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Finance Officer

Finance Officer

Mexico
Posted 1 year ago

About IPPF

IPPF is a network of nongovernmental organizations working for sexual and reproductive rights. It is more than 70 years old and is present in 150 countries 27 of them in the Americas and the Caribbean. The membership is built by one per country. The federation has undergone a governance reform and will start implementing a new strategy in 2023 where the interest is that the member organizations are at the center and that they are the ones who, from their knowledge of the context, nurture the federation. IPPF members receive core grants, benefit from exchanging lessons learnt, are accredited and important topics such as diversity and social entrepreneurship n are addressed. They are global leaders in sexual and reproductive rights and health, youth and gender issues.

The Role

To ensure effective and efficient management of the office operations for the Secretariat, ACRO has one regional office with two locations, one in the Americas and one in the Caribbean.
The position is responsible for finical processes across the Secretariat alongside the Corporate Services Lead. It is a key role in overseeing and completing local processes in accordance with the global finance manual and month end timelines, and to support the secretariat with financial activities. The role is also a conduit between the global finance function and local operations.

Context of role:

• The role reports to the Corporate Services Lead and will support with local compliance, HR and Administration.
• The role is part of the vertically integrated Finance, Admin and IT functions.
• The role will support the development, evolution and implementation of global systems, processes, reporting requirements and reporting standards.
• The role becomes the go to person in the region for key finance issues within NetSuite.
• Adhere to the safeguarding reporting and monitoring requirements of this role.

Role Deliverables

  • Responsible for the timely and accurate posting of invoices/ bills/ payment demands (through Purchase orders) for the secretariat costs, including payroll, suppliers and expenses in accordance with the global finance manual.
  • Responsible for the timely and accurate posting of all inflows into the secretariat including donations, grants, intercompany receipts, advance returns, etc in accordance with the global finance manual.
  • Responsible for overseeing timely and accurate completion of time sheets in collaboration with the Office Admin/ HR
  • Responsible for posting in a timely and accurate way journals in NetSuite relating to advance adjustments, outstanding reconciliation items, payroll posting, etc.
  • Responsible for, in collaboration with the finance hub, maintenance of master data on Netsuite. This includes data relating to suppliers, partners, employees, donors, chart of accounts, etc., in accordance with global policies and frameworks.
  • Responsible for the accounting and management of all fixed
  • Liaise with all local suppliers and staff on any payment and reconciliation
  • Align activities with the secretariat to ensure global month end closure timelines are
  • Support with all internal and external audit query
  • Identify and analyze any unreconciled differences and make corrections as required to the financial accounts in NetSuite as
  • Support the Architect of Cooperation and the Business Analyst/s with any NetSuite issues and grant
  • Support the office with secretariat budgets &
  • Support the Corporate Services Lead and Global Compliance Officer with any compliance
  • Support and enable a safe environment, adhering to the safeguarding reporting and monitoring requirements of this role.

Key Skills/Expertise

• Accountant by qualification
• Strong knowledge and understanding of NetSuite One World solution and used to working with various currencies.
• Experience of working with global systems & processes – dealing with multiple currencies.
• Experience with budgeting and rolling forecasts.
• Experience in the Charity Sector
• Evidence of managing robust standards of performance and compliance to tight deadlines.
• Evidence of creating an environment of visibility, transparency, integrity, learning and improvement
• Demonstrates good judgment and decision-making.
• Excellent analytical skills with a keen eye for detail
• Excellent excel skills Writing and reporting skills in English and Spanish.
• High level of organisation skills, planning, time management.
• Ability to adapt to changing needs.
• Collaborative and open style of working.
• Demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to safeguarding in a local and international context.
• Demonstrates ability and willingness to work in a diverse, multicultural, multilingual and intergenerational environment that is anti-racist and respectful of others.
• An intersectional (pro) feminist passionate about sexual reproductive health care rights + justice, including safe abortion.
• Supportive of people’s rights regardless of sexuality or gender identity/expression and supportive of worker’s rights and access to health care in sex work.

Job Features

LocationMexico
Salary55000 MXN

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Job Features

LocationMexico
Salary55000 MXN

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Jennifer Chumacero
Jennifer Chumacero ippf@oxfordhr.com