Accounting

• Manage all aspects of accounting; billing, financial statements, general ledger, cost accounting, payroll, accounts payable, accounts receivable, tax compliance, inventory accounting, cost accounting, revenue recognition, and various special analyses
• Oversee all accounts, ledgers, and reporting systems ensuring compliance with appropriate GAAP standards and regulatory requirements.
• Design and manage efficient and effective organizational accounting processes
• Manage the accounting team to a timely monthly close
• Ensure accurate and complete coding of transactions, so that budget-to-actuals can be viewed at the program/campaign level, functional level, and any other view needed by internal or external stakeholders

Auditing and reporting 

• Coordinate all audit activity globally, including personal responsibility for the global audit in the US and providing oversight and coordination of country audits
• Prepare the annual financial statements, designing accounting processes that make this preparation efficient and seamless
• Execute and provide oversight on tax filings, including preparation of the organization-wide 990 and providing oversight on country-specific tax filings prepared by the team in various African countries and/or US states
• Present regular financial reports to GiveDirectly’s senior leadership team in an accurate and timely manner following each monthly close, clearly communicating trends of concern or interest

Controls 

• Establish an effective system of financial controls organization-wide to protect organizational resources while still enabling dynamic operations, and enforce compliance with this system
• Design and own finance policies organization-wide

Team management 

• Leverage the strengths of the current finance team members, and identify development areas
• Clarify roles and responsibilities to create an effective division of labor to maximize these strengths, and create efficient ways of working
• Provide hands-on mentorship, training, and professional development to the team where needed
• Set up effective processes for collaboration and communication within the team, and between the team and their stakeholders