Financial Controller | Accounting & Finance Director

With over 70 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.
Come join our 34,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!
Key Responsibilities
Location: Open in any country in Asia or any state in the United States where World Vision International is registered to operate.
The Financial Controller | Accounting & Finance Director leads those functions which are responsible for the efficient and accurate processing of transactions, executing a strong internal control framework and ensuring external reporting obligations are met to stakeholders.
The Purpose Of This Role Is To

• Lead the Global Centre (GC) Corporate Accounting team in all accounting, financial reporting and compliance-related matters for GC offices;


• Ensure appropriate policies and procedures exist for the financial management of all Global Centre (GC) offices, Regional Offices (RO), Field Offices (FO) and Support Offices (SO) where appropriate, through the monitoring of internal audit findings, the establishment of processes to identify internal control risk and resulting in the continuous improvement of the global finance policies and procedures and appropriate reporting to management.


• Lead the operational management of the global year-end audit process and oversee the production of the consolidated financial statements in compliance with US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). Ensure global financial accounting processes are efficient, timely and accurate, reconciling items are cleared regularly, and that customers' queries are resolved promptly and to their satisfaction.


• Have a continuous improvement and customer-focused mindset, looking for opportunities to drive improved levels of service, speed, automation and reduce duplication to improve the customer experience.
  

Major Responsibilities

• Lead the Corporate Accounting services and compliance for the Global Centre


• Lead a team of financial accountants to accurately process accounting transactions, prepare and close the general ledger each month on a timely basis for the Global Centre offices (including Manila, Kuala Lumpur, Costa Rica, Ghana, Geneva, Dubai, London, New York, Brussels) and Regional Offices.


• Balance sheet and funding account reconciliations are performed each month by agreed deadlines, with reconciling items cleared on a monthly basis.


• Staff are managed to clear KPIs to ensure accuracy, timeliness and completeness of the general ledger.


• Drive continuous improvement in all global financial accounting processes to improve speed, automation, accuracy, timeliness, completeness and customer experience, working closely with FPRA Directors to ensure processes are fit for purpose for the Global Centre, Support Offices and Field Office as appropriate.


• Work closely with the Director, FPRA – Global Centre, to ensure all chargebacks issued are processed on a timely basis, can be easily traced and reconciled.


• Work closely with the Senior Finance Director, Global Engagement to monitor Field Offices financial reporting, particularly balance sheets, to identify risks to year-end close.


• Monitor GC liquidity by participating in the monthly global liquidity meetings and managing the process to approve cash transfers to Field Offices towards the end of the fiscal year.


• Lead the financial year end close, financial reporting and annual external audit processes
  

Year End close

• Lead the year-end close process for the WVI Partnership through effective project management, ensuring activities all offices are coordinated to ensure a timely year-end close, supported by clear guidance, training and communication. Work closely with Global Field Finance, Financial Planning, Reporting & Analysis and Financial Data & Capability to coordinate year-end close activities across various stakeholder groups.
  

Financial Statements

• Lead the Corporate Accounting team in delivering the US GAAP compliant annual financial statements for World Vision International by consolidating the individual financial reports of Vision Fund International (VFI), microfinance organisations (MFOs), Field Offices (FOs), Regional Offices (ROs) Global Centre offices (GC) and some Support Offices (SOs), adjusting non-US GAAP records to be compliant, appropriately identifying and calculating eliminating entries upon consolidation and overseeing the preparation of appropriate disclosure notes.
  


• Maintain technical knowledge of changes to accounting standards under US GAAP.


• Prepare technical position papers outlining WVI’s application of new accounting standards and oversee the application of these standards, ensuring updates to finance policies and procedures where appropriate.
  

Annual external audit

• Manage the annual external financial audit for the WVI Consolidated Group (mainly Global Centre and Field Offices) by coordinating with Vision Fund International, Global Field Finance, Financial Planning, Reporting & Analysis and Financial Data & Capability and Global Internal Audit teams including analysis and detailed schedules for external audit testing.


• Preparing pre-reads and presentations for the WVI Audit & Risk Committee and WVI Board.


