Country Finance Director

The Organisation

Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation that advances children’s rights and equality for girls. We believe in the power and potential of every child but know this is often suppressed by poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination. And it is girls who are most affected.

Working together with children, young people, supporters and partners, we strive for a just world, tackling the root causes of the challenges girls and vulnerable children face. We support children’s rights from birth until they reach adulthood and we enable children to prepare for and respond to crises and adversity. We drive changes in practice and policy at local, national and global levels using our reach, experience and knowledge.

For over 85 years, we have rallied other determined optimists to transform the lives of all children in more than 80 countries.

We won’t stop until we are all equal.

ROLE PURPOSE:

In Finance, our vision is ‘to be a globally trusted partner in the organisation’s delivery of life-changing programmes for girls and young women’.

We aim to do this by ‘providing the robust financial systems, reports, tools and data, and the skilled people to enable successful project delivery. We equip our customers with the insights, capabilities, and expert advice that they need to change lives’.

Plan International embarked on an ambitious and exciting strategic change initiative to make the organization more transparent, legitimate, and agile. Strengthening our financial planning, decision making, and analytics is a key enabler in attaining our strategic goals.

Under the leadership of the Country Director, the Country Finance Director (CFD) oversees the strategic oversight and leads business planning process:

• Budgeting for the Country Office and Grants
• Providing timely and reliable financial information and analysis that leads to effective decision making in-country.
• Managing accounting and treasury functions.
• Producing financial reporting and analysis.
• Implementing internal financial controls.
• Risk Management
• Developing people

The Country Finance Director is responsible for leading, managing and developing the finance team to support the implementation of financial standards, processes and systems throughout Plan International Guinea to enable it to deliver on its program strategies and accountabilities to children, communities and donors. As a member of Country Management Team, the CFD contributes to the development of the strategy of the country, understands impact of policy changes on Finance strategy, acts as financial sparring partner in management, and advises the management team on financial matters. Sets and ensures implementation of procedures, guidelines and work instructions for financial administration of offices and carries out, optimises and oversees the financial accounting within the country. The Country Finance Director is also responsible for providing timely and reliable financial information and analysis that leads to effective decision making.

DIMENSIONS OF THE ROLE:

The position of Country Finance Director (CFD) is an integral part of the team responsible for the overall management of all areas related to finance, budgetary management and oversight, and contracts;

• The position manages 6-Line reports: 1-Country Accountant, 1-Business Analyst; 1-Comptable; 3-Finances Accountants for PIIAs;
• The CFD leads the financial services which have an average annual budget of approximately 20 Million Euros
• Team up with the relevant department and D-CD ops. to ensure that Plan International Guinea does have a well-functioning system in place to enable the proactive response in case of emergencies;
• Represents Plan International Guinea in major finance related platforms such as regional networks for CFD, SAP regional network meetings and trainings, meetings with Banks and local tax authorities if and when required plan-international.org Role Profile 1
• The CFD provides appropriate financial capabilities to enable the CD to meet their accountability for financial operations.
• The CFD provides financial information and analysis that supports the country to meet agreed objectives.

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JD_COUNTRY FINANCE DIRECTOR

 Location: Country Office

Type of Role: Country Finance Director

Reports to: Country Director

Grade: 18

Closing Date: August 16, 2024

 Applications from women and people with disabilities are strongly encouraged.

Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the very heart of everything that Plan International stands for.

We want Plan International to reflect the diversity of the communities we work with, offering equal opportunities to everyone regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

Plan International is based on a culture of inclusivity and we strive to create a workplace environment that ensures every team, in every office, in every country, is rich in diverse people, thoughts, and ideas.

We foster an organisational culture that embraces our commitment to racial justice, gender equality, girls’ rights and inclusion.

Plan International believes that in a world where children face so many threats of harm, it is our duty to ensure that we, as an organisation, do everything we can to keep children safe. This means that we have particular responsibilities to children that we come into contact with and we must not contribute in any way to harming or placing children at risk.

A range of pre-employment checks will be undertaken in conformity with Plan International's Safeguarding Children and Young People policy. Plan International also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this scheme we will request information from applicants previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms their understanding of these recruitment procedures.

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