The Opportunity

We are looking for a skilled International Accounting Services Controller to join our Global Hub finance team. In this role, you will be responsible for ensuring accurate, complete and timely financial reporting data from COs (Country Offices) while strengthening the current data collection and analysis processes. You will be documenting monthly data flows from all COs, building permanent files for each CO, and creating end-to-end accounting procedures/processes for continuous improvement initiatives.

Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborating with Regional Finance Managers (RFM) and Country Finance Managers (CFM) to ensure complete, accurate and timely CO submissions that adhere to GH reporting deadlines
• Serving as the key contact for all RFMs and CFMs regarding CO financial submissions
• Understanding each CO’s local GAAP
• Identifying significant or unusual transactions on time, with sufficient commentary and understanding to support them
• Collaborating with to identify and review any necessary US GAAP/IFRS adjustments with RFMs/CFMs.

About you:

• Professional accounting qualification (e.g., ACCA, CPA, CIMA)
• Strong and proven accounting ability with knowledge of corporate accounting under US GAAP and IFRS.
• Ability to create appropriate financial reports to investigate trends and variances
• Experience in group reporting, including consolidations, in a group finance function within medium to large-sized, complex multi-currency organization
• Strong knowledge of and experience in applying financial accounting controls.
• Knowledge and awareness of best practice financial policies and procedures.
• ERP systems experience, preferably SAP BPC
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build effective relationships with stakeholders at all levels
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Able to work calmly under pressure, prioritize and work to tight deadlines.

If you are passionate about advancing children’s rights and equality for girls and have the skills and experience we are looking for, please submit your application.

Please note only CV and cover letters in English will be accepted

Please follow this link for a full role profile; National Organisation Financial Controller.docx

Location: This role will ideally be based in the UK, employed from the Global Hub for Plan International which is based in Woking, Surrey however other locations where Plan International has an office* that can employ on behalf of the Global Hub and you have the pre-existing right to work and live may be considered. Hybrid, or fully remote will be considered for this position

Type of role: Permanent or maximum fixed term contract as per employing office’s standard terms and conditions.

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.

As an indication if this role was based in the UK the salary would be circa £45,000 per annum