Head of Corporate Finance – Denmark At Danish Refugee Council

Do you want to make a difference addressing a growing global need for people affected by conflicts and join one of the world’s leading humanitarian organizations? Now you have the chance. If you have a broad experience in financial reporting and audits and can lead and develop a team of specialists in financial management information, you might be the one we are looking for. You will work closely with your colleagues to create great results in a senior management role with a high level of influence and cross organizational collaboration.

Who are we?

The FRISC (Finance, Supply Chain and Risk) Department is one of the core support functions in headquarters and consists of around 75 talented and engaged people who are responsible for DRC’s financial affairs globally in close cooperation with the operational departments. You will lead the manager of the Central Accounting unit/division as well as direct manager for a team of finance specialists. You will be a member of the management team in FRISC together with 3 other managers and our CFO.

About the job

High level of influence on people and processes

You will be responsible for the corporate internal and external financial reporting in DRC as well as the global budgeting process and the overall management of the Danish transactional finance processes executed in the Central Accounting team. Your main goal will be to provide timely financial insight of high quality for management as well as ensuring a good process around and high quality in the annual report. And finally, you will oversee the process of interim audit and year-end audit with our statutory external auditors and hold the secretariat of our Audit Committee. The position offers numerous opportunities to collaborate with your team, the management team in FRISC, and across the other departments of DRC.

Optimization and change management

DRC went live in January 2019 with our new cloud-based ERP system (Microsoft Dynamics 365). A major task for this position will be to contribute to the continuing development of the solution and problem solving together with the rest of the management team in FRISC, and as well as ensuring new insights based on the system.

About you

To be successful in this role you need to have:

• At least five years’ experience at management level within Finance in an international organization (e.g., in an INGO or an international commercial organization)
• Well documented experience with statutory financial reporting and audit coordination, preferably also experience with institutional donors
• University degree or equivalent within a relevant area
• An accounting qualification with a globally recognised organisation is also highly desirable
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English
• Good knowledge of and experience working in Dynamics 365 (Finance & Operations) ERP solution will be an advantage

Your personal qualities

• A high degree of analytical competencies, advisory capability and interpersonal skills
• Structured with a high ability to implement and get things done
• Able to work independently and proactively in a dynamic and fast paced environment
• The ability to talk the language of the business by communicating financial thinking and terminology into business needs and language and vice versa
• Understanding the importance of establishing close and trustful relationships with stakeholders on all levels of the organization
• You are business minded and thrive with strategic and analytical tasks. You have a down to earth personality and possess integrity and credibility to inspire and lead others in developing their own high levels of integrity
• You are a team player as well as a visible leader with a proactive and motivating mindset

All employees should master DRC’s core competencies: Communicating, Taking the lead, Collaborating, Striving for excellence and Demonstrating integrity.

We offer

Contract length: Permanent

Workplace: Borgergade 10, Copenhagen

Start date: As soon as possible

Salary and conditions will be in accordance with the agreement between DRC and Lederaftalen (Management agreement). This is a national position for which local terms and conditions apply.