Director of Finance Transformation at Plan International

Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian non-profit organisation that advances children’s rights and equality for girls. We support children’s rights from birth until they reach adulthood, and enable children to prepare for - and respond to - crises and adversity. We believe in the power and potential of every child, but know this is often suppressed by poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Director of Finance Transformation

Locations: Nigeria (Flexible)
Reports to: Chief Financial Officer
Type of Role: Permanent or maximum fixed term contract available.

The Opportunity

• In Finance, our vision is ‘to be a globally trusted partner in the organisation’s delivery of life-changing programmes for girls and young women’.
• We aim to do this by ‘providing the robust financial systems, reports, tools and data, and the skilled people to enable successful project delivery. We equip our customers with the insights, capabilities, and expert advice that they need to change lives’.
• Plan International embarked on an ambitious and exciting strategic change initiative to make the organization more transparent, legitimate, and agile. We have identified and are in the process of implementing a series of significant transformation programmes, including a new ERP solution using Microsoft Dynamics 365.
• Our Finance Transformation Directorate will be responsible for planning, overseeing, and delivering core improvement initiatives across the Finance function.
• As Head of the Directorate, you will be responsible for providing strategic leadership in the improvement of the global finance function at Plan International. This will include, but not be limited to, the development of new strategic initiatives and programmes of work that improve capability, ongoing management of a change plan, acting as a central point for the implementation of Microsoft Dynamics 365 within the finance function, and working with regional teams to create rollout plans.
• You will also be responsible for horizon scanning and assessment of new initiatives, which may include the introduction of automation and/or a shared services centre to support delivery of core accounting processes.
• The Director will form part of the Finance Leadership Team and will support the development of the five-year Finance Strategy.
• You will also be accountable for providing day-to-day oversight and management of the Directorate, including reporting, people management, and quality assurance responsibilities.

The Requirements
Skills and experience specific to the role;

• Large-scale transformation programme delivery, including each stage of the programme management lifecycle.
• Strategy design and development, including with the ability to engage stakeholders throughout the process.
• Ability to craft and convey a change narrative to support buy-in from stakeholders.
• Ability to manage multiple large-scale strategy, transformation and change projects simultaneously.
• Ability to translate strategy into delivery through plans, programmes, people and culture.
• Third-party supplier management, including procurement, contract management, and performance management.
• Communication skills, tailored to the audiences with whom you will work – including external stakeholders, and global, regional, and local teams.
• Strong negotiating, facilitating and influencing skills to support delivery of initiatives.
• Ability to deliver major and complex change at place, effectively managing risks and dependencies.
• Highly developed interpersonal, advocacy and communication skills to work effectively with stakeholders and bring the best out of teams.
• Possess the capabilities needed to deliver effective solutions to complex business challenges.
• Ability to deliver a programme using different delivery methods and approaches (including Agile delivery methods).
• Business case development, including understanding of cost/benefit analysis.
• Strong process design/optimisation skills to support the ongoing improvement of processes across the function.

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.

Application Closing Date
22nd May, 2023.