to creating a fully inclusive workplace, where everyone feels able to participate and contribute meaningfully. You must be open-minded, curious, resilient, and solutions-oriented, and committed to promoting equality, and safeguarding the welfare of team members and clients alike.

To perform this role, it is essential that you have the following skills:

• Effective interpersonal skills, with the ability to lead, motivate and guide finance leadership across the continent and in regional support structure.
• SUN accounts (ideally), Vision XL and Excel skills
• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing, including with people who do not have a background in finance.
• Highly developed relationship development and communication (oral and written) skills.
• Strong financial analytical and technical skills
• Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills including influencing, negotiation, and coaching.

To perform this role, it is essential that you have the following experience:

• Proven experience of driving impact, quality and sustainability in international programmes and improving operational standards
• Demonstrate experience of working in more than one country or supporting teams in more than three countries at the same time.
• Proven experience of managing teams for at-least 3 years.
• Demonstrable ability to thrive in a matrix management environment.
• Experience of solving complex issues through analysis, definition of a clear way forward and ensuring buy-in from the necessary stakeholders
• Demonstration of ‘making things happen’, operating at pace and delivering effectively through others.
• Ability to produce, deliver and present meaningful financial analysis and recommend appropriate actions to enhance organizational performance.
• Ability to initiate, develop and maintain relationships with their staff, peers, and external stakeholders at a senior level.

Formal education/qualification

• Qualified accountant
• Degree-educated or equivalent
• French language knowledge (Optional)

Personal Attributes:

We seek exceptional individuals who are aligned to MSI’s mission and entrepreneurial mindset. You must be a strong communicator, self-motivated and solutions-seeking, committed to driving social change in an environment that measures sustainable results and impact at an individual and global level. You must be able to work effectively with and across diverse teams and be comfortable with ambiguity.

For this role, we’re looking for an individual who is:

• Passionate about system and process improvements to consistently meet and exceed expectations, putting the clients at the centre of everything, and ensuring we deliver high quality, high impact services that meet their individual needs.
• Energetic, driven with an unwavering commitment for MSI’s mission, with the ability to push boundaries, and make tough decisions and challenge others in line with our mission
• Commercially minded, understanding the levers for profitability for success within the marketplace. Focuses on results, ensuring long term sustainability and increased impact.
• Accountable for the decisions made and the behaviors demonstrated.
• Aware of the emerging developments within our sector, with the ability to focus and articulate a vision of the future which inspires and excites others, while understanding the detail and looking for the evidence
• Highest levels of integrity, and a strong ethical sense

Please click here to view the job framework

Location: London Support Office (hybrid working – 2 days per week from the office) or where any MSI country programme operates.

Full-time: 35 hours a week, Monday to Friday for UK based team members (for other countries the working hours will be in line with the local labour law).

Contract type: Permanent

Salary: £46,000 – £59,600 per annum for UK based candidates. Discretionary bonus + benefits. For all other locations, the salary will be banded within the national context.

Salary band: BG 10

Closing date: 9th July 2024 (midnight GMT+1). Interviews may take place before this date for exceptional candidates.

For internal employees applying from an MSI country programme, the role will be positioned within the existing salary structure of the country. Local terms and conditions of the country will apply.