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Chief Financial Officer

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World Relief is an international relief and development agency. Founded in 1944 as the humanitarian

arm of the National Association of Evangelicals, World Relief offers assistance to victims of poverty, dis-

ease, hunger, war, disasters and persecution. Headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland, the organization

has offices worldwide. It is supported by churches, foundations, and individual donors, as well as through

United States Government grants from USAID and other agencies. World Relief has been empowering

local churches to resettle refugees in the United States for more than 35 years.

Today, 12 million Syrians have been displaced by the conflict within their country and World Relief is

working tirelessly to provide refuge. Syrian refugees are just one of many people groups whom World

Relief serves, all with the Biblical goal of empowering the local church to serve its community. Many ref-

ugees have come to the U.S. as a direct result of the Syrian Crisis and many more are expected in the

coming months.

For this crisis, World Relief is on the ground in the Middle East, Europe, and the U.S.

Middle East

Over half the Syrian popula-

tion has been uprooted by

conflict and more than four

million people have fled the

country. World Relief is work-

ing with local churches to

provide urgent supplies in

Jordan, Turkey, Syria, and

Iraq meeting practical needs

at this critical time. World

Relief and the Church in the

Middle East are supplying

temporary shelters, hygiene

items, trauma therapy, and

more.

Europe

Hundreds of thousands of Syri-

ans have fled violence in their

home country and made the

long and arduous journey to

Europe. Germany alone will

likely become home to over

800,000 Syrians. World Relief is

actively empowering local

churches in Europe as they wel-

come and serve these vulnera-

ble populations, helping them

find jobs, acquire a new lan-

guage, and find housing.

United States

While the U.S. has a history of

generously receiving refugees,

the current limitations of refu-

gee admissions—capped this

year at 70,000—are insuffi-

cient in the face of such signifi-

cant need. Local churches

across the United States are

stepping forward to welcome

refugees as they arrive, as our

faith compels us to do. But we

can only welcome and assist as

many refugees as the U.S. gov-

ernment is willing to admit.

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Mission

World Relief’s mission is empowering the local

Church – wherever local happens to be – to serve

the most vulnerable. No other group of people on

the planet is called or positioned like the Church to

respond to crises like the one we face today.

World Relief is currently one of the only organiza-

tions mobilizing and equipping Christians to serve

refugees in the Middle East, Europe, and the Unit-

ed States.

World Relief is working with local churches to pro-

vide urgent supplies in Jordan, Turkey, Syria, and

Iraq meeting practical needs at this critical time,

supplying temporary shelters, hygiene items, trauma therapy for women and children, and more.

Through partnerships with local organizations and churches, the World Relief office in Jordan is providing

non-food items to displaced Syrian refugee families, and their host families, as well as sponsoring child

friendly spaces for mothers and children. World Relief Germany is working to train and equip churches to

welcome the massive influx of refugees into Europe.

We believe God has equipped the church – the most diverse social network on the planet – to be at the

center of change, leveraging time, energy and resources to join the vulnerable in their time of need. We

practice principles of transformational development to empower local churches in the United States and

around the world to serve the vulnerable in their communities. With initiatives in disaster relief, communi-

ty health, economic development, refugee resettlement, and peace-building, we work holistically with

the local church to stand with the sick, the widow, the orphan, the refugee, the displaced, the devastated,

the marginalized, and the disenfranchised.

World Relief empowers the local Church to serve the most vulnerable.

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Vision

In community with the local church, World Relief envisions

the most vulnerable people transformed economically, so-

cially and spiritually.

Values

The Example of Jesus as we serve those who are suffering

from poverty and injustice, regardless of color, belief, or

gender, as part of God's plan to redeem, reconcile, and re-

store the world. We seek to follow Jesus by living holy, hum-

ble, and honest lives individually and corporately.

The Local Church as a primary agent of bringing peace, jus-

tice, and love to a broken world. The integrated "word" and

"deed" dimensions of God's mandate, as evidenced through

the church's integral, or transformational, mission are neces-

sary to bringing reconciliation and restoration to God, oth-

ers, and the environment.

