Grade: Director
Role: Director, Finance and Operations
Type: Full-time (40 hours/week)
Term: Indefinite
Location: This role sits within our Finance and Operations Team, which is part of our Swiss entity (known internally as “Global Hub”) and provides leadership and partnership to our teams in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. This role is open to candidates residing in the United States.
Salary: $160,358 - $180,403. Please find our 2024 salary bands here - CPI’s salary structure is linked to one’s country of residence.
Reports to: Acting Global Director of People, Finance, and Operations
Work experience required: at least 12+ years as a qualified accountant or similar experience in budgeting, forecasting, accounting, treasury, banking, compliance and risk management and a minimum of 5 years experience of being a full-scope Finance Manager/ Finance Director/ Senior Financial Management experience. Experience in managing a small/medium-sized global not-for-profit organisation with over 10 million dollar turnover is strongly preferred.
Closing: April 25 2024
About the Centre for Public Impact:
At the Centre for Public Impact, we believe in the potential of government to bring about better outcomes for people. We are a global not-for-profit organisation, founded by the Boston Consulting Group, who serve as a learning partner for governments, public servants and the diverse network of changemakers who are leading the charge to reimagine government so that it works for everyone.
We are a small but complex organisation, nearly 10 years old with a global footprint that is expansive and we partner with some of the biggest names in government, academia, and public sector innovation in the world. We have four regional teams in Europe, Australia/ Aotearoa New Zealand, Asia and North America. This role is part of our Global Hub team that partners with our regional teams and global initiatives to provide centralised expertise on finance, operations, people & culture, and communications initiatives.
Our Values
To advance our purpose of reimagining government so that it works for everyone, CPI seeks to attract and support a diversity of backgrounds, experience, talent and thought. For this reason, we encourage applicants from all backgrounds to apply. This includes candidates that have previously found it hard to be considered for other positions on the basis of their qualifications, disabilities, personal background or life events. If you would like to apply for the position but see a barrier to joining us, please do apply and we will work with you to find a solution. You can also read our full Diversity Equity and Inclusion Policy here.
What does the Director, Finance & Operations role involve?
Our Directors have overall responsibilities, obligations and duties, such as finance and budget performance and strategic development. They create protocols and policies needed to help with organisational delivery. This position is accountable for day-to-day finance, payroll and accounting activities, partnering with all stakeholders by providing guidance, advice, and day-to-day management of our finances and finance and operations team and striving to maximise efficiencies and is adaptable to change.
The Director, Finance & Operations will report to the Acting Global Director, People, Finance, and Operations, work closely with local service providers and partner with stakeholders across the organisation.
As someone whose work will include building relationships with everyone at CPI, you will be responsible for making sure our global teams are set up to succeed and assist in keeping our workplace a great place to work for everyone. This role will support all CPI regions worldwide.
Key responsibilities include:
Finance & Accounting
Contracting, Operations, IT and Risk Management
Strategic Implementation
People Leadership
Thought Leadership
How we work:
CPI aims to be the kind of workplace where you do good and meaningful work and get to be exactly who you are. We value collaboration and humility, sharing power and decision-making, and doing excellent work responsibly and flexibly, with the ability to also manage and enjoy your life outside of work. You will help shape the strategic direction of our complex organisation and lead a team of finance and operations staff located across the world. And you’ll get to work in a global context with smart, kind, and committed people who care about and invest in each other’s skills, perspectives, and leadership.
We are a remote-first team and are prioritising candidates from the US for this position. You will report to our Acting Global Director of People, Finance, and Operations who is based in the US, and you’ll work closely and daily with colleagues currently based in the US, UK, India and Australia.
The global nature of our work means that we’re looking for someone who is flexible and interested in sharing (and gaining) a global point of view in managing our Finance and Operations work. This means that we sometimes require flexibility (occasional early mornings or later evenings) in order to collaborate effectively with our teammates around the world.
Position Requirements, Skills and Experience:
We strongly encourage people to apply even if you don’t have all the skills and characteristics listed below. We will be happy to receive applications from candidates who already have some of these qualities and are willing to grow in others.
The person we’re looking for will:
At the Centre for Public Impact, we are committed to countering pay inequality and recently completed a global compensation benchmarking process to ensure that we're paying our staff fairly and well for the roles that they hold and therefore, salaries at CPI are non-negotiable. Salary rises with experience, which includes work experience, educational experience, and lived experience.
CPI offers comprehensive benefits to its employees including a range of high-quality health, dental, and vision plans for individuals; 401(k) 3% employer contribution without a required employee contribution; $1,500 per year in dedicated professional development funds; generous paid leave and public holidays; paid parental leave and extended illness leave; and a year-end organisation-wide closure.
We are a remote-first organisation and anticipate this position will require approximately 20% domestic and international travel (depending on the candidate’s location).
CPI is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will not be discriminated against because of race, colour, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, citizenship status, disability, ancestry, marital status, veteran status, medical condition or any protected category prohibited by local, state or federal laws.
CPI is deeply invested in creating an experience of equity, inclusion, and belonging for everyone on our staff. We actively seek to recruit, develop, and retain a team of talented staff that represents diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and lived experiences. We are using Applied in order to reduce bias in our hiring process and ensure that we are shortlisting candidates based on their skills and ideas. Please note that we do not ask for a cover letter and instead, the application requires four paragraph-length answers. Your application will be anonymised for review. Although we ask for your CV, it will not be looked at until further down the process. Please apply here: https://app.beapplied.com/apply/pb3xouqr7o by the closing date April 25 2024 as the portal closes automatically and we will not be able to reopen it.
Grade: Director
Role: Director, Finance and Operations
Type: Full-time (40 hours/week)
Term: Indefinite
Location: This role sits within our Finance and Operations Team, which is part of our Swiss entity (known internally as “Global Hub”) and…
CPI offers comprehensive benefits to its employees including a range of high-quality health, dental, and vision plans for individuals; 401(k) 3% employer contribution without a required employee contribution; $1,500 per year in dedicated professional development funds; generous paid leave and public holidays; paid parental leave and extended illness leave; and a year-end organisation-wide closure.
CPI offers comprehensive benefits to its employees including a range of high-quality health, dental, and vision plans for individuals; 401(k) 3% employer contribution without a…
CPI is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will not be discriminated against because of race, colour, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, citizenship status, disability, ancestry, marital status, veteran status, medical condition or any protected category prohibited by local, state or federal laws.
CPI is deeply invested in creating an experience of equity, inclusion, and belonging for everyone on our staff. We actively seek to recruit, develop, and retain a team of talented staff that represents diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and lived experiences. We are using Applied in order to reduce bias in our hiring process and ensure that we are shortlisting candidates based on their skills and ideas. Please note that we do not ask for a cover letter and instead, the application requires four paragraph-length answers. Your application will be anonymised for review. Although we ask for your CV, it will not be looked at until further down the process.
CPI is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will not be discriminated against because of race, colour, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age…