Director Of Accounting And Financial Reporting

Job Summary

The Director of Accounting and Financial Reporting serves as a strategic partner to the Global Controller, playing a critical role in advancing CARE’s mission by delivering high-value financial insights and driving excellence in global financial management. This position provides functional leadership to senior finance staff, oversees CARE’s shared services center in Manila, and collaborates closely with senior leaders across U.S., regional, and country offices.

Financial Leadership & Oversight:
Supports the Global Controller in ensuring the delivery of timely, accurate, and comprehensive financial information to both internal and external stakeholders. This includes the development and enforcement of financial policies aligned with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and donor requirements, consolidation of global financial data, and preparation of statutory financial statements and reports.

This position is responsible for complex areas such as revenue accounting, investment accounting, as well as accounts receivable, cash application and accounts payable (inclusive of employee travel advances and expense reporting) and fixed assets. This position provides leadership and direction, overseeing complex gift processing exceeding $200 million annually and supports the Fundraising department and associated management reporting. This position also provides supervision and guidance to the Credit Card administrator as the new card program is launched.

This position also oversees the external financial reporting, which includes the preparation of quarterly financial statements in accordance with US generally accepted accounting principles (US GAAP) and serves as a key liaison for the external auditors during the interim and year end audit. Specialized skills and strong accounting knowledge is required.

Coordination with internal and external partners is critical, including collaboration with the Shared Service Center in Manila, grant & programs managers leading USA
01 programs, and CARE's external audit firm. The Director of Accounting and Financial Reporting directly supervises managers and four accounting & financial reporting personnel indirectly and provides training and capacity building to the finance, accounting and reporting team to ensure skills are appropriate and that the team can respond to the rapidly changing accounting and compliance environment.

This supports the Global Controller in overseeing the annual Financial Statements Audit conducted by CARE's external auditors.

Lead and manage a team of professional finance staff by providing consistent supervision, leadership, and support. Foster a high-performance culture through coaching, training, and performance management. Cross-

Partner with the Finance Team, Shared Services Center, and key stakeholders across departments to proactively address financial management and compliance issues.

Build and sustain an effective finance team by investing in professional development and creating a collaborative, inclusive work environment.

Ensure seamless communication and coordination between finance units, other CARE USA departments, and external partners to support organizational alignment and operational efficiency.

• Supervise, lead, guide and support the accountants and managers in the CARE USA's HQ accounting department. This includes, but is not limited to, developing and updating job descriptions, recruiting (when necessary), annual goal setting and performance management, and coaching and developing.
• This person should pro-actively lead the hiring for direct reports and have a high degree of involvement in the recruiting, on-boarding and coaching for all team members. Support HR/P&C through department reviews of staff to support short & long term strategic initiatives and operational plans.
• Evaluate needs for cross-training of staff to maximize efficiency and minimize control risks and…