Executive Director of Finance & Admin

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE & ADMIN

GAME is an innovative Top 150 NGO founded in 2002 with an ambitious vision of a world with equal opportunities for all children and youth. We are now looking for an analytical and result-driven finance professional with solid experience from a management position in the INGO sector. If you are motivated by GAME’s strive for equality and based in Copenhagen, Denmark, then you might be the one.

GAME has in recent years experienced a significant scaling of the activities both at home and abroad. This development and the associated increase in complexity of managing an expanding portfolio of programs and projects has prompted the need and sparked a process to strengthen our finance function. We are now taking the next step by hiring an Executive Director of Finance & Admin who will become part of the Executive Management Team at HQ.

ABOUT THE POSITION
In this new position in GAME, you will:
• Lead GAME’s Finance & Admin Team
• Be part of the Executive Management Team
• Ensure the strengthening of GAME’s financial management capabilities in terms of human capacities, the structure of the support function, as well as internal procedures and guidelines
• Drive the continuous improvement of the Finance & Admin function by identifying future needs to stay ahead of the curve
• Help the organization realize it’s ambitious strategy of deepening the impact by consolidating in three robust geographical regions
• Use GAME HQ in Copenhagen as your workplace with travel activity to countries where GAME implements
• Have reference to the CEO

WE OFFER 
• A dynamic organization with inclusion, sustainability, innovation, and informal professionalism as strong values. We are currently in the process of looking at our management and decision-making structure. In this connection, there may also be an opportunity for working more broadly across other resort areas, depending on your experience
• A place where you can put your capabilities to work and strike the right balance of keeping bureaucracy at a minimum, while still living up to the requirements
• A chance to learn and grow, as we believe in talent development for each and every employee. This includes external training that can stimulate your curiosity and personal development needed to perform in your position
• A strong focus on work-life balance with monthly 1-on-1 talks to check the temperature
• Seven weeks of vacation per year

WE EXPECT YOU
• Have a master’s degree or equivalent experience
• Have at least 10 years of experience from a finance position in an INGO and at least 5 as manager
• Find it enticing to take on a leadership role across the organization
• Are experienced with larger grants from the Danish MFA and/or the EC and working with a complex project portfolio
• Have an ability to build cross-cutting relations and network inside GAME to become viewed as a knowledgeable go-to resource
• Are flexible to travel (less than 30 days per year expected)
• Have experience revising and updating financial procedures incl. common framework for budgeting, forecasting, controlling, and reporting
• Are an independent person with strong analytical and coordination skills
• Have an incredibly well-organized and pragmatic approach

WORKPLACE
GAME Copenhagen, Enghavevej 82 D, 2450 Copenhagen SV, Denmark.

THE PRATICAL
• Start date: 1. June 2024
• Working hours: 37 hours per week

APPLICATION DEADLINE 
• Deadline: 15. April 2024 at 23:59 CET

MORE INFO
If you wish to hear more about the position, you are welcome to call our CEO, Simon Prahm at +254 769 533 547 on WhatsApp on Wednesdays between 12:30 and 13:00 CET.

WE LOVE DIVERSITY
We believe that diversity is important, and we know that out well-being and innovation ability are enhanced by diversity. If you agree, then apply for the position and contribute to diversity in GAME with just exactly the person you are.

CHILDREN’S RIGHTS & CODE OF CONDUCT
GAME’s recruitment process reflects our high standards of protection for everyone in GAME especially, towards children and youths in our activities and programs. All employees of GAME must sign GAME’s Code of Conduct and give consent to obtain a child certificate.

ABOUT GAME  
GAME is an innovative street sports organization and is recognized as one of the world’s 150 best NGOs. GAME was founded in 2002 in Denmark with the mission of creating lasting social change through youth-led street sports and street culture. GAME establishes innovative facilities and trains young people to become coaches and role models within street sports and civil society in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

We encourage you to read more about GAME’s work on GAME.ngo

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