Summary: The Interim Finance Director role is a full-time, remote position for a UK-based NGO focused on international development, specifically early childhood programs in Africa. This one-year maternity cover contract involves managing a global finance team, overseeing budgets, and ensuring financial compliance while supporting the organization's mission to enhance the lives of children in rural Africa. The ideal candidate will be a fully-qualified accountant with significant experience in international charity finance and team management.

Key Responsibilities:

• Contribute to the development and implementation of the organisation’s scale and income-generation strategy.
• Develop and strengthen robust and flexible cost models to guide decisions around scaling and resource requirements.
• Create robust budgets for new and renewal funder applications, considering funder restrictions and economic conditions.
• Ensure compliance with financial systems, policies, procedures, and internal controls.
• Identify ways to improve efficiencies and strengthen financial rigour.
• Lead and coach the finance team to maintain operational excellence and financial rigour.
• Oversee the production of financial reports for the Board, donors, and management team.
• Work with internal teams to develop financial systems for local government partners.
• Create budgets and financial documentation for funding proposals.
• Ensure compliance with tax, regulatory, and legal requirements.
• Manage the performance and capacity building of direct reports.

Key Skills:

• Fully-qualified ACCA, CIMA, ACA.
• Experience as Head of Finance or Finance Director in an international development charity.
• Experience managing a global finance team.
• Deep understanding of international charity finance, including donor reporting and foreign currency transactions.
• Strategic finance experience in budgeting, scenario planning, and financial modelling.
• Ability to start quickly, ideally immediately available or with a short notice period.

Salary (Rate): £70,000

City: undetermined

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: remote

IR35 Status: undetermined

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: Other