People whether staff, volunteers, clients, beneficiaries, donors, and partners, as important actors in

bringing peace, love, and justice. We recognize and affirm World Relief as a multicultural organization

and seek to understand and respect the multiplicity of cultures among us. As we seek change in the

world, we recognize that we, too, are changed, by those we serve.

Excellence/Continuous Improvement in all program initiatives and support services, following best

practices and standards in a manner that is sustainable to the community from a spiritual, social, and

economic perspective. We also seek to apply our human and financial resources in such ways that max-

imize impact and sustain benefits to the greatest number of people.

Empowerment by prioritizing the leadership and participation of those we serve, whether people,

churches, or local institutions, as critical to creating and sustaining change. We seek to catalyze a move-

ment of worldwide volunteers to multiply impact, and we value capacity-building as a means towards

that end.

Partnership by seeking, facilitating, and promoting collaboration among all stakeholders, including lo-

cal governments, the worldwide church, mission agencies, other NGO's, and the business community,

recognizing partnership as essential to serving the most vulnerable. We believe each expression of the

worldwide Church has a unique and interdependent role in bringing peace and justice to the world.

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OUR CAUSES

Child Development / Orphans and Vulnerable Children / Maternal and Child Health

Children are frequently the most vulner-

able, overlooked people group on the

planet. To join them in their time of

need we implement Child Development

programs, where children of all back-

grounds are placed in clubs with trained

Christian mentors to learn valuable les-

sons about life, identity, health, hygiene

and safety.

We also stand for children by training

their mothers in our Maternal and Child Health program. Utilizing an innovative outreach method known

as Care Groups, mothers equipped by World Relief train their neighbors with basic lessons such as hand

washing, nutrition, sanitation and medication. These simple, proven methods radically reduce infant mor-

tality and improve the quality of life for children.

Gender-Based Violence / Anti-Trafficking / HIV Aids

Women are the heartbeat of families

and communities. When they suffer,

their entire community suffers. We

stand for women and strengthen their

families by empowering them to be

strong, educated, agents of change in

their communities.

Through our Gender–Based Violence,

Anti–Trafficking and HIV/AIDS pro-

grams, women are mobilized by their

churches and trained to sensitize their

communities. By organizing work-

shops, conducting seminars, running

youth events and counseling victims, these women promote healing, health and peace in their families and

communities. We stand for women because empowered women transform the world.

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Refugee Resettlement / Immigrant Services

Political violence, ethnic disputes and economic dis-

parities displace millions of people a year. We stand

for the displaced by specializing in Immigrant Ser-

vices and Refugee Resettlement in the United States.

Every year, World Relief's network of regional offices

and partner churches resettle approximately 10% of

all refugees entering the United States, providing lan-

guage skills, job training and spiritual services for our

new community members.

Through Peace and Reconciliation workshops, we

teach local churches in conflict areas around the

world to embrace Christ's call to forgive and recon-

cile so safe, healthy communities can begin to flour-

ish.

Agri–Business / Microfinance / Savings

Programs

World Relief is respected worldwide as a leader in post

–conflict/disaster micro-enterprise, helping to re-

establish the economies of devastated nations like

Burundi, Congo and Cambodia.

Utilizing the power of Agri-business, Microfinance and

Savings Groups, World Relief equips small business

owners with the skills, capital and resources necessary

to develop successful, self-sustaining businesses. We

believe when given the tools to protect and leverage

their financial assets, these entrepreneurs will be able

to participate in the transformation of their local com-

munities.

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Emergency Assistance / Food Security / Water & Sanitation/ Shelter Reconstruction /

Economic Opportunity

To stand for individuals and communities suffering in

the wake of disaster, we initiate Disaster Response

programs to begin addressing basic needs. By mobiliz-

ing local church leaders to provide team members

and locations for food, water and shelter distributions

we are able to respond effectively and efficiently.

During the rehabilitation phase of disaster, when

communities return home to find their fields de-

stroyed and possessions lost, we respond with pro-

jects like Food Security, Shelter Reconstruction, Water& Sanitation and Economic Empowerment so com-

munities can begin to reestablish their livelihoods.

