National Organization Financial Controller

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

We are looking for a skilled International Accounting Services Controller to join our Global Hub finance team. In this role, you will be responsible for ensuring accurate, complete and timely financial reporting data from COs (Country Offices) while strengthening the current data collection and analysis processes. You will be documenting monthly data flows from all COs, building permanent files for each CO, and creating end-to-end accounting procedures/processes for continuous improvement initiatives.

Key Responsibilities:

Collaborating with Regional Finance Managers (RFM) and Country Finance Managers (CFM) to ensure complete, accurate and timely CO submissions that adhere to GH reporting deadlines Serving as the key contact
for all RFMs and CFMs regarding CO financial submissions
Understanding each CO’s local GAAP
Identifying significant or unusual transactions on time, with sufficient commentary and understanding to support them
Collaborating with to identify and review any necessary US GAAP/IFRS adjustments with RFMs/CFMs.
 

About you:

Professional accounting qualification (eg, ACCA, CPA, CIMA)
Strong and proven accounting ability with knowledge of corporate accounting under US GAAP and IFRS.
Ability to create appropriate financial reports to investigate trends and variances
Experience in group reporting, including consolidations, in a group finance function within medium to large-sized, complex multi-currency organization
Strong knowledge of and experience in applying financial accounting controls.
Knowledge and awareness of best practice financial policies and procedures.
ERP systems experience, preferably SAP BPC
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build effective relationships with stakeholders at all levels
Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
Able to work calmly under pressure, prioritize and work to tight deadlines.

If you are passionate about advancing children’s rights and equality for girls and have the skills and experience we are looking for, please submit your application.

Please note only CV and cover letters in English will be accepted

Please follow this link for a full role profile; National Organization Financial Controller.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 £45,000 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-National-Organisation-Financial-Controller/919269201/