Head of Finance and Operations

About The Role
The overall remit of this role is to: 
Support in building and overseeing organizational operations across finance, sytems, and people.
Build full financial controls and management across monthly reconciliation, annual forecasting and scenario planning, and sub-grant budget management.
Manage day to day operations with fiscal sponsor and employment service providers.
Ensure team is properly set up and supported to use remote-first systems in a consistent and effective way.
What You Will Do
Create Foundations for Sound Financial Health 
Design end to end financial processes and systems including internal controls, monthly reconciliation, and internal and external reporting practices
Create annual and multi-year forecasts, with low, medium and high scenarios, in partnership with the Director of Fundraising
Consistently review organizational costs and identify areas for efficiencies and cost savings
Work closely with the Director of National Partnerships and Head of Regrants to create and manage the annual re-granting payment release calendar and manage budget related questions from partners
Lead on financial reporting to internal and external stakeholders including Leadership Team, Board of Directors and Funders.
Design Systems for Remote-First Teams 
Work with Director of People and Operations to refine the full suite of tools needed for remote first teams and support in implementation and management, to support effective and streamlined organizational operations
Identify training needs of the team and ensure all team members are set up to use tools effectively and in accordance with policies
Define policies across finances and software usage as needed
Audit software and systems on a consistent basis to ensure that they are serving the team and overall needs
Supporting in Building a Culture First Organization 
Support in implementing annual learning cycle
Support in creating guides and materials on behalf of the Operations Team
Support in implementing annual organizational engagement surveys
What You Would Bring 
Experience building financial flows and controls for a new organization or initiative — and a set of tools and processes you deploy
Track record of creating clear and compelling reports to distill financial information for varying audiences
Experience in developing organizational policies and auditing their success
Strong understanding of the main workstreams for organizational operations
Experience in defining objectives, and key results (OKRs) and tracking their progress
Strong interpersonal skills
Strong communication skills and high level of fluency in written and spoken English.
How You Work 
Objective focussed and detail oriented
Eager to collaborate and solve challenges
Team player and true champion of your colleagues
Active listener
Humble, with low ego and ready to roll up your sleeves
Committed to our values of courage, collaboration, diversity and learning
Additional Information 
Currently, our main working language is English. Fluency in another language is highly valued.
This position may require travel when and if it is safe to do so.
If you require reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment tasks or otherwise participating in the interview process, please inform us of that in the relevant application section.