About Us
MSI Reproductive Choices is one of the world’s leading providers of sexual and reproductive healthcare. We believe that everyone should have the right to choose. From contraception to safe abortion and life-saving post-abortion care, we are committed to delivering compassionate, affordable, high-quality services for all.
Today, our organisation has over 9,000 team members working in 37 countries across the world. Our success lies in the fact that MSI teams are locally led, entrepreneurial and results-driven, and are passionate about delivering high quality, client-centered care in their own communities. As a social business, we focus on sustainable delivery, efficiency, and funding models that are built to last, so that the women and girls we serve today will have a choice in the future too.
We know that access to reproductive choice is life changing. For some, it can mean the ability to complete an education or start a career. For others, it means being able to look after the family they already have. For everyone, it means the freedom to decide their own future, creating a fairer, more equal world.
About the Role
This role will provide short to medium term cover for the Finance Director post across our country programmes when there are gaps. Whilst on assignment in country, the core responsibility of the Finance Director is to provide strategic financial management, vision and leadership for the country programme while ensuring compliance with all local accounting, legal, MSI group and donor reporting requirements. When not providing FD cover, the French-speaking Roving Finance Director will provide capacity-building support to the French-speaking country programmes; either remotely or in person.
About You
We recruit talented, dynamic people with diverse backgrounds and experiences, all united by a belief in our mission and a focus on delivering measurable results. We’re proud to be an equal opportunities employer and are committed to creating a fully inclusive workplace, where everyone feels able to participate and contribute meaningfully. You must be open-minded, curious, resilient, and solutions-oriented, and committed to promoting equality, and safeguarding the welfare of team members and clients alike.
To succeed in this role, you must have:
- Demonstrable experience in a leadership role for a large division or company.
- Experience in strategic planning and execution of plans to achieve objective and targets.
- Demonstrated success in formulating policy, and development and implementing strategies and procedures.
- Excellent knowledge of financial management systems and reporting.
- Hands-on experience with computerised Accounting Systems; Knowledge of Sun Systems is desirable.
- Knowledge of donor contract requirements for budgeting and reporting.
- Ability to establish and maintain contacts with senior-level government and donor officials.
- Experience of working with colleagues in geographically separate locations.
Skills:
- Ability to work in a diverse and inclusive environment, respecting and collaborating with all individuals equally, and with a commitment to overcome bias and prejudice
- Ability to lead a team and build the capacity of the team members
- Ability to adapt to a new environment quickly, building an understanding of local challenges with the help of good relationships
- Strong team player – someone who can build good relationships both within the global finance function and in the wider organisation.
- Excellent organisational skills and ability to juggle multiple pieces of work simultaneously.
- Strong attention to detail.
Qualifications:
- Qualified Accountant (essential).
- Degree-educated or equivalent (essential).
- Fluency in English (written and spoken, full business proficiency).
- Current with any necessary donor-specific training requirements (specifically but not exclusively this applies to USAID) (essential that this is achieved within 6 months of joining and then maintained).
Personal Attributes:
We recruit talented, dynamic people with diverse backgrounds and experiences, all united by a belief in our mission and a focus on delivering measurable results. We’re proud to be an equal opportunities employer and are committed to creating a fully inclusive workplace, where everyone feels able to participate and contribute meaningfully. You must be open-minded, curious, resilient, and solutions-oriented, and be committed to promoting equality, and safeguarding the welfare of team members and clients alike.
For this role, we’re looking for an individual who is:
- Committed to the protection of team members and clients, with a focus on vulnerable groups
- Able to role-model inclusive and culturally sensitive attitudes and behaviours
- Strategic thinker, excellent analytical skills
- Strong results orientation
- Excellent leadership and management aptitude leading diverse teams at a distance
- Pro-choice
- Interest in public health, particularly sexual and reproductive health
- Flexibility to operate in a changing environment
- Able to communicate effectively (both written and oral) at all levels
- Cross-functional team player.
For more information about the role, please view the job framework on our website.
Location: London Support Office (hybrid working) or any MSI country programme
Full-time: Full Time
Contract type: Up to 2 years fixed term contract
Salary: The role will be banded within national context. Discretionary bonus + benefits
Closing date: 28th March 2023 (midnight GMT). Interviews may take place before this date for exceptional candidates.
For internal employees applying from an MSI country programme, the role will be positioned within the existing salary structure of the country. Local terms and conditions of the country will apply.