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Senior Finance CoOrdinator

ActionAid is an international anti-poverty agency formed in 1972. We are a partnership between people in poor and rich countries working together to end poverty and injustice. Today we are working with over 13 million of the world's poorest and excluded people in over 40 countries worldwide to secure their rights to a life free of poverty and injustice, and with the support of half a million donors and supporters.

The Senior Finance Coordinator will provide strategic financial oversight and support primarily to the Head of Europe. This role is responsible for monitoring financial management and performance of countries in the Group, ensuring compliance with global standards, systems and processes, encouraging adoption of best Practices, and strengthening the financial capacity, engagement and mutual accountability of Finance teams in the Group.
The role will further provide strategic financial support to the designated Directorate in strategic planning, reporting, analysis and risk management, with a focus on finance implications of fund raising models.

Desired Skills & Experience
Formally, you should have a Professional Accounting or Financial Management Qualification, coupled with a minimum of 8 years post qualification experience in position of senior financial management or accounting, preferably in the NGO sector and with experience in project and change management.
The ideal candidate will have very good knowledge of computerised accounting packages and Excel. Knowledge of databases would be useful. Experience in analysing strategies, financial reports and plans, and drawing insight for use by management and different donors will be essential. Experience in providing support and training, particularly from a distance, will be required in this role.
In this position, the ability to think strategically, to delegate where appropriate, to prioritise competing demands and to influence a peer group will be required together with excellent communication skills (fluent spoken and written English, command of additional languages are ). The Finance Coordinator must be able to work independently, have strong inter-personal skills and be self-motivated. The candidate will need to be flexible to provide strategic support to other countries and projects as required.
At a personal level, you must have a strong commitment to a human rights based approach to development, champion women's rights and value working with diverse cultures and the poor and marginalised groups. Your ability and willingness to travel internationally and work flexibly in virtual settings and distant management would be required.

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