Country Finance Manager (CFM)

<p><span> </span><b><span><span><span><span>Background</span></span></span></span></b></p> <p> </p> <p><span><span><span>Founded in 1937, Plan International, Inc. (“PII”) is a development and humanitarian organisation that advances children’s rights and equality for girls. We strive for a just world, working together with children, young people, our supporters, and partners in both humanitarian and development settings. </span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span>Working together with children, girls, young people, supporters, and partners, Plan International strives for a just world, tackling the root causes of the challenge’s girls and vulnerable children face. Plan International has been building powerful partnerships for children for over 85 years and now active in more than 75 countries, delivering humanitarian assistance and driving changes in practice and policy at local, national, and global levels using our reach, experience, and knowledge. </span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span>Our global strategy “All girls standing strong creating global change” has a specific focus on girls, as they are often the most marginalised and most often left behind. We have committed ourselves to the ambitious target of reaching 200 million girls over 5 years, to ensure they can learn, lead, decide and thrive. This is our contribution to reaching the sustainable development goals, and in particular the goals on gender equality in both humanitarian and development settings. Our organisation is transforming itself to meet the enormous challenge everywhere we work. We need bold, forward-thinking, and innovative individuals to lead our country operations, driving change and delivering results that will allow us to reach our target of 200 million girls. </span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span>The position contributes to this goal by supporting the finance and accounts function in the East and Central Europe (ECE) Ukraine Crisis Response by ensuring efficiency, effectiveness and value for money transactions.</span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span>Since March 2022, Plan has been responding to the Ukraine crisis. Focusing first on refugees in Moldova, Poland and Romania, we have now opened in Ukraine. As we foresee a long-term impact of this crisis and a potential added value of Plan’s expertise in the region, we are now setting up formal offices in each of the four countries. To do so we aim at transitioning from the current support provided globally by Plan’s teams to locally-based, permanent staffing.</span></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span><span><span>Plan International is profiling itself as one of the ‘go to’ organizations in promoting and protecting the rights of children, girls and young people in conflict and crisis; in particular through adding value in child protection, education, gender and inclusion, social cohesion, GBV, MHPSS and CVA. As the crisis permits, Plan International will expand its humanitarian interventions into longer term development goals driving youth-led action and equality for girls. Plan International Poland currently works exclusively through local civil society partners to support vulnerable children, young people, and their families to cope with the impact of the current humanitarian crisis and to increase their resilience.    </span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span>Plan International is commited to meeting safeguarding expectations accross all its operations and will expect the country director to ensure all incidents regarding child abuse and secual harassment are reported and effectively managed.</span></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><b><span><span><span><span>DIMENSIONS OF THE ROLE</span></span></span></span></b></p> <p> </p> <p><span><span><span>The role is part of the country leadership team. The CFM will have reporting lines within the finance structure as well as to the Head of Mission for Poland. There will be close communications with the greater operations team within the Ukraine response, as well as programme colleagues and implementing partners. The role complements the Ukraine Hub Finance Manager in all aspects of Country finance corporate systems, financial reporting and internal financial controls for the Poland Country Office.</span></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span><span><span><span>The role manages in a matrix management relationship and is him/herself managed in this way. This places a requirement for the development of excellent working relationships and communication that is greater than in more regular management relationships. The role will manage a team of approximately 4-6 people, subject to change as the organisation develops.</span></span></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span><span><span><span>Responsible for overseeing the financial management; ensuring internal financial control, financial reporting and analysis, business planning process and people management.  S/he leads the financial services provided within Plan Internatio