Global Controller in District Of Columbia

About the Global Finance Function

Evidence Action’s Global Finance team is based in Washington, DC, and supports our high-impact programs across 9 countries. Our team is committed to empowering programs to achieve their highly impactful goals by processing and recording financial transactions, providing useful insights through reporting and analysis, assisting with financial planning and budgeting, and ensuring compliance and quality financial stewardship. We operate in a nearly paperless environment, using Sage Intacct (a cloud-based accounting system), Microsoft Excel and Google Workspace.

Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer (CFO), you would hold a strategic position at Evidence Action; responsible for managing all accounting and auditing functions that support the delivery of Evidence Action’s mission. Working with both global and country based teams, you will oversee Evidence Action’s global financial...

The Global Controller / Director of Finance & Accounting brings substantial technical and managerial expertise and oversees our global finance and accounting functions. This role reports to the Managing Director, Global Business Operations, participates in the firm’s corporate management team, and provides thought partnership and strategic advising to ThinkWell’s leadership regarding organizational financial challenges and opportunities.

The Director oversees a team and partners with ThinkWell managers globally to develop and implement accounting protocols, policies, and systems to ensure that teams across the organization have the accounting support and financial reporting required to achieve our mission.

This position is fully remote – open to most locations around the globe.

Accounting Operations and Oversight

• Oversee the organization’s accounting function in accordance with GAAP and US Government rules and regulations (IRS,...