• Preparing post-audit lessons learned presentation for Global Field Finance and Regional Finance Directors.


• Lead other financial reporting and compliance


• Manage the Corporate Accounting team to ensure all financial compliance reporting requirements are accurate and submitted on time to external agencies. (e.g. OECD reporting).


• Liaise with WVUS on the preparation of the financial statements for the WV Pension Fund.


• Manage the team to prepare accurate information for the WVI Accountability Report.


• Keep up to date with emerging taxation and compliance-related issues that may impact the financial operations of WVI.


• Leadership on the internal control environment across WV entities
  

Finance Policies and Procedures

• Provide leadership and strategic thinking to ensure the structure of the finance policies and procedures are clear, easy to navigate and consistent with good governance practice and compliant with WVI’s policy and procedure framework.


• Using findings and trends from Global Internal Audit (GIA), the Internal Control Self Assessment (ICSAT), risk registers, year-end audit findings, feedback from stakeholders, emerging strategic issues, NGO sector trends and other sources, manage the team to ensure the finance policies and procedures are up to date and fit-for-purpose to ensure a robust internal control environment across all WV entities and financial reporting will be accurate and timely.


• Oversee the provision of training and communications to ensure finance staff across the Partnership are across changes and amendments to the finance policies and procedures.
  

Internal Controls

• Manage the team to ensure the Internal Control Self Assessment Tool (ICSAT) is complete, fit for purpose, updated in light of changes to the finance policies and procedures, and addresses emerging internal audit findings and emerging risks.


• Design and lead the process globally to ensure it provides value to Field Offices, that data gathered can be appropriately analysed and compared with other data sources (e.g. GIA and risk) and that it does not place undue burden on Field Offices.


• Report findings to management and agree an action plan to close out gaps in Field Offices practices identified (which may suggest further improvements to the finance policies and procedures to ensure processes are practical in various contexts).


• Monitor WVI’s control environment by reviewing ICSAT, GIA, risk, fraud and year-end audit findings and recommending further actions to senior management, liaising with Risk Management, Compliance, Global Field Finance, Financial Planning, Reporting & Analysis, Global Finance Talent and Projects and Finance leadership.


• Prepare for the WVI Audit & Risk Committee
  

Support the Senior Director, Global Finance Solutions, by preparing pre-reads and presentations for the WVI Audit & Risk Committee, addressing accounting, internal control and fiscal management issues.

• Technical accounting advice
  

Consult and advise on Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, accounting, financial reporting, liquidity, and partnership finance systems and processes.

• Leadership and Management
  

Management and responsibilities, including cost centre management, people management and strategic planning for the team.

• Other duties and projects as requested
  

Perform other duties as requested by Senior Director, Global Finance Solutions, including, but not limited to, participation in organizational projects as a representative of GC Finance and broader team leadership and management responsibilities.
Qualifications For The Role

• A minimum of 10 years of work experience in corporate accounting.


• Experience must include at least 5 years of staff management.


• Extensive experience in successfully managing relationships with various internal and external stakeholders.


• Minimum Bachelor’s degree in Accounting / Finance.


• Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Chartered Accountant or equivalent.


• Extensive knowledge in Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and audit and/or internal controls.


• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
  

Preferred Qualifications

• MBA preferred.


• Superior organization, prioritization, and self-motivation skills.


• Strong computer skills and knowledge in MS Office Suite, SunSystems and PowerBI.


• Work experience in public accounting firm or non-profit organization highly desired.


• Ability to translate or communicate complex finance and accounting principles into common language so that non-finance people or finance staff with very basic knowledge in finance can readily understand the information.


• Experience in developing and implementing process improvement initiatives.


• Experience advising, presenting to and influencing diverse stakeholders, particularly senior leaders, and facilitating decision making.


• Cost centre management.


• Experience managing and developing people, including hiring, talent and succession planning and performance management.
  

For positions filled in the United States, the typical salary range for this role is $ 96,829 to $ 120,000 USD. Ranges are based on various factors including the labor market, job type, job level, internal equity and budget. Exact salary offers will be determined by factors such as the candidate's skills, qualifications, experience and geographic location.
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Local Applicants Only