Deployment Functional Specialist - Finance

job Description

Join Plan International on our mission to reach as many children as possible, especially those marginalized or excluded, with impactful programs that create lasting change. As part of our ongoing commitment to strengthening our partnerships, mobilizing resources, and ensuring accountability, we're launching Programme Y.O.D.A (Your Organisation’s Data and Analytics), a pivotal initiative in our transformation journey.

Programme Y.O.D.A is part of our overall transformation journey that will help us strengthen our business functions and improve the way we plan and deliver programmes. It is a global project to change business processes and deploy integrated D365, Saleforce applications and a data warehouse to replace the existing system based on SAP and introduce system support for key business processes including finance, supply chain management, project delivery and monitoring, evaluation, and learning. The integrated Y.O.D.A systems have been designed to support the End-to-End Project Cycle and to enforce necessary steps to complete the requirements of each project stage.

The Opportunity

In this exciting role as the Deployment Functional Specialist – Finance for programme Y.O.D.A you will play a pivotal role in providing functional support to the deploying countries as they successfully adopt to the new business process D365 system. You will be working closely with the BRD (Business, Readiness and Deployment) team as well as the business process owner for Finance, in addition to the global and regional hub functional teams to ensure business processes are understood, providing subject matter expertise in finance and the functional systems process to end users.

Duties and Responsibilities

Location: The location of this role can be flexible where Plan International has an office* that can employ on behalf of the Global Hub and you have the pre-existing right to work and live.
Type of role: 2 Year Fixed term contract
Salary: We will be happy to disclose the salary and applicable benefits to applicants as part of this process, however, please kindly note that the salary and employment benefits will be set according to your location and therefore it is not possible to include full details here.
Closing Date: Sunday 24th March (midnight UK time)

Qualifications and Experience

The Individual

We are looking to recruit an individual who has extensive knowledge of finance processes and accounting, as well as systems experience using SAP/SAP BI or D365.

Proficiency in Microsoft tools particularly MS Forms, Sharepoint, Teams, while knowledge of Power Platform, Power BI, and related Microsoft technologies would be beneficial.

Fluency in written and spoken English is essential, with proficiency in French/Portuguese/Spanish being desirable.

You will need excellent communication and relationship-building skills, coupled with a highly efficient and organized approach, enabling effective prioritization and multitasking.

Adaptability, teamwork, and a commitment to promoting equality are essential attributes, along with a proactive attitude towards learning and taking initiative. Attention to detail, accuracy, and the ability to work effectively while managing multiple priorities are also key requirements for this role.

How to Apply

Applicable locations include: Bangladesh, Belgium, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia , Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Jordan, Kenya, Korea, Laos, Lebanon, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Uganda, United Kingdom, Vietnam, Zambia, Zimbabwe

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