National Organisation Assistant Consolidation Controller

Job Description

The Organisation

Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation that advances children’s rights and equality for girls.

We believe in the power and potential of every child. But this is often suppressed by poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination. And it’s girls who are most affected.

Working together with children, young people, our supporters and partners, we strive for a just world, tackling the root causes of the challenges facing girls and all vulnerable children.

We support children’s rights from birth until they reach adulthood. And we enable children to prepare for – and respond to – crises and adversity. We drive changes in practice and policy at local, national and global levels using our reach, experience and knowledge.

We have been building powerful partnerships for children for over 85 years, and are now active in more than 80 countries.

Role Purpose 

Plan International Worldwide (PWW) is made up of 20 National Organisations (NOs) and Plan International Inc (PII). PWW prepares voluntary combined financial statements under International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), while PII is legally required to prepare standalone consolidated financial statements under US GAAP. Financial statements for both PWW and PII are prepared centrally at Plan International’s Global Hub (GH) using SAP Business Planning and Consolidation (BPC).

• NOs are independent legal entities whose principal activity is fundraising, executing development programmes and humanitarian operations.
• PII is a New York State-registered not-for-profit corporation, and its principal activities are planning, managing, and executing development programmes and humanitarian operations across 58 countries. PII’s activities are coordinated through four global, regional hubs (Americas, Asia Pacific, Middle East, Eastern and Southern Africa and West and Central Africa). PII is funded through donations received from its member NOs.

As independent legal entities, NOs prepare local GAAP financial statements under local guidance. They must also submit IFRS-compliant financial statements for use in the PWW combined financial statements.

The Opportunity 

This position is based at GH Working and is essential in ensuring that financial reporting data from NOs is accurate and timely. It will strengthen the current data collection and analysis processes, document monthly data flows from all NOs, build permanent files for each NO, and create desk-top procedures for continuous improvement initiatives. It encompasses the following responsibilities :

• Ensures NO submissions are timely, based on the GH-issued reporting timetable, and meet required quality standards
• Responsible for proactively following up with the NO finance teams to ensure that late submissions are kept to a minimum.
• In conjunction with the NO Financial Consolidations Controller, acts as a key contact for all NOs regarding NO financial submissions;
• Along with the NO Financial Consolidation Controller, responsible for liaising with NO finance teams to ensure that the Global Hub team is aware of all major transactions prior to period close.
• Builds a strong relationship with NO Finance teams, such that unusual or significant transactions are identified on a timely basis, with sufficient time to resolve any accounting issues under IFRS

Please note only CV and cover letters in English will be accepted

Please follow this link for a full role profile: National Organisation Assistant Consolidation Controller 

Location: This role will ideally be based in the UK, employed from the Global Hub for Plan International which is based in Woking, Surrey however other locations where Plan International has an office* that can employ on behalf of the Global Hub and you have the pre-existing right to work and live may be considered. Hybrid, or fully remote will be considered for this position

Type of role:6 Month Fixed Term Contract

Salary:We will be happy to disclose the salary and applicable benefits to applicants as part of this process, however, please kindly note that the salary and employment benefits will be set according to your location and therefore it is not possible to include full details here.

As an indication if this role was based in the UK the salary would be circa £35,000 per annum

Grade: GH3 Please note that employment terms will be as per the standard terms and conditions in the country where you are based.

Closing Date: Friday 25 August 2023
*Applicable locations include: Australia, Bangladesh, Belgium, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, China, Colombia, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Finland, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Ireland, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Korea, Laos, Lebanon, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Uganda, United Kingdom, Vietnam, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the very heart of everything that Plan International stands for.

We want Plan International to reflect the diversity of the communities we work with, offering equal opportunities to everyone regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

Plan International is based on a culture of inclusivity and we strive to create a workplace environment that ensures every team, in every office, in every country, is rich in diverse people, thoughts, and ideas.

We foster an organisational culture that embraces our commitment to racial justice, gender equality, girls’ rights and inclusion.

Plan International believes that in a world where children face so many threats of harm, it is our duty to ensure that we, as an organisation, do everything we can to keep children safe. This means that we have particular responsibilities to children that we come into contact with and we must not contribute in any way to harming or placing children at risk.

A range of pre-employment checks will be undertaken in conformity with Plan International’s Safeguarding Children and Young People policy. Plan International also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this scheme we will request information from applicants previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms their understanding of these recruitment procedures.

Please note that Plan International will never send unsolicited emails requesting payment from candidates.