Job opportunity – Plan International, Cameroon

Finance Business Partner
Date: 16-Feb-2023

Location: Globally flexible, Flexible

Company: Plan International

The Organization

Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organization that advances children’s rights and equality for girls.

We believe in the power and potential of every child. But this is often suppressed by poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination. And it’s girls who are most affected.

Working together with children, young people, our supporters and partners, we strive for a just world, tackling the root causes of the challenges facing girls and all vulnerable children.

We support children’s rights from birth until they reach adulthood. And we enable children to prepare for – and respond to – crises and adversity. We drive changes in practice and policy at local, national and global levels using our reach, experience and knowledge.

We have been building powerful partnerships for children for over 85 years, and are now active in more than 80 countries.

Disasters and conflicts threaten children’s rights and damage the societies they live in. Last year alone, Plan International responded to 81 disasters globally to champion and uphold the rights of children, particularly girls, before, during and after emergencies.

To sustain its engagement with children affected by crises, our Humanitarian team is currently recruiting committed humanitarian experts to deploy 9 months of the year to various emergency contexts. This role is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the growth of our Core Surge team and to support children and their communities around the world in building resilience to increasing disaster risks.

The Opportunity

The Deployable Finance Business Partner will partner with colleagues in country and regional offices to provide broad and varied financial skills and capability in support of Plan International’s work in countries both during emergencies and where additional finance skills and capability are required.

The Finance Business Partner will be deployed, often at short notice, to support Country Offices respond either to a particular emergency or when additional financial skills are required. As a finance professional, the Finance Business Partner will provide technical skills and knowledge involved in all aspects of finances for an emergency and/or provide specific financial skills to supplement a Country Office finance department They will ensure that the crisis response is appropriately funded and resources are effectively managed, allocated and protected, effectively balancing the requirements for agility and control. This will require an innovative, solutions focused approach and strong teamwork.

The Requirements

Experience in leading financial teams in Emergency Responses.
Qualified accountant or part-qualified accountant.
Exceptional stakeholder management skills, including sufficient political credibility to work across all layers of the organization, including senior leadership
Extensive experience in Finance (accounting; reporting; grants finance; financial planning and analysis) in an INGO at Program Unit and Country Office level.
Demonstrable understanding of the humanitarian sector and ways of working.
Knowledge of internal controls in financial management.
Strong financial systems expertise. Fluency with complex financial systems including multi-currency accounting packages / Emergency Response Fund (internal Plan emergency funds)
Experience in developing Standard Operating Procedures and guidance notes
Communicates clearly, effectively and as appropriate to the audience.
Able to build networks and relationships under challenging conditions to promote high performance.
Experience with, and well-developed skills in, staff management, supervision and capacity building.
Values ​​working in a team and being willing to take on more responsibilities and support team members.
Comfortable in challenging at all levels.
Resilient under long-term pressure; thrives in dynamic fluid environments: adaptable and proactive.
Solution focused; able to prioritize, deliver on time and cope with ambiguity.
Sensitivity to a wide range of cultures, contexts and varying levels of financial capability.
Strong written and spoken English.
Committed to actively upholding Plan International’s vision, values ​​and behaviors and policies, including the Say Yes! To Keeping Children Safe Policy.
Good understanding of humanitarian values, principles, the Humanitarian Charter and Code of Conduct for the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and NGOs in Disaster Relief.
Committed to actively upholding Plan International’s vision, values ​​and behaviors and policies, including the Say Yes! To Keeping Children Safe Policy.
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follow this link for a full role profile; Deployable Finance Business Partner JD (Feb 2023).docx

Location: This role will be deployed 75% of the time to Plan International’s country programs and home-based when not deployed. This can be flexible where Plan International has an office* that can employ on behalf of the Global Hub and you have the pre-existing right to work and live.

Type of Role: Permanent or maximum fixed term contract available as per employing office’s standard terms and conditions.

Reports to: Head of Business Partnering & Strategic Finance

Closing Date: Sunday 5th March

All applications must be submitted ONLINE at:

https://jobs.plan-international.org/job/Globally-flexible-Deployable-Finance-Business-Partner/904281101/