Finance Director - Multi-program Foundation M/F

RESPONSIBILITIES:

The main responsibilities are: 1) Consolidated and multi-project accounting

• Supervise general/analytical accounting
• Produce consolidated accounts & financial statements
• Guarantee the allocation of donations, grants & contributions
• Ensure internal control, financial risk management & compliance with legal & regulatory obligations

2) Multi-program management control and resource allocation

• Implement multi-axis management control: budgets by program, monitoring of consumption, co-financing, structure costs vs direct costs
• Organize the global budgeting process:
• Consolidated private & public budget
• Arbitrations, prioritization of resources

• Analyze variances, corrective actions
• Provide tools for general management & governance bodies for decisions regarding allocation & redeployment of resources between programs

3) Treasury and multi-funding

• Manage global cash flows
• Build cash flow forecasts integrating multi-year program commitments as well as donor payment schedules
• Drive the multi-funding strategy

4) Automation & AI

• Map cross-functional finance processes
• Deploy automation solutions for:
• Collection & integration of financial data from programs
• Bank reconciliations
• Production of standardized reporting by program and globally

• Implement adapted AI use cases:
• Anomaly & risk detection: over/under-consumption, allocation inconsistencies
• Budgetary & cash flow forecasting
• Simulations of resource allocation scenarios between programs
• Assistance in drafting & formatting financial reports for donors

• Ensure data quality, traceability, and security

5) Reporting to governance bodies and donors

• Consolidated financial reporting
• Lead the financial part of the annual report
• Guarantee the production of reporting requested by donors in connection with the Grant office, development department & international philanthropy
• Ensure the relationship with external auditors & control authorities, including (multi-entity/multi-program)

6) Management and coordination of finance teams

• Supervise finance teams & coordinate managers
• Harmonize finance practices & tools between programs: accounting charts, validation procedures, reporting formats
• Lead the transformation towards a more digital, data-driven & collaborative finance function

REQUIRED PROFILE:

Technical skills:

• Mastery of general and analytical accounting and consolidation (multi-entity / multi-program),
• Solid experience in project management control and management of multi-funded budgets (public donors, private, patronage, etc.),
• Skills in treasury, financial risk management and internal control,
• Very good mastery of Sage 1000, reporting tools, automation solutions (workflows, RPA, BI) is strongly appreciated,
• Data/AI culture applied to multi-program management.
• Fluent English, written and oral

Behavioral skills:

• Ability to work in a complex environment (multiplicity of programs, donors, calendars, rules),
• Rigor, integrity, sense of transparency and the general interest,
• Leadership and ability to lead transformation projects.

Transversal skills:

• Sense of pedagogy and cooperation with laboratory directors, program directorates, operations, development and innovation directorates
• Demonstrated experience in managing budgets > €50M in multi-funding

Experience & degrees:

• Master's degree (Bac+5) in finance, accounting, management control, audit or equivalent,
• Significant experience (5-10 years) in finance management in a multi-entity/multi-project environment, foundation sector strongly appreciated

Contract:

• Permanent contract (CDI) to be filled as soon as possible, please attach CV + cover letter
• Start date as soon as possible
• Location: Institut Imagine - 24 boulevard du Montparnasse 75015 PARIS
• Remote work possible 2 days/week
• Access to sports and cultural associations
• Salary according to profile and experience.