Senior Finance Transformation & Systems Consultant at Avaaz — Remote

Position overview Remote | 6 months contract, with possibility to extend | Full-time Avaaz is seeking an experienced, mission-driven Senior Finance Transformation & Systems Consultant to support a major period of finance systems, process and operating model change. This is a fixed-term internal transformation role within the Finance team. The consultant will work alongside Finance leadership to help design, coordinate and deliver connected workstreams, including: Avaaz UK’s functional currency transition from USD to EUR finance operations improvements across payments, cards, expenses and AP workflows assessment and possible implementation of a spend/AP/card platform preparation for a future ERP transition alignment of finance systems and reporting with Avaaz’s evolving multi-entity, multi-currency operating model This person is not expected to replace specialist implementation partners. Avaaz may separately engage product-specific or technical partners, such as ERP implementation partners, spend/AP platform vendors, QuickBooks specialists, tax advisers or accounting advisers. The purpose of this role is to sit on Avaaz’s side of the table: helping Finance define requirements, manage decisions, coordinate vendors, translate between operational needs and system design, and ensure implementation work is coherent, practical and sustainable. The ideal candidate will be senior enough to reduce pressure on Finance leadership, not add to it. They should be able to quickly understand a complex global finance environment, identify what matters, structure decisions, manage interdependencies, and drive work forward with limited hand-holding. The role will report to the Finance Director and work closely with Finance team leadership, Operations leadership, external advisers and implementation partners. Background to this role Avaaz has completed substantial discovery work on its Finance systems needs and has identified the need to move away from highly manual, fragmented finance processes toward a more scalable operating model. The organisation now works across multiple entities, currencies, jurisdictions, payment routes and reporting needs. Avaaz is also managing a functional currency transition, resource-sharing between entities, evolving grant payment flows, audit/accounting requirements and growing demand for better internal reporting. This role exists to help Avaaz move through this transition in a structured, practical and sustainable way, while preparing the organisation for its longer-term finance systems architecture.