controller Bristol, England
Job description
Location: London, Bristol (UK)
Closing date for applications: 21 August 2023, applications will be considered on a rolling basis
Contract status: Global post, full-time
Start date: 11 September 2023
Contract duration: 1 year fixed-term contract
Remuneration: circa £65,000 gross per annum (UK)
Salary Band: Head of
We rebuild tropical fisheries with coastal communities
Blue Ventures is a marine conservation organization that puts people first. We support coastal fishers in remote and rural communities to rebuild fisheries, restore ocean life and build lasting pathways to prosperity. Our work began two decades ago in Madagascar’s remote coastal communities and is growing globally. Across a dozen countries, we’re partnering with traditional fishers and community organizations to design, scale, strengthen and sustain fisheries management and conservation at the community level. We bring partners together in networks to advocate for reform, and share tools and best practices to support fishing communities across the globe.
Summary job description
We’re recruiting for a financial leader to develop and lead our international financial control, accounting and reporting. This is a role within our central finance team that is critical to drive transformation and with overall responsibility for ensuring strong and professional financial operations globally, including our subsidiary and affiliate organisations.
The Global Financial Controller is responsible for ensuring that the finance function delivers complete and accurate information whilst maintaining a strong control environment that ensures the organisation's assets are safeguarded.
This role is critical in ensuring that our financial operations will work smoothly and efficiently in a dynamic international environment amidst rapid organisational growth.
The successful candidate will have a proven track record of overseeing development and implementation of our global financial systems, policies, and procedures in a globally distributed organisation.
We are looking for a leader who is adaptable and flexible, open to new ideas, quick off the mark in response to new opportunities, and who approaches work with creativity and a spirit of innovation and ambition. The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate experience of recruiting, building and developing individuals and results-driven teams, and leading and inspiring teams through periods of rapid growth and change while maintaining pace and focus.
Reporting to the Director of Finance with line management responsibilities within the transaction processing team. This is a full time role based in London, with the possibility of overseas travel to work closely with colleagues, field teams and partners in coastal east Africa, the western Indian Ocean and southeast Asia.
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