Chief Financial Officer (CFO)

ROLE SUMMARY
The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) is a pivotal position overseeing the financial strategy and financial reporting and financial forecasting for the global organization. As a central position in the leadership structure, the CFO will provide central-level financial insight and stewardship.
Working in close partnership with the individual organization leadership, the CFO will oversee the consolidation of financial information drive cross-cutting financial strategies, strengthen financial governance and planning, and ensure that systems, processes, and reporting frameworks enable informed decision-making, financial sustainability, and long-term value creation. The CFO will also play a key role in relationships with external stakeholders, including regulatory bodies, and institutional funders, ensuring that the financial strategies and reporting are aligned with organisational priorities and stakeholder expectations.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
A. Strategic Financial Leadership
Develop and provide oversight to the overarching financial vision and strategy across the entities, ensuring long-term sustainability, and alignment with organisational goals and social impact mandates.
Serve as an advisor to senior management and boards, providing actionable financial insights to support long-term financial planning and growth.
Evaluate and support growth initiatives including acquisitions, divestments, partnerships and joint ventures, and investments through rigorous financial analysis and data-based recommendations.

B. Financial Control and Reporting
Responsibility for overseeing the system of financial controls in terms of commitments and integrity of financial record keeping.
Ensure the regular reporting to management and stakeholders of actual income and expenditure, balance sheet movements and cash flows and with variance analysis to prior periods and to budget.
Responsibility for the preparation and filing of statutory financial statements to comply with regulatory obligations.
Setting and maintaining accounting policies.

C. Financial Planning, Analysis
Consolidate and analyse financial performance data across the relevant entities to support informed strategic and operational decision-making by leadership and identify areas for improvement.
Provide financial insight and analysis to support strategic planning and short-term and long-term financial forecasting, including scenario analysis, capital planning, and responses to market and economic conditions.
Design and implement cost allocation frameworks to enable fully allocated performance measurement at the unit-level.
In collaboration with senior leadership, develop robust performance measurement systems, including KPIs, financial dashboards, and peer benchmarking reports to identify gaps and support data-driven strategic management.
Support financial due diligence and cost-revenue evaluation for significant capital projects, potential investments, mergers, partnerships, and other strategic initiatives.
Identify opportunities to enhance revenue streams and improve financial sustainability across entities.

D. Treasury, Cash Management, and Investments
Develop, execute, and lead the overall capital structure, financing initiatives, funding framework and investment strategies, including capital raising from third-party sources, to ensure alignment with long-term financial goals and institutional sustainability.
Oversee treasury activities to optimise the return on short term cash surpluses and manage short term liquidity requirements.
Provide oversight and play an important role in shaping and supporting long-term investment strategies for endowment-style portfolios and real assets, including contributing to the development of investment policy, asset allocation, manager selection, ongoing performance review, asset management decision-making, and stakeholder reporting.
Manage currency exposures and implement appropriate FX hedging and conversion strategies.

E. Risk Management & Compliance
Oversee the development, implementation, and continuous review of financial compliance policies, processes, controls, and risk management frameworks across entities to ensure alignment with legal and regulatory standards.
In coordination with legal and compliance teams, play a significant role in financial oversight and management of major disputes, litigations, negotiations, and other regulatory matters.

F. Cost Control & Operational Efficiency
Collaborate with cross-functional teams and operational leaders to integrate financial insights into workflows and align financial goals with broader institutional objectives.
Identify and implement opportunities for cost savings, process improvements, and optimisation of financial systems and processes across the entities.
Promote a culture of financial accountability, transparency, and performance driven decision-making.

G. Tax Strategy & Compliance
Define and oversee a comprehensive tax planning strategy, setting clear policy direction, risk thresholds, and planning parameters to ensure compliance and alignment with the financial and strategic objectives.
Maintain proactive relationships with tax authorities, auditors, and regulators to ensure full compliance and timely resolution of issues.

H. Organisational Development & Expansion
Design and mobilise the financial structuring and funding of new initiatives and programmatic expansion, including identifying funding opportunities, establishing partnerships, and designing innovative investment mechanisms.
Oversee comprehensive financial due diligence and evaluation to support expansion into new operational areas.

H. Stakeholder Engagement & Communication
Cultivate key relationships and alongside colleagues represent the organisation in discussions with funding agencies, institutional partners, relevant authorities, and other external stakeholders, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives and long-term financial collaboration.
Ensure clear and consistent communication of financial performance, strategic direction, and financial strategies to both internal and external stakeholders, including reports to governing boards.
Prepare and present donor financial reports, statutory accounts, and annual disclosures, ensuring compliance with both internal and external regulatory requirements.

The position is based in Geneva, Switzerland and will require extensive international travel