Director of Finance & Financial Control

About the role

IsraAID is a non-profit humanitarian aid agency headquartered in Tel Aviv, with operations across many countries. Its headquarters leads worldwide activities and oversees country missions and projects. This full-time position offers a senior role in the financial management and accountability of a leading Israeli humanitarian organization with international operations. The Director leads global operational financial management, financial controllership, budgeting, reporting quality, financial controls and donor financial oversight, reports to the CFO and directly manages the HQ Finance team.

Key responsibilities

• Lead global operational financial management, annual budgeting, forecasts and scenario planning, and monitor funding gaps, cost recovery and resource allocation
• Provide functional oversight of Accounting, including closing, reconciliations, consolidation and reporting standards, and ensure accurate, timely financial information across HQ and country missions
• Lead financial controls, reporting quality assurance and risk-based monitoring of country missions, and coordinate audit readiness and audit follow-up
• Ensure consistent application of financial policies, delegation of authority and donor financial standards, and coordinate with Procurement & Compliance on preventive controls
• Lead HQ Finance Officers in supporting country financial management, reporting quality and financial capacity, and oversee donor proposal, budget and report quality assurance
• Drive improvements in NetSuite financial functionality, data quality, reconciliations, management reporting and budget monitoring, promoting automation and documented controls
• Manage and develop the HQ Finance Unit, coordinate with the Accounting Manager and Procurement & Compliance Manager, and represent the Finance function internally and externally
• Promote a safeguarding culture, ensure team training and follow safeguarding reporting procedures

Required profile

• Minimum 8-10 years of progressive finance management experience, including controllership, reporting and team leadership; international NGO or multi-country experience strongly preferred
• Degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics or a related discipline; CPA, ACCA or equivalent strongly preferred; advanced degree an advantage
• Fluent written and spoken English; professional Hebrew and additional languages are an advantage
• Proven ability to lead teams, exercise independent judgment and work with senior leadership and geographically dispersed stakeholders

Required skills

• Financial reporting, accounting oversight, reconciliations and internal controls
• Budgeting and donor finance
• ERP systems, preferably NetSuite
• International accounting standards, NGO and donor financial requirements, decentralized financial operations