Finance Director

Qualifications:

• At least four years of experience in a role involving complex financial modeling, data analysis, and strategy (e.g. with a management consulting firm or private equity firm).
  
• Expertise in Excel modeling, and in synthesizing data analysis into PowerPoint presentations.
  
• Experience with data infrastructure systems, coding, and automation is nice-to-have.
  
• Passionate about our mission, international development and social enterprise.
  
• Exceptional people skills and managerial skills; avid team player with a coaching and mentoring approach.
  
• Ability to work on a variety of tasks at the same time, and keep track of a variety of workstreams.
  
• Resourcefulness and critical thinking skills to quickly determine why something isn’t working and iterate quickly to try to solve it; creative problem solving. Quick learner who loves to figure things out.
  
• Optimistic attitude, entrepreneurial spirit, curiosity to learn new things, creative problem solver, humble and patient team-player with a sense of humor, especially regarding some of our janky systems
  

1. Strategic Leadership & Partnership

• Serve as a thought partner to the CEO in developing and executing short-term and long-term strategy
  
• Lead strategic planning for market expansion, including:
  • Evaluating scale opportunities in existing and new markets
    
  • Developing capital allocation frameworks per market
    
  • Creating financial models to assess market viability and growth potential
    
• Drive strategic communication with board members and internal team members
  

2. Financial Management & Control

• Oversee financial reporting process, ensuring timely and accurate financial statements
  
• Lead month-end close and annual audit processes, maintaining high standards of accuracy
  
• Develop and implement robust financial controls across all operations
  
• Drive process improvement and automation initiatives, particularly for:
  • Inventory management
    
  • Month-end closing procedures
    
  • Payment systems and reconciliation
    
• Manage relationships with external auditors and financial partners
  

3. Systems & Data Infrastructure

• Lead the development and maintenance of automation systems:
  • Oversee development of low-code applications for field teams (sales, construction, quality assurance)
    
  • Continuously improve automation of order systems to streamline procurement and logistics processes, reducing manual tasks.
    
  • Ensure seamless integration between field systems and financial databases
    
  • Drive continuous improvement of field operations through data-driven insights
    
• Build and maintain comprehensive data infrastructure:
  • Design and implement a robust data warehouse architecture
    
  • Create interactive dashboards for finance and operations teams
    
  • Establish data governance protocols and quality control measures
    
• Enable data-driven decision-making across all departments through accessible reporting and analytics