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Head of Financial Performance
Johannesburg - Other
Reporting to the Director of Finance and Operations, the Head of Financial Performance will be required to support the global finance community to ensure good financial management throughout the organisation by setting standards and providing guidance, tools and training materials and by overseeing compliance and by sharing best practice. Managing the team of Finance Coordinators and Analysts that support the Country Teams and other Directorates, including Fund raising & Communications,
Programmes and Organisational Effectiveness in delivery and monitoring of compliance against global standards, systems and processes as well as capacity building.
Key responsibility areas include, but are not limited to:
* Strategic review and development of financial systems and policies.
* Review, implement and maintain global policies, processes and standards
* Lead work streams within the Finance Transformation Project, and accountable for the implementation of deliverables relating to strategic and operational support to countries
* Ownership of organisation financial systems (TM1 and SUN)
* Support to the Global Finance Community
* Capacity building together with the Regional Finance teams
* Instill and promote cost-consciousness and value for money throughout the organisation and promote optimal use of resources
* Proactive people management of direct reports as well as building a cohesive and focused management team
Person Specification
The ideal candidate will have a Graduate Accountancy qualification (Internationally Recognised CA). This will be coupled with:
* Ability to think strategically, to delegate where appropriate, to prioritise competing demands and to influence a peer group.
* Excellent communication and influencing skills - fluent spoken and written English.
* Ability to positively build peer working relationships and be effective without having to rely on authority.
* Ability to cope with considerable travel demands.
* Experience of Financial Consolidation/Aggregation Packages. Experience in managing or implementing Financial Systems would be an advantage.
* Knowledge and/or experience of the Not For Profit, NGO and /or development sectors.
* Commitment to ActionAid's vision, mission, values and way of working
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