Alumni Talent Pool: Finance Lead Roles

The Alumni Talent Pool is open exclusively to former Mercy Corps team members who were employed within the past 4 years and completed at least 1 year of service. This is an opportunity for senior managers that offers more professional and personal flexibility and access to diverse experiences.

Requirements

• BA/S or equivalent in accounting or finance required.
• At least 5 years of field experience in international relief and development operations, including overseeing financial operations and budget management functions.
• Prior team management experience required.
• Prior experience with Mercy Corps within the last four years (with at least one year of Mercy Corps work experience).
• Demonstrated experience and skill with budget preparation and analysis, financial reporting preparation and presentation and the proven ability to translate technical financial data into informative reports.
• Strong accounting skills and experience, including management of the general ledger, journal entries, payroll, payables and balance sheet.
• Advanced computer skills in MS Office programs, particularly Excel.
• Effective verbal and written communication, multi-tasking, organizational and prioritization skills.
• Good oral and written English skills required. Professional level proficiency in at least one other Mercy Corps’ working language (French, Spanish, Arabic) is a plus.
• Willing and able to deploy internationally at short notice for assignments.
• Able to work effectively in a highly stressed and potentially physically challenging emergency response set up in early and later stages of responses.
• Availability to work non-standard hours as needed, especially when supporting an active emergency or critical incident response.
• Ability to work effectively with an ethnically diverse team in a sensitive environment.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Benefits