About the role

  • Deputy Director Finance overseeing financial systems and operational plans at International Rescue Committee. Leading compliance and management of finance department activities in developing countries.

Responsibilities

  • Provides leadership and management necessary for financial infrastructure and systems
  • Contributes to the development of strategic and operational plans
  • Ensures and monitors delivery against financial plans through financial analytical review
  • Responsible for overall financial and accounting management
  • Maintains compliant financial management practices and systems with US and local laws
  • Collaborates with Senior Management Team to ensure acceptable performance levels
  • Manages finance department activities and meets financial reporting requirements and deadlines
  • Prepares and approves all donor financial reports
  • Oversees preparation and revision of grant proposal budgets
  • Supervises all country office bank relations and account activities
  • Establishes finance department roles and responsibilities matrix and recruits qualified staff

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Business Administration, Commerce or Finance required
  • Extensive experience working in a development or humanitarian setting, including at least five years of experience living and working in the relevant field in developing and transitioning countries
  • Minimum of five years of managerial experience in finance
  • Extensive experience in working with computerized accounting systems, standard spreadsheet and database programs
  • Good written and verbal skills in the English language
  • Proven track-record of proactively identifying and communicating potential problems and proposing solutions
  • Function effectively in a complex work environment, setting appropriate priorities and managing competing priorities and pressure
  • Ability to carry out responsibilities independently with minimal technical support
  • Excellent interpersonal communication skills and professional patience and be able to interact, partner and thrive in a diverse environment
  • Committed to staff training and development and effective at facilitation.

Benefits

  • Parental leave
  • Gender-sensitive security protocols
  • Supportive benefits and allowances

Job title

Deputy Director, Finance

Job type

Experience level

Lead

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

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