The Opportunity
Save the Children International has an exciting opportunity for you to join our team as the Finance Transformation Manager (Roving) in London, UK or any existing Save the Children International Regional or Country office worldwide.
Role Purpose:
The Finance Transformation Manager is a role sitting within the Change and Deployment team that has been created to deliver a number of high priority projects implementing new systems and business processes across Save the Children International (SCI)’s country offices.
The Finance Transformation Manager is responsible for providing financial and accounting functional expertise to support countries to implement Coding and PRIME. They will support successful completion of readiness activities as well as providing hands-on, practical support to help country finance teams and other stakeholders prepare for and manage the change pre and post go-live.
This position is for a Roving Finance Transformation Manager, which means that they will be responsible for supporting selected country offices across multiple regions, as well as providing input on a global scale to improve the quality of the solution design and deployment approach.
As this is a ‘roving’ position, we would expect at least 60% of time is spent travelling to support country offices.
EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS
Essential
- Experience working in the Finance team of an SCI country office
- Demonstrated experience and capability of leading, facilitating and influencing change and the delivery of major projects affecting business processes and systems in the field
- Proven ability to work in a large complex and highly networked matrix organisation and influence through ‘soft power’
- Previous experience of, and highly effective in, the guiding and coaching of others
- Experience of solving complex issues through analysis, definition of a clear way forward and ensuring buy in
- Excellent interpersonal skills, a proven ability to engage stakeholders
- Knowledge and experience of working within a standardised project methodology
- A strong results orientation and proactive approach
- Excellent communication skills, fluent in written and spoken English (French in WCA, Spanish in LAC, Arabic for MEEE)
- Competent in MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint
- Willingness and ability to travel within the region for circa 60%
- A commitment to Save the Children values
Desirable
- CPA / CFA qualification
This role can be based in London or any existing Save the Children International Regional or Country office location on approval, provided the successful candidate has proof of eligibility to work from the preferred location.
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The Organisation
We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realise the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard.
We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:
- No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday
- All children learn from a quality basic education and that,
- Violence against children is no longer tolerated
We know that great people make a great organization, and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children. We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive environment where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.
Application Information:
Please attach a copy of your CV and cover letter with your application, and include details of your salary expectations. A full copy of the role profile can be found at www.savethechildren.net/careers/apply
We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.
All employees are expected to carry out their duties in accordance with our global anti-harassment policy.
Save the Children does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process.