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Senior Director of Finance
CORE - Community Organized Relief EffortUKRemotefull_timeVerifiedPosted 4 Sept 2025
About the role
CORE is a crisis response non-profit/international NGO that brings immediate aid and recovery to underserved communities across the globe. A more equitable future starts with addressing the intersection of disaster and social justice. We are seeking an energetic finance and accounting professional with strong financial, treasury and technical skills to help advance our mission around the globe. The Senior Director of Finance is the leader of CORE’s Finance Department, is a key member of the Executive Leadership Team and plays a strategic role in the overall management of the organization. This position is responsible for the financial health of the organization, ensuring transparency, integrity, and sustainability in all financial operations. The Senior Director of Finance will oversee all fiscal and fiduciary responsibilities, including financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, grants compliance, audit preparation, treasury functions, and reporting for the organization’s domestic and international operations. Experience in non-profit accounting for organizations with a $30M+ budget, ideally beginning in accounting and audit, followed by experience in financial planning and analysis and grant management and financial reporting. She/he will manage Accounts Payable, Payroll and will be responsible for financial reporting, the annual budgeting process, and compliance. The Sr. Director of Finance will assist in general accounting functions with heavy emphasis on managing functional areas of revenue recognition, grant administration and some donor/funder A/R collections. The candidate will have experience in a complex nonprofit that has multiple programs, revenue streams and multi-currency.
Main Responsibilities:
- Serve as a strategic thought partner to the Executive Team, providing insight and recommendations on financial performance, risk management, and resource allocation.
- Lead the development of short- and long-term financial plans and strategies aligned with the organization’s mission and growth. Team Leadership:
- Leverage strengths of the current finance team members, manage 4 direct reports in Accounts Payable, Accounting, and Payroll.
- Mentor and develop team members to further build the overall capacity and skillsets of the accounting and finance teams.
- Create, promote and facilitate a collaborative, supportive, positive, respectful and transparent work environment.
- Promote a culture of high performance, continuous improvement, and accountability.
- Provide training and support to non-finance staff to enhance financial literacy across the organization.
- Provide leadership in strengthening internal communications with staff at all levels throughout the organization. Non-Profit Accounting:
- Oversee financial operations and reporting (monthly forecasting, cashflow) on grants, programs and overhead.
- Ensure that expenditures are consistently aligned with grant and program budgets throughout the grant award life cycle. Manage overspend and underspend on grants and communicating to various budget leads.
- Demonstrate a track record in grants management as it relates to donor compliance and reporting for government, corporate and foundation grants.
- Oversee management of NICRA and provisional fringe accounting and reconciliations, allowable and unallowable costs.
- Responsible for consolidation of subsidiaries Haiti Takes Root and Relief Compass.
- Experience with gift-in-kind revenue and expense accounting including GIK valuation and documentation. General Ledger & Systems:
- Oversee all accounts, ledgers, and reporting systems ensuring compliance with appropriate US GAAP and 2 CFR part 200 standards and regulatory requirements, experience with IFRS standards a plus.
- Advanced knowledge of accounting and reporting software, specifically Sage Intacct
- Responsible for all (including field teams) aspects of the monthly and annual close cycles
- Oversee financial reporting, including budget development and analysis, accounts payable and receivable and accounting for investments, payroll, gift-in-kind, NICRA, and other non-profit specific accounting activities. Audit & Internal Controls:
- Solid experience coordinating annual audit activities including PBC and schedule preparation and managing the relationship with external auditor.
- Oversee various donor related audits in coordination with field programs.
- Oversee preparation of annual 990 report and coordinate other annual compliance and registration requirements.
- Ensure compliance with internal and
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