VP Finance

Role Description

The Vice President, Finance contributes to the calling of Medical Teams International by setting financial strategy and direction, and overseeing all financial matters across a complex, globally distributed organization.

• Provide overarching global finance leadership to the Headquarters and Country Office finance department and all organizational functions including financial grant management and contracts, compliance and audit, insurance/risk management, legal, and strategic planning.
• Develop and utilize forward-looking, predictive models, and activity-based financial analyses to provide insight into the organization’s operations and business plans.
• Partner with the COO on all operational and strategic issues; provide strategic recommendations to the COO based on financial analysis and projections, cost identification and allocation, and revenue/expense analysis.
• Engage the finance committee of the Board to develop financial plans/projections and manage the financial/operating model.
• Analyze business operations to assess and improve effectiveness; assess financial risks and benefits of organization initiatives.
• Improve operational effectiveness by overseeing and developing headquarters support services and extending these services to be fully global and deployable in disaster responses.
• Manage organizational cash flow planning and forecasting; ensure availability of funds as needed.
• Oversee, manage, and negotiate with all new and existing banking relationships, including corporate card usage.
• Engage Board’s Treasurer and Finance Committee to ensure sound management and investment of reserves and endowment, in close collaboration with external investment advisory firm.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field, e.g., economics, accounting, finance, business administration, and public administration/management.
• Valid passport and driver’s license.
• Experience in implementing a financial ERP system.
• Master’s in business administration, finance, or a related field (Preferred).
• Current Certified Public Accountant (CPA) license (Preferred).

Requirements

• Minimum 12 years’ increasingly responsible work experience in financial management, including senior leadership within an international non-profit or NGO.
• Minimum six years of international work, demonstrated expertise managing accounting system upgrades, and effectively managing across borders and with global funders.
• Experience working with and managing institutional and restricted donor funding, including grant compliance and indirect cost recovery.
• Experience managing external audit, budgeting, and resource development.
• Demonstrated success leading enterprise systems implementations or upgrades, including stabilizing and/or expanding existing projects.
• Experience collaborating with and presenting to a Finance Committee and Board of Directors, as well as senior teams.
• Strong track record of leading people and organizations through significant, sustained change.
• Experience working in a medium-size NGO with complex programs and volatile and/or donor-dependent funding models (Preferred).
• NetSuite (or comparable global ERP) implementation experience (Preferred).
• Experience living and working in a low-resourced country (Preferred).

Benefits

• The anticipated hiring range for U.S.-based candidates is $165,000–$180,000 USD annually.
• Final compensation will be based on the selected candidate's qualifications, experience, internal equity, and geographic location.
• Compensation for candidates located outside the U.S. will be determined using Medical Teams International's international compensation framework and may vary based on local market conditions and organizational compensation practices.