Director of Finance (interim)

Job Title: Director of Finance (interim)

Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract to 31st Dec 2025 (with possibility of extension)

Working Hours: 33.75 per week (0.9 FTE)

Location: London, UK (with flexibility for occasional international travel)

Salary: £72,295 Gross per annum (to be pro rata)

Benefits: 25 days holiday (excluding public holidays), employer pension contribution, employee assistance programme, and flexible working options

About ARTICLE 19

For over 35 years, ARTICLE 19 has worked for a world where all people everywhere can freely express themselves and actively engage in public life without fear of discrimination.

Together with our partners, we:

• THINK: We develop cutting-edge research and legal and policy analysis to drive change worldwide.
• DO: We lead work on the frontlines of expression through our 9 regional hubs across the globe.
• PROPEL: We propel change by sparking innovation in the global freedom of expression movement.

When you work with ARTICLE 19, you’re not just joining an organisation – you’re joining a movement for a freer, fairer world.

Find out more about what we do

The Finance Team and what you’ll be working on

ARTICLE 19’s Finance Team plays a critical role in supporting our global operations. The team is currently undergoing a period of transition and renewal, with a renewed focus on strengthening financial systems, improving compliance, and building a cohesive, collaborative finance function across our global offices.

As Director of Finance (interim), your strong strategic financial skills and an ability to provide hands-on and operational support to staff will ensure the team delivers on its priorities on time and with quality.

You will be comfortable operating in a complex international organisation with experience in leading during times of change, embedding new practices and ways of working to produce deliverables for the longer term.

What you will be doing day to day

In this strategic and hands-on role, your core responsibilities will include:

Planning, Budgeting, Forecasting and Organisational Restructuring

• Supporting organisational restructuring in response to evolving donor priorities
• Overseeing the development and monitoring of the global budget and cashflow forecasting

Financial Management

• Leading ARTICLE 19’s statutory audit process
• Ensuring compliance with financial policies, statutory and legal requirements
• Supporting payroll and purchase ledger operations for the International Office

Finance System Implementation

• Overseeing the continued implementation of the new finance system
• Identifying operational improvements from system implementation

Project Management and Grant Compliance

• Supporting the International Grant Accountant team, ensuring donor reports submitted on time and with quality
• Ensuring donor compliance and effective business partnering across teams
• Supporting cost recovery policy implementation

What you will bring to the role

You are an experienced and confident financial leader who thrives in complexity. You are comfortable leading through change, improving systems, and supporting people to grow and succeed.

Knowledge and Skills

• Professional accounting qualification or equivalent experience
• Strong written and spoken English
• Initiative, creative thinking, and problem-solving ability
• Excellent interpersonal skills and cross-cultural awareness
• Confidence working both independently and collaboratively

Experience

• Senior finance leadership experience, ideally in international NGOs or complex organisations
• Proven ability to lead financial transformation and manage change
• Experience managing people and supporting professional development
• Familiarity with global financial compliance, donor reporting, and board engagement
• Strong experience developing and implementing financial systems and controls

Other

• Understanding of or interest in human rights or freedom of expression
• Commitment to ARTICLE 19’s values and mission
• Willingness to occasionally work outside normal hours (time off in lieu provided)

How to apply

If this has inspired you, please submit your CV and cover letter to our recruitment system.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Application Deadline: 22 April 2025

We appreciate that no candidate will meet every requirement of the role, if your experience looks a little different from what we’ve identified, and you think you can bring value to the role, we’d love to hear from you. If you would like to discuss any accessibility requirements for the recruitment process or the role, please contact [email protected].

Our Reward Package

• Salaries are determined by our salary scale.
• We offer comprehensive benefits including a range of well-being plans; generous paid leave and public holidays; family friendly policies; generous sickness and absence leave.

Our Culture

We are a people centered and flexible employer, friendly and a passionate global organisation who live and breathe the same mission and values. We strive to be agile and work collaboratively and are committed to DEI and staff wellbeing.

Our commitment as an equal opportunities employer

Our mission is to welcome everyone and create inclusive teams. We celebrate individuality and encourage you to join us and be your authentic self at work with the freedom to have responsibility, autonomy, and creativity within your role.