Role purpose
The main role of the Finance SME is to ensure the Global Financial Data Model and the Agresso system are implemented in Country offices. The work with Country offices will include explaining the Global Financial Data Model and working with other CAPP SMEs to support Country offices to understand the impact of implementing the full CAPP global solution. This includes working with and advising the Country teams on what additional financial data they need to satisfy local reporting requirements, help them with mapping from their current data model to the global data model and explain to them how key financial processes will work in the future state, such as budgeting and recording of expenditure. The Finance SME will also work closely with other members of the wider project team and Country teams to explain the standard Agresso system solution and confirm with the Country offices that this is fit for purpose for them or whether they have any additional requirements.
Reporting To:Finance Team Lead – Transformation Projects
Work Pattern:Hybrid/Remote; flexible working options available
Contract:Fixed Term Contract (until 31 December 2025)
Grade:P3
Location:Any approved Save the Children office location. For a full list of locations we can hire in, please visit: Hiring Locations
Preferred Time Zone:Europe, Africa, MENAEE (GMT +/- 3 hours)
Salary:In accordance with our global compensation and benefits framework, location-specific salary scales and benefits will apply
Right to Work:The successful candidate must possess the unrestricted right to work in their preferred location for the duration of employment
International Travel Requirements:up to 5%
Budget Responsibility:None
People Management Responsibility:None
Accountabilities
Fully understand and manage successful knowledge transfer and explanation of the Global Financial Data Model's key concepts, attributes, and definitions to our Country offices, to enable them to effectively perform an impact assessment including developing Country Office specific guidance and training materials
Guide Country offices in doing their current state and change impact analysis (on processes, systems and people) of the introduction of the Global Financial Data Model in their office. As part of this conduct Change impact assessments of existing finance processes to determine the impact of the new coding model on future state and support countries to prepare for implementation
Guide the Country offices in doing the mapping of their current data model to the global data model and support them to work through any accounting and budgeting problems they may find. Support Country offices in thinking through how they will execute key financial processes and reporting when they adopt the new financial data model
Partner with Regional Change Managers, Country / Regional Office teams, wider SMEs etc. to review and quality assure data and any associated processes requiring change. Execute the Programme Data Migration Strategy to ensure that all new codes are generated, and data is migrated and tested on time
Carry out testing of the system changes to ensure that they are in accordance with the design documents and meet the needs of stakeholders at country, regional and SCA level. Carry out testing of the migrated data to ensure they are in accordance with the agreed Data mapping rules and actively investigate and follow up on any discrepancies, pulling in IT as needed
Ensure that any issues or solutions that have an impact on the Country Office deployment scope are brought to the relevant governance groups for review and approval, before any final decisions are made on how to proceed
Engage with CAPP project stakeholders including through the Finance working group, preparing content as required. Act as CAPP Programme team representative in all non-project meetings and forums as required
Serve as part of the Finance Functional team on the CAPP programme with a flexibility to support and help on other pieces of work that have the highest priority for the programme
Actively share knowledge with other Finance SME's working in other workstreams of the programme
Experience and Skills
Essential
Strong problem-solving skills, analytical ability and attention to detail to identify and assess alternative options and proposals
Strong collaboration skills, a team player, able to work collaboratively with different functions and colleagues' different offices, to identify the best solutions for the organisation as a whole
Strong experience managing different stakeholders across varying levels. Ability to understand different contexts and perspectives and adjust communication style based upon this as required. Ability to challenge and negotiate assertively and cooperatively with senior staff
Experience with and a strong technical understanding of financial management processes in a large multi-lateral organisation, ideally within an NGO
Experience of implementing financial systems improvement projects. A good level of knowledge and experience of using finance systems, ideally Agresso
Ability to manage a complex and varied workload; to work effectively under pressure; and to organise and prioritise work to meet deadlines. Ability to work independently and judge when to ask for advice or inputs
Advanced skills in Microsoft applications, especially excel
Excellent verbal and written communication skills; ability to explain complex issues to a variety of audiences
Desirable
Non-profit sector knowledge/experience (especially international development projects)
Second language – French, Spanish or Arabic
Education and Qualifications
Relevant Finance qualification (ACA, ACMA, ACCA) strongly recommended