Anera
Chief Financial Officer @ Anera | CPA, Finance, Strategic Leadership
The Global Controller oversees Anera’s day-to-day accounting operations and ensures timely, accurate, and compliant financial reporting across the organization. This role is central to maintaining financial integrity through oversight of the global month‑end close, account reconciliations, internal controls, and consolidation of financial data. The Global Controller supports audit readiness, compliance efforts, and cross‑border financial alignment, in close coordination with regional and country finance teams.
The Controller plays a critical leadership role within the Global Finance team, collaborating with program, development, compliance, and country office finance staff to ensure that financial processes support organizational goals and donor requirements.
Objectives
Serve as Anera’s principal compliance and accounting authority across HQ and country offices.
Lead external audits, tax filings, internal controls, and policy standardization.
Partner with country and regional finance leaders to align local practices with global standards and align global financial policies.
Support CFO with leading organizational‑wide financial stewardship, global systems optimization and financial data governance.
Responsibilities
Lead the global month‑end and year‑end close processes, ensuring timely consolidation of financial results across country offices.
Oversee general ledger integrity and ensure timely, clean reconciliations for all balance sheet accounts.
Maintain oversight of global banking relationships, account structures, and controls.
Manage the US/Global accounting team, overseeing accounts payable, cash receipts, payroll, and banking transactions.
Maintain and strengthen internal controls and compliance protocols.
Coordinate annual global and local country external audits.
Partner with the Director of FP&A and country finance leads to ensure alignment between financial planning and accounting systems.
Manage Sage Intacct system, including integrations between Sage Intacct and other platforms.
Identify opportunities to streamline financial operations and reduce manual workloads.
Provide technical guidance to Country Office finance staff and serve as a subject matter expert.
Partner with the Director of FP&A to support consolidated financial reporting and budget‑to‑actual variance analysis.
Respond to ad hoc financial data and reporting requests.
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or related field required.
Minimum 10 years’ progressive experience in accounting, including global or multi‑entity consolidations.
At least 3 years in a supervisory or leadership role.
Nonprofit experience required; international NGO experience strongly preferred.
Strong familiarity with fund accounting, restricted funds, and donor reporting.
Expertise in financial systems, particularly Sage Intacct.
Advanced Excel/Google Sheets skills.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
CPA, CFA or equivalent credential preferred.
Travel: Up to 10% annually (US and international).
This position is based in the United States, Palestine, Lebanon, or Jordan and is open only to nationals of those countries.
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The Controller plays a critical leadership role within the Global Finance team, collaborating with program, development, compliance, and country office finance staff to ensure that financial processes support organizational goals and donor requirements.
Objectives
Serve as Anera’s principal compliance and accounting authority across HQ and country offices.
Lead external audits, tax filings, internal controls, and policy standardization.
Partner with country and regional finance leaders to align local practices with global standards and align global financial policies.
Support CFO with leading organizational‑wide financial stewardship, global systems optimization and financial data governance.
Responsibilities
Lead the global month‑end and year‑end close processes, ensuring timely consolidation of financial results across country offices.
Oversee general ledger integrity and ensure timely, clean reconciliations for all balance sheet accounts.
Maintain oversight of global banking relationships, account structures, and controls.
Manage the US/Global accounting team, overseeing accounts payable, cash receipts, payroll, and banking transactions.
Maintain and strengthen internal controls and compliance protocols.
Coordinate annual global and local country external audits.
Partner with the Director of FP&A and country finance leads to ensure alignment between financial planning and accounting systems.
Manage Sage Intacct system, including integrations between Sage Intacct and other platforms.
Identify opportunities to streamline financial operations and reduce manual workloads.
Provide technical guidance to Country Office finance staff and serve as a subject matter expert.
Partner with the Director of FP&A to support consolidated financial reporting and budget‑to‑actual variance analysis.
Respond to ad hoc financial data and reporting requests.
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or related field required.
Minimum 10 years’ progressive experience in accounting, including global or multi‑entity consolidations.
At least 3 years in a supervisory or leadership role.
Nonprofit experience required; international NGO experience strongly preferred.
Strong familiarity with fund accounting, restricted funds, and donor reporting.
Expertise in financial systems, particularly Sage Intacct.
Advanced Excel/Google Sheets skills.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
CPA, CFA or equivalent credential preferred.
Travel: Up to 10% annually (US and international).
This position is based in the United States, Palestine, Lebanon, or Jordan and is open only to nationals of those countries.
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