Job Description
We're supporting a fast-growing international NGO working save the lives of children through avoiding a preventable cause of childhood death. Following a period of significant growth and multi-year philanthropic funding, the organisation is now strengthening its internal finance capability to support delivery across 40+ countries, with further expansion planned.
This is an opportunity for an experienced Finance Controller to work either remotely or from their London-offices and play a central role in building structure, rigour and confidence in financial information during a critical phase of growth.
Key responsibilities:
- Own the quality and integrity of financial records, including balance sheet and donor / restricted fund accounting
- Lead and embed a predictable, high-quality month-end close process
- Ensure financial information is audit-ready and support external audits and statutory reporting
- Strengthen financial controls, identifying and addressing gaps in a pragmatic, proportionate way
- Support oversight of payments and banking activity, ensuring appropriate authorisation and audit trails
- Act as a key owner of finance systems, data standards and core finance processes
- Support improvements to systems, workflows and documentation as the organisation scales
- Work closely with the Head of Finance and Finance Business Partner to ensure financial data supports forecasting, donor reporting and decision-making
About you:
- Qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA) or equivalent experience
- Strong background in financial control, reporting and audit readiness
- Experience working in charities, NGOs or multi-funder environments is highly desirable
- Comfortable operating in small, evolving organisations and building structure where needed
- Confident communicator, able to work effectively across teams and time zones
The role is a six-month contract initially and is expected to be part-time initially (around three days per week), with strong potential to become permanent and possibly full-time as the finance function continues to mature.
