Head of Finance

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Description

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• Finance Director
• Regional Finance Managers
• Country finance managers
• Programme managers
• Country Directors

• Support the Finance Director in Developing and executing comprehensive financial strategies
• that align with our charity’s mission and long-term goals.

• Lead the budgeting process, oversee financial planning, and conduct insightful analysis to
• support decision-making by senior management and the Board.
• Prepare annual budgets, forecasts, and monitor financial performance, including variances
• and key performance indicators (KPIs).

• Prepare accurate and timely financial reports, offering clear insights and recommendations to
• stakeholders.
• Train senior non-financial staff in understanding financial statements, ensuring the monthly
• management information is suitable for its users.

• Ensure adherence to regulatory requirements and maintain strong internal controls.
• Coordinate annual financial audits, liaising with auditors, and uphold financial integrity and
• transparency.
• Provide support on project audits across the organisation and ensure follow-up on issues
• arising and that any recommendations are implemented that relate to finance policies and processes

• Line manages the Regional Finance Managers ensuring they have clear work outputs,
• expectations and performing at a high level in their roles.
• Mentor a dedicated finance team, fostering a culture of collaboration, growth, and excellence.
• Promote professional growth within the department, creating a customer-focused,
• productive, efficient, and solution-oriented team.
• Regularly review the workload split, progress, and upcoming challenges for the country
• accounting function, to guarantee the most efficient service provision to in country
• stakeholders, understanding and reacting to the organisations’ priorities
• Provide technical line management to the Country Finance Managers enabling the role
• holders to learn and develop and enabling them to be a strong support to the country teams.
• Promote job rotation and job enrichment with the wider finance team.
• Operational Financial Management (20%):
• First point of contact for operational issues and concern in the finance team.
• Oversee day-to-day financial operations, including accounts payable, accounts receivable,
• payroll, cash flow, investments, and banking relationships.
• Ensure efficient payment and credit control procedures to optimize liquidity and maintain
• financial stability.

• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders, including donors, partners, regulatory
• bodies, program managers, and development teams.
• Lead financial sustainability through strong relationships and effective communication.

• Collaborate with program managers and the development team to manage grant budgets,
• track expenses, and ensure grant compliance.
• Provide financial data and reporting to support fundraising and development efforts.

• Ensure the robustness of financial systems and procedures.
• Supervise the complete set of transactions maintaining financial stability.
• Support the design, input and workings of the Resource Management System and review of
• the data input and compare to budgets. Providing management with the required tools to
• improve resource management.
• Continuously improve and develop appropriate budget and reporting software that the
• organisation can use to automate many of the above processes and improve financial
• management information for monitoring and analysis
• Person specification

• Holder of a professional qualification such as CIMA, ACCA, ACA, or equivalent.
• Degree in finance related field
• Resilient and capable of thriving in a large organisation.
• Strong interpersonal skills with proven ability to communicate effectively at leadership
• Proven abilities in managing people, with the capacity to inspire, motivate, and enthuse others
• to achieve goals by setting and enforcing challenging standards.
• Experience in financial processing in a complex business environment.
• Postholder must have right to work in the country based.

• Post- qualification experience in the NGO sector, with knowledge of NGO donors and their
• financial reporting requirements
• Knowledge of international finance regulations and experience in dealing with various
• currencies and international transactions.
• Fluency in additional languages is an asset in a global organization.
• Experience in leading organizational change and process improvement initiatives.
• Experience in a senior financial role within a global non-profit or charity organization.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent time management and organizational abilities.
• High level of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Effective communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines.
• Leadership skills with a collaborative management style.
• Proficiency in financial software and computer literacy.

• Experience in using advanced financial modelling techniques.
• Knowledge of SORP

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