Chief Operating Officer at Global Profilers

Responsibilities:

Financial Management and Oversight
Working with the Director of Finance, manage and oversee all financial and business planning activities, including:

• Direct and administer all financial plans.
• Oversee business policies and accounting practices.
• Review and analyse financial reports.
• Support and advise the CEO in decision making.
• Lead and support organizational budgeting process.
• Oversee reporting and monitoring of organizational performance metrics.
• Provide overall financial oversight and monitoring.
• Ensure that relevant financial data is presented to the CEO and senior management team.

Human Resources
Working with the director of human resources, manage and oversee the human resource functions for the organization, including:

• Recruitment, hiring, and compensation.
• Benefits administration and oversight.
• Professional training and development, including new employee orientation.
• Retention strategies.
• Regulatory oversight and legal compliance.
• Ensuring that the human resource function is properly resourced and represented within the senior management team.

Operations

• Oversee risk management and legal activities: letters of agreement, contracts, leases, and other legal documents and agreements.
• Business insurance: procurement, monitoring and management.
• Information technology – working with the manager of information technology, ensure the on-going maintenance and updating of information systems and infrastructure, including hardware, software, and ASP applications.
• Organizational reporting and monitoring: provide guidance and leadership through management of the organization’s metrics and measurement reporting process.
• Office management: oversee administrative functions for all the organization’s offices nationwide, ensuring smooth daily operations of physical plant and equipment.
• Board of directors - working with the CEO provide staff support and guidance to the organization’s board and act as staff liaison to relevant board committees.

Qualification and Experience:

• Minimum of an MBA.
• Strong operational experience: ideally has worked in a senior management role for 10+ years in a socially responsible organization with progressive experience leading to at least three years’ experience in operational/administrative management.
• Demonstrated experience in financial planning and analysis with previous experience overseeing human resources, information technology, and legal.

Skills

• Organizational development, personnel management, budget and resource development, and strategic planning; demonstrated success developing and monitoring systems to manage both operational and programmatic work that involve high levels of collaboration.
• Excellent people skills, with an ability to partner with a dynamic leadership team.
• Personal qualities of integrity, credibility, and commitment to the mission of the organization.
• Flexible and able to multi-task; can work within an ambiguous, fast-moving environment, while also driving toward clarity and solutions; demonstrated resourcefulness in setting priorities and guiding investment in people and systems.