Offer summary

Qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree in accounting or finance preferred., Ten years of relevant experience in finance or related fields., Project Management certification is highly desired., Advanced experience with project and process management tools such as SmartSheet, Miro, and Excel..

Key responsabilities:

Lead and manage complex international projects across multiple countries.

Analyze major business process problems and define activities to address them.

Prepare documentation including presentations, success metrics, and impact analysis.

Train and advise stakeholders on project processes and strategies.

Job description

The expected salary range for this position is $103,800.00 - $129,740.00. Employees in specific high cost of labor locations in the United States (such as San Francisco, CA and Seattle, WA) may qualify for a geographic differential. Compassion International is not responsible for third parties who omit this information when copying and re-posting job openings.

As part of Finance’s Center of Excellence team, this senior specialist provides a professional level of analysis and administration for complex issues and programs most often related to the Finance and Accounting function. The specialist provides skilled work and functional leadership in areas such as project management, process management, business operations, communications and change, program implementation, data research, analysis, business intelligence, KPI tracking, and/or information management.

The specialist will also perform a variety of duties that support the team and may help coordinate Finance-related product management efforts to deliver customer expectations. This includes contributing to the development and management of product strategy, product definition and messaging, product KPIs, and operational service metrics.

PLEASE NOTE: This is a remote position that can be based in the US or in one of Compassion's field countries.

What will you do?

Maintain a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Is a consistent witness for Jesus Christ, maintain a courteous, Christ-like attitude in dealing with people within and outside of Compassion, and faithfully uphold Compassion’s ministry in prayer.
Act as an advocate to raise the awareness of the needs of children. Understands Christ’s mandate to protect children. Commit to and prioritize child protection considerations in all decision-making, tasks and activities across the ministry. Abide by all behavioral expectations in Compassion’s Statement of Commitment to Child Protection and Code of Conduct. Report any concerns of abuse, neglect or exploitation of children through Compassion’s internal reporting process and appropriately support responses to incidents if they occur.
Uphold and engage in Compassion’s core Cultural Behaviors.
Lead or conduct major, complex, and/or international projects and processes for multiple countries. Serve as a project manager for medium to large-sized complex projects with broad scope and organizational impact.
Lead cross-functional groups when required to integrate information and major processes across functions. Identify and analyze major, complex business process problems and define the scope of activities required to address the issues, including requirement definition, process review, impact assessment and operational streamlining, where appropriate, to increase productivity and efficiency. Prepare supporting documentation such as presentations, future state maps, success metrics, business requirements and related impact analysis.
Prepare supporting documentation such as presentations, future state maps, success metrics business requirements and related impact analysis.
Develop consistent and effective complex metrics for the application of data in the ministry and develop strategy-related data/metrics large program definition, analysis, dashboards, tools, and artifacts to provide up-to-date status of key initiatives.
May perform department specific duties sometimes related to other job subfamilies such as, marketing plans, data analysis, basic procurement, tours and events, basic human resources, basic accounting, store administration, simple facilities requests, and/or program development.
Gather complex business data such as major project costs or multi-function process metrics, analyze the information, prepare forecasts, and generate and present reports based on this analysis. Serve as a project manager for medium to large-sized complex projects with broad scope and organizational impact.
Prepare and relay communication concerning major and/or international business operations and outcomes to appropriate audiences to foster understanding and acceptance for initiatives, policies, and practices. Lead and champion change integration across team projects and initiatives. Work to identify change saturation among target audiences as needed.
Train and advise key stakeholders on processes, guidelines, and opportunities related to the group or program projects and strategies, potentially including regional and field office audiences. May liaise between assigned department and other neighbors.
May lead development of new programs to improve neighbor morale or relations, ministry success, and community stewardship.
Coach and provide expertise and may oversee the work of other professionals and support staff in the organization.

What will you bring?

Bachelor's Degree, preferably in accounting or finance.
Ten years’ relevant experience working in this or a related field.
Experience leading cross-functional projects to their desired result. Project Management certification is highly desired.
Experience documenting current and future state processes, leading gap analysis discussions, and helping identify and prioritize process improvement opportunities.
Advanced experience using project and process management tools; such as SmartSheet, Miro, Rally, Excel, etc.

*Equivalent education, training and/or certification may be substituted for experience and education shown above.

Travel: May be required to travel up to 10% of normal schedule

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