Finance Director

About the role

The Finance Director will serve as NRGI’s most senior financial leader and principal authority on financial management, compliance, reporting, and risk. Reporting jointly to the President & CEO and the COO, the role combines strategic financial stewardship with genuine operational transformation across a highly complex, distributed organization.

Responsibilities

• Financial leadership and stewardship
• Compliance, audit and risk
• Grant and donor finance management
• Systems and process improvement
• Leadership and people management
• Strategic partnership

Requirements

• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CPA or equivalent) with at least 15 years of progressive senior financial leadership experience.
• Substantial experience in an international NGO, nonprofit or development organization, including direct responsibility for multi-country, multi-currency financial operations.
• Track record managing complex multi-donor restricted funding portfolios and compliance with major institutional donors.
• Experience leading annual external audit processes, including familiarity with US nonprofit requirements (single audit, IRS Form 990) and/or international statutory reporting.
• Experience as senior liaison to an Audit and Finance Committee.
• Strong technical grounding in US GAAP and nonprofit financial regulations.
• Proven ability to develop complex budgets, multi-year forecasts and funding risk analyses.
• Experience overseeing ERP platforms and driving improvements to financial systems and data integrity.
• Strong grasp of cost recovery, overhead allocation and donor compliance requirements.
• Ability to translate complex financial information clearly for non-finance audiences, including senior leadership and boards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, business administration, or a related field.
• Postgraduate qualifications (MBA, MSc Finance, or similar) highly desirable.
• Working knowledge of French, Spanish or another language relevant to NRGI's regions is a plus.

Benefits

• Belgium: EUR 85,740
• Colombia: USD 91,767
• Chile: USD 94,947
• Ghana: USD 81,776
• Nigeria: USD 101,096
• Senegal: XOF 61,434,359
• Tunisia: USD 105,160
• Uganda: USD 124,829
• United Kingdom: GBP 98,331
• United States: USD 158,810