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Scope of Work Finance Controller Background is a thought leader organization that amplifies children’s voices, delivers impactful programs, and generates evidence to influence policy and advocacy. As the organization advances toward becoming a centre o. Explicit requirements include Proficiency in leading accounting team for month-end closing, understanding and 10+ years of experience.
Last checked: 8 hours ago
Closing date: Friday, 10 July 2026
Country: Indonesia
Duty station: Indonesia
Contract type: Contingent
Grade: Not specified
Applicant eligibility: Not explicit in source
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Scope of Work Finance Controller
Background
Save the Children Indonesia is a thought leader organization that amplifies children’s voices, delivers impactful programs, and generates evidence to influence policy and advocacy. As the organization advances toward becoming a centre of excellence for children’s wellbeing, it requires strong financial stewardship to sustain growth, ensure accountability, and maintain the trust of donors and stakeholders.
In a donor-funded organization such as Save the Children Indonesia, financial sustainability is fundamentally driven by effective cash flow management rather than profit generation. With annual cash flows of approximately USD 10-12 million, the organization’s ability to sustain operations, deliver programs, and uphold commitments to beneficiaries depends on disciplined and proactive financial oversight.
Critical Transition Context: Oracle NetSuite ERP Migration and Finance BAU Stabilization
Save the Children Indonesia is currently undertaking a significant digital transformation through the implementation of Oracle NetSuite, a comprehensive enterprise resource planning (ERP) system. This migration encompasses five critical finance modules that represent core business processes, with each module tagged to the Finance Controller for oversight and accountability. These modules cover essential functions including financial management systems (FMS), treasury operations (TOR), accounts receivable (TAR), tax and expense reporting (TER), and related finance operations.
This ERP migration represents a highly sensitive transition period for the organization. The Finance Controller position, who is responsible for overseeing daily finance operations such as Accounting, Treasury, and Tax functions, is currently vacant. This vacancy creates a temporary but significant leadership and technical capacity gap at a critical juncture, substantially increasing the risk to accounting continuity, data integrity, and stabilization of post-migration processes.
The primary challenge is not merely supporting the technical ERP transition, but critically stabilizing finance Business-As-Usual (BAU) operations during this period.
While the organization manages the complexities of system implementation, core accounting functions—including month-end close, cash management, donor compliance, tax reporting, and financial controls—must continue uninterrupted. The simultaneous demands of ERP stabilization and BAU continuity, combined with the Finance Controller vacancy, create an unprecedented operational risk to the organization’s financial health and stakeholder confidence.
Given the combined pressures of ERP migration, ongoing operations, team transition, and the imminent end of the Finance Controller role, Save the Children Indonesia intends to engage a short-term external finance resource. This support is considered critical to assist with system migration, ensure continuity of core accounting functions, stabilize accounting processes, and maintain BAU operations for up to three months during and immediately after the transition.
Strategic Importance of Financial Leadership
The Finance Controller plays a pivotal leadership role in enabling organizational ambition by safeguarding financial integrity and operational excellence during this transformative period. The role is uniquely positioned to bridge the Finance Controller vacancy while simultaneously stabilizing both ERP implementation and core finance operations. The position contributes directly to the success of program delivery and financial sustainability by ensuring robust financial controls, high-quality reporting, and full compliance with statutory and donor requirements, even as systems and processes are being fundamentally transformed. In addition, the role drives financial systems effectiveness and continuous improvement, particularly in the context of ERP stabilization, strengthening processes and building financial management capacity across the organization and its partners. Through this, the position ensures that financial operations not only support but actively enable strategic decision-making and organizational impact.
Objectives
In close coordination with the CFO, FP&A Sr Manager and Grant Finance Manager, and Senior Management Team, the Finance Controller:
1. Safeguard the financial integrity, sustainability, and compliance of Save the Children Indonesia across a USD 14M portfolio, particularly during the critical ERP transition period.
2. Stabilize and maintain finance accounting, treasury and tax Business-As-Usual (BAU) operations, ensuring uninterrupted delivery of core accounting functions including month-end close, cash management, donor compliance, and tax reporting.
3. Stabilize the Oracle NetSuite finance modules tagged to the Finance Controller role during and after the ERP migration, ensuring seamless transition, data integrity, and effective system utilization.
4. Oversee end-to-end financial operations, ensuring financial systems, controls, and partner capabilities are robust enough to support organizational growth and donor scrutiny, particularly in the context of system transformation.
5. Enforce strong cash discipline and actively manage free cash flow through prudent fund placement in approved instruments to generate additional income and strengthen financial sustainability.
6. Drive financial systems effectiveness and continuous improvement, acting as the ERP Module owner for FMS, TOR, TAR, TER, while maintaining operational continuity.
Scope of Work and Key Responsibilities
1. Finance Business-As-Usual (BAU) Operations and Continuity
The Finance Controller will ensure that core finance operations continue without interruption during the ERP transition period.
2. ERP Migration Stabilization and Module Ownership
The position plays a critical role in ensuring the Oracle NetSuite implementation is effectively stabilized and operationalized.
3. Cash Flow and Liquidity Management
The position plays a mission-critical role in ensuring funds are available at the right time and for the right purpose.
4. Compliance, Audit, and Risk Management
The role carries high fiduciary accountability, directly influencing organizational credibility and stakeholder confidence.
5. Stakeholder Engagement, Team Leadership, and Capacity Building
The Finance Controller will collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to strengthen financial capacity and ensure smooth transition.
Required Background and Experience, Skills and Behaviors
This role requires a seasoned finance professional with strong leadership, technical expertise, and proven experience in managing complex organizational transitions.
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