Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. World Vision is a global Christian humanitarian organization that partners with children, families, and communities to address poverty and injustice. The Global Finance Director will lead financial planning, budgeting, accounting, audit, reporting, and compliance for a large multi-country U.S. Government-funded health and development project, while supporting consortium partners and traveling internationally.
Responsibilities
- Keep Christ central in individual and corporate life. Actively participate in and contribute to the spiritual disciplines of the organization (Christian conduct, chapel, prayer, worship, devotions, and leadership of devotions); incorporate WV Core Values into decisions within scope of role
- Provide management oversight of grant financial planning and budgeting, accounting, audit, and other technical financial services
- Work very closely with the Global Project Management Team, consortium partners, and World Vision’s finance and Contracts department to ensure that the implementation, reporting, and other finance-related tasks and deliverables are carried out effectively
- Ensure that financial decisions, policies and procedures meet corporate and project objectives and comply with regulatory requirements
- Ensure that consortium partners are aligned in terms of their budgets, spending, cost-sharing, and leveraging and maintaining their program activity to administration ratio
- Provide education, training, and client service to the Global Project Management and support team and consortium partners in effective use and application of financial systems and principles
- Monitor progress to ensure performance is on target
- Reference and follow organizational policies and procedures, seeking clarity as needed
Skills
- Advanced degree in related field required
- 5-8 years of progressive and leadership work experience in budgeting and finance with demonstrated understanding of complex organizational budgeting, including financial management of large-scale and multi-country programs
- Professional fluency in English is required
- Professional designation as Certified Public Accountant (CPA) preferred
- Previous work experience with an international relief/development organization is desirable
Benefits
- Washington, DC based, hybrid; remote
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