Director of Finance and Operations

**OFFICE LOCATION**:
Bogotá, Colombia
This position is open for applicants from Bogotá, Colombia and Lima, Perú
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**WHO WE ARE**:
The mission of The Nature Conservancy (TNC) is to conserve the lands and waters upon which all life depends. As a science-based organization, we develop innovative, on-the-ground solutions to the world’s toughest environmental challenges so that people and nature can thrive. Our work is guided by our values, which include a commitment to diversity and respect for people, communities, and cultures. From a rewarding mission to career development and flexible schedules, there are many reasons to love life #insideTNC. Want to know more? Check out our TNC Talent playlist on YouTube to hear stories from staff or visit Glassdoor.

**WHAT WE CAN ACHIEVE TOGETHER**:
We are looking for a Director of Finance and Operations (DFO) for Colombia, Peru and Ecuador, with some additional administrative and financial supervision in Costa Rica and Panama. The DFO works in close collaboration with global, regional and local teams, TNC’s senior management, and partner organizations.
We are looking for an authentic, empathetic, and adaptive leader able to demonstrate an approach of actively listen and appropriately respond to the needs of their employees so they can be productive and engaged. TNC’s leadership models is based on a bottom-up model in which leaders empower employees at different levels of the organization and make sure they have the right tools to succeed. If the team success the leader success.
Is responsible for the operational and administrative work of Colombia, Perú and Ecuador Program, aiming to guarantee complying with local laws, administrative support, effective processes and great client service to staff and stakeholders.

**WE'RE LOOKING FOR YOU**:
We are looking for you to bring vital skills to support the Colombia, Peru and Ecuador business units, supporting our global strategy, being:
**Leadership Skills**
- Recognize that their management responsibilities are equally, if not more impactful than their own individual work.
- Live our values by demonstrating TNC Competencies (see them at the end) and code of conduct.
- Cultivate a trusting, respectful, and psychologically safe environment.
- Demonstrate essential managerial skills, striving for improvement with a growth mindset.
- Hold themselves and others accountable for performance expectations.
- Effectively address conflict rather than avoid it.
- Provide support and direction to their staff by engaging in the Performance Partnership Process.
- Recognize contributions of all staff.

**Strategic vision**
- Differentiated vision for all areas of the business, active and assertive strategic, ensuring sustainable development and growth.
- Identify new opportunities ensuring the integration of areas.
- Ensuring that business and finance are aligned to planning.
- Ability to integrate between different areas of the business
- Align results, objectives, purposes with the business.
- Ensure a proper integration between all areas of the business, always with a focus on how the financial area can contribute to the development and evolution of the organization.

**Ability to lead and make decisions**
- Decision making in all strategic planning.
- Ability to make strategic and assertive decisions in times of crisis.
- Ability to lead a dispersed, multidisciplinary and diverse team

**Analytical and holistic view**
- Indispensable macro-organizational vision with actions in other areas of the business.
- Hands-on leader who actively and closely involves with their team and other stakeholders in the day-to-day work and capable of analyzing and diving into the numbers to provide business insights, identify risks, and bring opportunities.
- Team building facilitator, with a view of the whole, communicating between managers and decision-making, leading for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) and in congruence with all departments.

**Responsibilities & Scope**:

- Follow our Code of Conduct and demonstrate consistently our Values.
- Lead a large team in the three countries, including training, professional development, establishing clear directions, setting “stretch” objectives, and overseeing the execution of day-to-day work;
- Work seamlessly with HR support to deliver a full program of HR services, including but not limited to hiring, onboarding, compensation, employee relations, HR transactions, terminations, etc. Maintaining confidentiality of frequently sensitive and emotionally-charged information;
- Make strategic decisions; decisions made may have program-wide impact and may bind the organization financially or legally
- Review and monitor income statement and balance sheet items (including pledges) at month and year end;
- Provide financial support in ad-hoc structures, deals and special projects related to financial or non-financial mechanisms for conservation;
- Ensuring that income, expenses and net asset