Interim Global Controller / Director, Finance & Accounting (6 month assignment)

What You'll Do

• Accounting Operations and Oversight
• Oversee the organization's accounting function in accordance with GAAP and US Government rules and regulations (IRS, IFRS, CFR, FAR)
• Ensure timeliness, completeness, and accuracy of key accounting functions, including accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, invoicing, and related tasks
• Implement appropriate internal controls for revenue recognition, invoicing, proper recording of transactions, expenditure, and safeguarding of firm resources
• Oversee in-country accounting and compliance processes to ensure an effective control environment across all geographies. Provide training, guidance, and expert advice to resolve issues
• Lead preparation for internal and external audits, interact with auditors, manage field work and subsequent negotiations
• Ensure timely and accurate preparation of tax and other statutory filings for all geographies
• Review country office and global expenses for reasonableness, allowability, and allocability
• Review transactions monthly for correctness and prepare monthly financial statements for leadership
• Manage organizational cash flow and forecasting in collaboration with the Managing Director, Global Business Operations
• Oversee the development and implementation of organizational policies, procedures, systems, and processes
• Monitor compliance with organizational policies, US Government rules and regulations, client terms and conditions, laws and requirements of countries where the firm operates
• Regularly review and reconcile indirect cost and fringe rate calculations for accuracy and recovery of costs
• Lead Indirect Cost Rate proposal development and calculations
• Oversee all internal and external financial reporting, ensuring costs are reported correctly, compliantly, and timely
• Analyze firm's financial position and regularly report on risk, opportunity, and recommended course correction to the organization's leadership
• Lead organizational budgeting processes, develop budget templates, and monitor expenditure for key organization activities, including the annual corporate budget
• Develop organizational pricing and cost recovery strategies
• Ensure proposal budgets are reviewed for quality, compliance, and accuracy of cost recovery in consultation with program teams and the Design Lab Team
• Management and Representation
• Serve as an active member of the organizational corporate management team, supporting overall risk management, compliance, and strategic advice on financial and accounting matters

Requirements

• BA/BS and 15+ years' relevant experience or graduate degree and 12+ years' relevant experience
• Active CPA required
• Demonstrated financial and accounting leadership experience managing large, complex projects in an international development context
• Knowledge of key issues such as: intercompany reconciliation, subsidiary consolidation, managing forex gains/loss, and other complex international accounting issues
• Strong communication skills and experience communicating with senior internal and external audiences
• Demonstrated ability to represent the organization's interests in budget and contract discussions negotiations
• Adept at communicating technical information to non-technical audiences and summarizing key information for decision-makers
• Extensive knowledge of US Government rules and regulations, including 2 CFR 200, FAR, AIDAR
• Experience working with other public and private funders and agencies preferred, such as the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, FCDO, UN agencies, etc
• Prior experience developing corporate budgets, templates, and indirect cost rate proposals
• Expert Excel abilities and strong understanding of the interplay between proposal budgets, internal project budgeting, funder deliverables, and invoicing
• Extensive team and people management abilities with a focus on growing staff, mentoring, and coaching staff at various levels of seniority and experience
• A senior leader, able to rally staff around ThinkWell's mission and priorities
• Demonstrated ability to engage effectively with external strategic partners, donors, and stakeholders
• Outstanding cross-cultural communication skills, including the ability to relate respectfully with staff at all levels, ages, genders, nationalities, and orientations, as well as across work areas