Global Financial Shared Services Manager at Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA)

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• Lead day-to-day operations of the Shared Services Center, covering accounts payable, journal entry processing, intercompany transactions, and bank and balance sheet reconciliations for all IPA offices. • Establish and monitor service-level agreements (SLAs) with country offices and headquarters, including processing turnaround times, accuracy rates, and query resolution timelines. • Coordinate with country office finance staff to resolve queries, address missing documentation, clear reconciliation discrepancies, and ensure completeness of month-end close activities. • Provide coverage to country office finance teams during periods of staff transition. • Support all offices with audit requests as needed. • Identify opportunities for automation, system improvements, and process simplification, and lead implementation in coordination with IT and Global Finance teams. • Develop performance dashboards and key performance indicators (KPIs) for the Shared Services function, and report results to senior finance leadership on a regular cadence. • Build team capacity to take on additional responsibilities with a consistent level of excellence. • Recruit, onboard, and supervise a team of up to three Shared Services staff. • Set individual performance objectives, conduct performance reviews, and support professional development. • Design and deliver training for junior staff on accounting tasks, reconciliation procedures, NetSuite operations, and country-specific requirements; maintain training documentation for knowledge continuity. • Monitor individual and team workload across country assignments; adjust capacity allocation and escalate resourcing needs proactively. • Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement. • Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance. • Minimum seven years of progressive experience in accounting, including at least three years of direct supervisory experience.