Head of Global Hub Finance

Date: 29-Mar-2023

Location: UK or globally, 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.

The Opportunity

As the Head of Global Hub Finance, you will be responsible for transforming our approach to financial accounting, control and compliance, embedding a customer focused approach, while ensuring we are protected financially and that we meet the statutory and regulatory compliance requirements on time .

Main responsibilities include:

Lead the transformation of GH financial accounting to ensure more straightforward, streamlined processes are adopted to minimize effort and complexity while maintaining accuracy and impact
Build training sessions for non-finance personnel to ensure they understand their responsibilities and end-to-end process
Transform the statutory accounting approach by building a comprehensive business understanding that is aligned with management reporting
Monitor and manage resources to ensure objectives are delivered according to schedule and within budget
Contribute to developing policies and processes and implement systems and process improvements
Develop and manage ongoing relationships with internal and external stakeholders to identify and deliver solutions that benefit all
Evaluate risk with sound business and commercial judgment
Champion change by role modeling the behavior expected from all colleagues, develop and communicate plans to ensure the transition is successfully implemented

Requirements

Professional accounting qualification (eg,ACCA, CPA, CIMA)
Strong and proven accounting ability with knowledge of corporate accounting under US GAAP and IFRS.
Strong knowledge of and experience in applying financial accounting controls, as well as demonstrable knowledge of best practice, financial policies and procedures
Strong systems skills, preferably with knowledge of SAP or equivalent general ledger packages, reporting databases
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build effective relationships with stakeholders at all levels
Strong leadership skills, with the ability to motivate and inspire a team to achieve results, as well as experience managing a team of people
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to think critically and make sound decisions in a complex and diverse environment

If you are a highly skilled and experienced Head of Finance with a passion for making a difference, we would love to hear from you. This is a great opportunity to work with a diverse and passionate team dedicated to making a difference in the lives of children and communities around the world.

Please follow this link for a full role profile; Head of Global Hub Finance.docx

Location: This role will ideally be based in the UK, employed from the Global Hub for Plan International which is based in Woking, Surrey however other locations 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 may be considered. Hybrid, or fully remote will be considered for this position

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

Salary: We will be happy to disclose the salary and applicable benefits to applicants as part of this process, however, please kindly note that the salary and employment benefits will be set according to your location and therefore it is not possible to include full details here .

As an indication if this role was based in the UK the salary would be circa £68,000 per annum

Closing Date: Wednesday 12th April

*Applicable locations include: Australia, Bangladesh, Belgium, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, China, Colombia, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Finland, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Ireland, Japan, Jordan , Kenya, Korea, Laos, Lebanon, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Spain, Sudan, Sweden , Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Uganda, United Kingdom, Vietnam, Zambia, Zimbabwe

All applications must be submitted ONLINE at:

https://jobs.plan-international.org/job/Preferably-UK-or-globally-Head-of-Global-Hub-Finance/919257001/   :