Permanent contract - Chief Financial Officer

Contract for an indefinite period
Management and Administration | Finance and Technical Services
Online: 15 February 2024
Expiry date: 12/05/2024
Location: France

Presentation

For more than 40 years, Action Education (formerly Aide et Action), an international association for development through education, has been ensuring access to quality education for the most vulnerable and marginalized populations, especially children, girls and women, so that they can control their own development and contribute to a more peaceful and sustainable world.

Because access to quality education helps to fight poverty and disease, limit climate change and build peace in a sustainable world, we promote lifelong learning. We therefore pay particular attention to early childhood care and education, access to and quality of education at primary and secondary levels, and vocational training and social inclusion.

By basing our work on the values of dignity, inclusion and integrity, as well as on the principles of transparency, accountability and solidarity, and thanks to the support of our 51,500 donors, we are currently running 80 projects in 18 countries (in Africa, Asia, Haiti and Europe) for almost 1.5 million children, young people and adults.

Missions

Reporting to the Director General International (DGI) and a member of the Board of Directors (CDI), you will play a key role in contributing to the development strategies of the Action Education network. You will coordinate the design and implementation of various organisational processes initiated by the DGI. You will oversee the implementation of your department's strategies and action plans, ensuring consistency and efficiency in achieving the objectives set. Finally, you will manage a dynamic and autonomous team of 9 people based in France, Switzerland or in the countries where Action Education operates.

Your tasks:

Member of the International Management Committee, involved in steering and preparing :

  • The various stages in the international strategic planning process.
  • Executive meetings.

 

Budget/accounting/finance

  • Leads the development of strategy and action plans for budgeting, accounting, finance and financial internal control.
  • Manages the budget construction process, ensuring consistency and proper implementation.
  • Supervises international management control and the financial reporting system.
  • Oversees the closing of accounts and the preparation of the association's annual financial statements, and works towards the introduction of fully audited combined accounts.

 

Administration and General Services

  • Coordinates the development of strategy and action plans for international purchasing and general and IT services.

 

IT and information systems

  • Leads the development of IT/IS strategy and action plans.

 

Legal

The CFO is responsible for monitoring legal issues within the network:

  • Defines strategies for ongoing disputes and monitors them.
  • Monitors contracts with technical and financial partners and ensures consistency between contractual commitments and budgetary commitments.
  • Monitors and updates contracts with service providers and suppliers and ensures compliance with financial commitment procedures and regulations.
  • Ensures the legal watch, monitoring and updating of internal contractual documents (Articles of Association and internal regulations linked to the Articles of Association, agreements, etc.).

 

International Human Resources

  • Keeps a legal watch on HR issues at international level and ensures that the various legal aspects are respected and complied with in each country.

 

Working with the Head of Human Resources:

  • Steering the implementation of the international HR strategy.

Profile required

  • Master's degree in finance (or equivalent)
  • At least 10 to 15 years' experience in financial management positions in international NGOs in the field and at headquarters.
  • Capacity for financial analysis and forecasting
  • Ability to identify and anticipate legal and financial risks
  • Skills in organisational issues
  • Good understanding of legal aspects,
  • Ability to design and implement a strategy
  • Ability to manage a team
  • Good knowledge of how AFD works
  • Ability to work in French and English
  • Ability to make and take decisions
  • Ability to listen and communicate
  • Positive attitude and solution-oriented
  • Accountability and professionalism
  • Flexibility
  • Demonstrate empathy with colleagues in the field

Conditions

  • Open-ended executive contract
  • Gross annual salary: between €65,000 and €72,000
  • Teleworking policy: 2 days teleworking/3 days face-to-face per week (compulsory attendance on Tuesdays)
  • Transport: Subscription paid for by 50%
  • Health insurance: 75% paid by the employer
  • Luncheon voucher: €10 paid for by the employer (60%)
  • RTT: 23 days per year (based on 39h/week)

How to apply?

Send your application (CV and covering letter) to [email protected]Please include the reference "DAF/AE" in the subject line.

Application deadline : 12 May 2024 

 

  • 30-minute remote pre-interview with a Humanitalents recruiter
  • 1-hour remote HR interview with a Humanitalents recruiter
  • Final interview with the Head of HR and the Managing Director of Action Education
  • Reference socket
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