The deadline for applications is Sunday 18th January 2024.
Location: Remote, with a preference for US and European time zones
Location type: Remote
Reporting to: Chief Operations Officer
Manages: One person
Annual salary: $110-130K USD
Contract type: Permanent
Working hours: Full time
Candidate level: Senior Management
Background
Global Fishing Watch is an international, non-profit organisation committed to advancing ocean governance through increased transparency. We create and publicly share knowledge about human activity at sea to enable fair and sustainable use of our ocean. Our major focus is on commercial fishing because it is the most widespread human activity at sea, the most impactful on ocean health, and the most crucial for global livelihoods and food security. We believe human activity at sea should be common knowledge in order to safeguard the global ocean commons for the common good of all.
As the lead of a small and newly established team, the Head, Finance Business Partnering role is a hands-on position with an additional focus on devising and implementing a finance business partnering function that supports Global Fishing Watch’s long-term growth and success.
Purpose of role
Reporting to the Chief Operations Officer, the purpose of the role will be to establish and lead a growing team responsible for the beginning-to-end financial oversight of our grant portfolio.
As part of the operations department, the newly created Finance Business Partnering Team provides strategic, finance-based insight to internal stakeholders, including the program, fundraising and operational teams.
The Head, Finance Business Partnering will be responsible for proposal budgeting, financial monitoring and delivery of data-led analysis to drive effective decision-making and compliance. Working closely with internal stakeholders, the role maintains and supports Global Fishing Watch's financial policies, systems, controls and procedures, ensuring they meet current needs and support long-term organisational resilience, and foster best practices throughout the organisation.
The Qualified candidate will have a proven track record of financial grant management, analysis and reporting in a global organisation, as well as a demonstrated ability to build and support high functioning teams and develop effective relationships with non-financial stakeholders.
Primary responsibilities
Financial grants and projects management
- Working with program leads, fundraising, and finance team members, develop budgets to support fundraising and grant proposals and renewals, ensuring a smooth transition upon grant inception, and supporting financial life-of-grant management.
- Oversee all financial aspects of grant inception, implementation and closure, including due diligence, contracts, sub-granting, reporting procedures, variance analysis, expenditure, grant payments, formal budget modifications, extension requests and grant audits.
- Maintain grant database, reporting schedule and live financial forecast.
- Support Grant Managers throughout the grant lifecycle, ensuring controls and expenditures are compliant with internal and external policies, providing analysis and advice on potential budget changes and ensuring these are documented.
- Work with the central finance team to ensure up-to-date grant information is reflected in organisational budgets, forecasts, treasury planning and financial reporting, and support ongoing risk management.
- Support the successful delivery of grants by leading regular calls with Grant Managers and other appropriate stakeholders to review grant spending/forecast against budget and milestone delivery and elevate any issues in a timely manner.
- Lead the financial reporting to funders’ requirements, collaborating with project leads, subgrantees and Finance Team as needed.
- Support the Operations Team as needed, including sub-granting, contracts, payments, invoices and audits.
- Review and improve existing finance processes, seeking new and better ways of supporting a changing and growing organisation.
- Serve as point person for project and department leads in helping manage their project budgets.
- Provide financial training and capacity building to internal stakeholders as appropriate.
- Working closely with the Chief Operations Manager, establish roles, responsibilities and best practices for the new finance business partnering function within Global Fishing Watch.
- Supervise Business Partnering staff, providing leadership, guidance and feedback and supporting teams to resolve complex problems.
- Establish strategic goals and objectives and key results (OKRs) with team members, manage performance and track delivery.
- Devise and implement appropriate allocation of grant portfolio within the team to ensure internal consistency and development of in-house expertise.
- Maintain the department’s budget.
- Develop, coordinate, and enforce systems, policies and procedures.
- Ensure a safe, secure, welcoming, and legal work environment.
Required
- Bachelor’s degree in finance, economics or related field with 7-10 years of relevant finance and business partnering experience in a nonprofit environment, including 2+ years of team management.
- Demonstrated analytical and business partnering skills. Ability to be proactive and logical in problem-solving scenarios.
- Demonstrated high competency in Excel and/or Google Sheets.
- Verbal and written fluency in English.
- Ability to work quickly and efficiently to a very high level of detail.
- Able to work independently as well as part of a high-functioning, collaborative team.
- Ability to take ownership of projects and communicate project updates to stakeholders in a transparent and proactive manner.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities under tight deadlines while performing in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
- Proven ability to build and maintain strong working relationships with both finance and non-finance stakeholders. Experience in explaining financial information clearly and concisely.
- An understanding of the complexities and internal communications surrounding collaboration in a global matrix and remote organization, including the ability to liaise remotely with a wide range of people at all levels and across different cultures.
- Demonstrated experience of devising and disseminating new processes in a growing organisation.
- Experience working remotely and asynchronously with a global team across time zones.
- Prior experience working with institutional donor awards.
Global Fishing Watch supports flexible working, so the pattern of hours may vary according to operational and personal needs. The position will be part of a global team spanning many different time zones and so the candidate must be able to accommodate regular early/late meetings to be able to work effectively. Weekend work may be required on occasion. The post holder may be required to undertake regional and international travel. No overtime is payable.
A compensation range for this position is $110-130K USD for US-based and €50-70K EUR for EU-based employees. Compensation is commensurate with experience and will vary depending on the hired candidate’s country of residence, in accordance with local laws and regulations. Global Fishing Watch offers pension/retirement, health and other benefits commensurate with similar level Global Fishing Watch employees in the country of employment. The position may be a Global Fishing Watch employee or consultant, depending on the country of residence.
Global Fishing Watch is an equal opportunities employer. We believe that our mission is best advanced when welcoming the contributions of people of diverse backgrounds, beliefs, and cultures and are committed to providing an inclusive and welcoming environment for all employees of Global Fishing Watch and our partners, vendors, suppliers, and contractors. We welcome the application of all qualified professionals and especially encourage those that have been historically marginalised or underrepresented because of their actual or perceived race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
Please contact McAra Kirby at mcara@darylupsall.com for any queries you may have.
The deadline for application is Sunday 28th January 2024
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