[Hiring] Director of Finance @Pathways International

Role Description

The Director of Finance manages Pathways International’s day-to-day finance operations across our entities, making sure they are accurate, compliant and on time. Over time, the role will also oversee our HR and IT operations.

This is a senior role in a small team, and a hands-on one. You’ll set direction and supervise, but you’ll also do the work yourself when needed, whether that’s reconciling an account, posting journal entries, running a payroll cycle or rebuilding a grant report. We’re looking for someone who genuinely enjoys both.

The role is designed to expand in time. In the first months you’ll learn our entities, funders and systems alongside the CFO, then take ownership of core processes step by step. As Pathways International evolves, the scope of the role will evolve with it.

Key Responsibilities

• Financial operations: Lead the monthly close, reconciliations and consolidated reporting across our entities and currencies, and keep the general ledger accurate and well-structured.
• Grant finance: Partner with programme teams on grant budgets, monitor spending, and prepare funder financial reports.
• Payroll and compliance: Oversee payroll and statutory compliance across multiple jurisdictions, including provider and employer-of-record relationships.
• Audit and tax: Manage the statutory, tax and audit calendar, and act as day-to-day contact for external auditors.
• Planning and reporting: Contribute to budgets and forecasts, and prepare financial information for leadership and Boards.
• Controls and systems: Maintain strong internal controls and documented procedures, and keep improving our systems and processes.
• Administration: Over time, oversee HR operations and IT, coordinating specialist support, contract and onboarding processes, and systems and access across the organization.
• Team: Supervise and develop a small finance and administration team.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in accounting, finance, business administration or a related field.
• A professional accounting designation (e.g. CPA or equivalent).
• At least eight years of relevant work experience, including senior responsibility for the month-end close, financial reporting and audit. Experience in a non-profit or grant-funded organization is a strong asset.
• Strong command of accounting fundamentals, including consolidation, multi-currency transactions and fund or grant accounting.
• Experience managing restricted funding: budgets, spending oversight and financial reporting to institutional and private funders.
• Working knowledge of payroll, tax and statutory compliance in more than one country. Experience with employer-of-record providers or international payroll is an asset.
• Hands-on and comfortable working directly in the books, the payroll and the spreadsheets, with strong attention to detail.
• Sound understanding of internal controls, segregation of duties and documentation, and ability to build processes that others can follow.
• Experience supervising and developing staff.
• Ability to learn new entities, systems and regulatory environments quickly, and comfortable in a role whose scope will grow and change over time.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English and ability to explain financial information clearly to non-finance colleagues, leadership and Boards. Proficiency in other languages, particularly Spanish, Italian, or Portuguese, is an asset.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and experience collaborating with people from different backgrounds, countries, cultures and languages.
• Proficient with cloud accounting systems (e.g. QuickBooks Online) and advanced Excel, and comfortable using Zoom, MS Teams and SharePoint. Open to using new tools, including AI, to improve how the team works.

Requirements

• Full-time remote position within the range of Eastern Time (ET) to Central European Time (CET).
• Availability for flexible working hours, including meetings in CET and ET.
• Proof of legal right to work in country of residence is required.

Salary

• Competitive, commensurate with experience.

Contract

• One-year term contract (renewable).

How to Apply

Please submit in English:

• Cover letter
• CV
• Unedited writing sample of no more than five pages.

Please apply through Bamboo HR at https://pathways.bamboohr.com/careers/62 by November 30, 2026, at 11:59 pm EST to be considered for this position.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Pathways International is an equal opportunity employer, committed to diversity and inclusion. We encourage applications from qualified candidates of all genders and from all national, religious, and ethnic backgrounds, including persons with disabilities and those with lived experience of forced displacement. We will provide accommodation upon request during the recruitment, selection, and assessment process.