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Overview

The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) will serve as the senior executive leader for all

global operations. His/her innovation and creativity will optimize systems, oper-

ating procedures and the effective leveraging of resources and assets across the

organization. As a key member of the Executive Management team, the CFO will

report to the Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) and assume a strategic role in the

overall management of the organization. The CFO will have primary day-to-day

responsibility for planning, implementing, managing and controlling all financial

related activities of the organization. This will include direct responsibility for ac-

counting, finance, forecasting, strategic planning, investor relationships and part-

nership compliance, and institutional financing. The successful candidate must

possess the ability to take both a high level approach as well as extensive practical finance skills to serve as a

trusted business partner.

Duties and Responsibilities

Provide strategic financial leadership and serve as a hands-on financial leader with responsibility for broad oversight and protection of the assets of the organization; evaluate current practices/policies and drive con-tinuous improvement.

Provide support for all strategic and day-to-day issues related to finance including accounting, budgeting, forecasting, reporting, analysis, payroll, audit, and management of funds; oversight of audit & tax matters.

Build infrastructure and systems, aligned with organizational goals, to support the timely and accurate re-porting of financial results.

Serve as financial and business advisor to CAO and the executive committee members in evaluating the fi-nancial condition of the organization and developing proactive recommendations for growth; provide solu-tions to business issues and offer a basis for future decision-making in the organization.

Lead the implementation and continued improvement of the current financial planning, systems, and man-agement tools and the capital and operating planning, budgeting and reporting processes.

Maintain a proactive, clearly communicated and globally understood compliance program.

Liaison with external auditors to ensure annual audits and quarterly reviews of company accounts are com-pleted timely.

Ensure credibility of finance team by providing timely and accurate analysis of budgets, financial trends and forecasts.

Ensure that effective internal controls are in place and ensure compliance with GAAP and applicable federal, state and local regulatory laws and rules for financial and tax reporting.

Drive, manage and motivate the finance organization.

Provides learning and development opportunities for members of the finance team and performs coaching as necessary.

Lead the finance department to become advisors and business partners to the divisional leaders.

Lead a team of finance controllers to effectively manage the financial operations of the divisional units.

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Ideal Candidate Requirements

10-15 years of experience, with at least five years in a senior management role in a complex, multi-national organization.

MBA or advanced degree in Accounting, Finance or related field; CPA designation with public ac-counting audit experience, preferred.

Strong knowledge of investment accounting, finan-cial reporting, financial planning, budgeting, in-vestments, audit, tax, strategic planning, internal controls, risk management, data analytics, and ac-counting systems.

Treasury experience including cash management, liquidity planning and control, account organiza-tion, cash flow monitoring, managing bank ac-counts, electronic banking, preferred.

Direct analytics experience with data, reporting, analysis, analytics and business intelligence applications.

Strong interpersonal skills, ability to communicate well at all levels and across functional disciplines and with staff at remote locations.

Experience presenting to the board of directors.

Strong problem solving and creative skills and the ability to exercise sound judgment and make deci-sions based on accurate and timely analyses.

High level of integrity and dependability with a strong sense of urgency and the ability to perform in a fast-paced environment.

Initiative focused and results-oriented, with a track record of accomplishing objectives in a complex environment.

Team player and consensus builder who collaborates with others to achieve common goals.

Proven track record for leading organizational change, leadership alignment and professional develop-ment.

Ability to quickly become conversant in the organization’s programmatic work and to communicate with business units and all relevant stakeholders.

Ability to train, develop and mentor staff.

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Attributes

Model servant leadership and standards of ethical

excellence that inspire his/her team and colleagues.

Subscribe to values, mission and vision of World Re-

lief, including a deep understanding of the role of the

church in serving the most vulnerable.

Demonstrate commitment to global ministry.

Be an active member of a local church with demon-

strated lay-ministry leadership experience.

Global experience preferred with a demonstrated un-

derstanding of inter-cultural relationships.

Able to travel domestically and internationally (on a

limited basis).

Well organized, diligent at follow through and detail oriented.

Able to thrive in a complex, fast-paced environment where multitasking is constant.

Proven ability to be both a self-starter and work in a team environment.

Strong interpersonal and leadership skills to invite debate, draw conclusions and take action at both a

departmental and a global leadership level

For more information, or to apply for this position, please contact Charles Ross, cross@wr.org.