Senior Finance Officer – Part-time

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Romania.

📋 Description

• Develop and sustain financial projections for 12–36 months, incorporating grant disbursement schedules, hiring strategies, and program assumptions.

• Create scenario-based financial models to facilitate decisions regarding hiring, campaigns, and organizational expansion.

• Design and maintain financial models for grants, including waterfall analyses for restricted funding.

• Convert financial models into comprehensible insights to aid leadership in decision-making.

• Regularly update and manage the organization’s monthly cash flow forecast.

• Construct a liquidity runway model and oversee reserve thresholds.

• Identify potential cash flow risks and recommend mitigation strategies.

• Maintain dashboards that track unrestricted funds, restricted grants, and financial runway.

• Analyze risks associated with grant dependency, currency variations, and liquidity planning.

• Assist in scenario analysis for campaign investments, hiring strategies, and national chapter growth.

• Oversee the annual budgeting process and uphold rolling financial forecasts.

• Evaluate accounting outputs from external bookkeepers prior to incorporating them into financial planning.

• Aid in the execution of a monthly financial closing procedure.

• Contribute to the establishment of WePlanet's financial governance framework.

• Ensure compliance with grant restrictions and fiscal sponsorship regulations.

• Generate monthly financial reports for leadership that cover cash position, forecast variances, and financial risks.

• Prepare quarterly financial dashboards for leadership and board review.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Management, or a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience.

• Extensive experience (typically over 5 years, or demonstrated equivalent expertise) in financial roles, ideally within an international NGO, nonprofit, or multi-donor context.

• Proven expertise in: Financial modeling and forecasting.

• Scenario analysis and liquidity planning.

• Grant-based budgeting and management of restricted funds.

• Multi-currency financial oversight.

• Strong proficiency in the Microsoft environment for financial modeling.

• Experience in conveying financial insights to colleagues without a finance background.

• Familiarity with international financial governance frameworks.

• Professional working proficiency in English, both written and spoken.

• Additional skills and knowledge (preferred): Familiarity with Belgian nonprofit accounting standards or international fiscal sponsorship models.

• Experience with Silverfin or similar accounting platforms.

🏝️ Benefits

• Contract: Part-time, 12-month fixed-term employment contract, approximately 0.4 FTE (around 15 hours per week on average), with the possibility of transitioning to a permanent contract based on performance, organizational needs, and budget.

• Location: Remote, preferably for candidates located in Eastern or Central Europe (CET ±2). Candidates must possess the right to work in their country of residence.

• Salary: €34,500–€55,500 gross per year full-time equivalent, pro-rated to approximately €1,150–€1,850 gross per month for this 0.4 FTE role, depending on experience and location.

• Paid Time Off: Enjoy 27 days of paid leave annually, along with an additional paid organization-wide closure between Christmas and New Year.

• Team Connection: Engage in annual team meet-ups and retreats to collaborate, learn, and recharge together.

• Flexible Work Environment: Enjoy flexible working hours that accommodate your needs.

• Professional Development: Access a €1000 discretionary training budget.