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The Opportunity:
This is a unique leadership opportunity to work at a globally recognized, social impact organization that is changing the world for good of all.
The Controller at Ashoka, reporting to the Chief Financial Officer (CFO), has oversight responsibility, in partnership with the CFO, for accounting, finance, reporting, and financial compliance activities in the organization.
The Controller will supervise the Accounting team at the organization level, regional finance managers (in partnership with regional managers), the Payroll Supervisor (in partnership with the Head of Talent), and an outsourced Finance/Accounting support team. They will work closely with their peers in Ashoka Finance and the senior leadership team, while assisting the CFO with financial operations.
They will have functional responsibility over accounting, accounts payable, accounts receivable/grants administration, (with the Global Finance Capacity Strategist), payroll, and the Netsuite Analyst. They will also ensure the organization has the systems and procedures in place to support effective program implementation and conduct clean audits.
This role is central in our work to simplify finance and accounting procedures, continuously improving how the function supports program operations. The Global Finance Capacity Strategist, a peer to the Controller, will provide partnership for financial capacity building for teams at the country and regional levels.
The person in this role will have the opportunity to create and maintain enduring partnerships with the CFO, senior leadership, and the Talent, Legal and Information Technology (IT) staff to enhance and better integrate Finance, HR, Legal and IT functions.
The Opportunity:
This is a unique leadership opportunity to work at a globally recognized, social impact organization that is changing the world for good of all.
The Controller at Ashoka, reporting to the Chief Financial Officer (CFO), has oversight responsibility, in partnership with the CFO, for accounting, finance, reporting, and financial compliance activities in the organization.
The Controller will supervise the Accounting team at the organization level, regional finance managers (in partnership with regional managers), the Payroll Supervisor (in partnership with the Head of Talent), and an outsourced Finance/Accounting support team. They will work closely with their peers in Ashoka Finance and the senior leadership team, while assisting the CFO with financial operations.
They will have functional responsibility over accounting, accounts payable, accounts receivable/grants administration, (with the Global Finance Capacity Strategist), payroll, and the Netsuite Analyst. They will also ensure the organization has the systems and procedures in place to support effective program implementation and conduct clean audits.
This role is central in our work to simplify finance and accounting procedures, continuously improving how the function supports program operations. The Global Finance Capacity Strategist, a peer to the Controller, will provide partnership for financial capacity building for teams at the country and regional levels.
The person in this role will have the opportunity to create and maintain enduring partnerships with the CFO, senior leadership, and the Talent, Legal and Information Technology (IT) staff to enhance and better integrate Finance, HR, Legal and IT functions.
About Ashoka:
Ashoka is the world’s largest community of leading social entrepreneurs, having pioneered the field of social entrepreneurship over 40 years ago. We support a robust network of more than 4,000 Ashoka Fellows in 90 countries who have successfully implemented systems-changing solutions to human and environmental problems globally. By learning from and collaborating with our Fellows and other social entrepreneurs, Ashoka identifies patterns and key levers to help society gain a new framework for living in the world as a changemaker.
Our current work is centered around the "Everyone a Changemaker" (EACH) movement, which stems from our belief that everyone has the potential and responsibility to make positive change in an ever-changing world. We continue to grow a global movement of social entrepreneurship, recognizing that the rate of change is accelerating and our problems are growing faster than our solutions.