Chief Financial Officer

Please note, this is an Open Doors International role. Please contact vacancy@od.org with any queries

Open Doors International is seeking to appoint a full-time, permanent Chief Financial Officer (CFO). The successful candidate will be an outstanding Christian leader with a track-record of collaborative international working.

The past five years has seen the ministry of Open Doors International grow exponentially in financial terms, global reach and the diversification of our services. The nature of Open Doors International’s role within the network of development and field offices has also evolved rapidly. Its aim is to best serve the growing network as together it delivers its high calling to serve persecuted Christians.

As the Board, CEO and Executive Leadership Team look ahead, we see the mandate to mature significantly as an effective global and growing ministry. We operate in many currencies and across many accounting, compliance and legal jurisdictions, with a desire for high levels of accountability, stewardship, business partnership; while walking by faith in God. We are conscious that we need to continue developing our business model to best steward income and maximise impact during times of organisational growth and rapid evolution in the 65+ Field country contexts and 20+ Development offices where we operate.

The global Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) of Open Doors International has a key leadership role both within the line-managed Open Doors International entity, and more widely across the Global Finance Network of development and field offices. The CFO reports to the CEO and works closely with other executives on all strategic and tactical matters as they relate to Financial Planning & Analysis, Financial Accounting (including transactional management and audit), Risk & Compliance, Treasury & Cash Management, Financial Data & Systems, Field Finance, Development Finance and Transformational Programs.

The CFO ensures Open Doors International is known for its excellent stewardship by delivering world-class and well-coordinated financial functions that contribute to excellent operations, risk management, forward-planning and mature governance.

The current vision of Finance is: A best-in-class contributor to the global Open Doors vision by (1) providing strong business partnership to the Board, the ELT and the Operations in ODI, Development and Field, (2) delivering a global integrated Financial planning – short term to long term – through processes and systems that are efficient, secured and standardized and (3) ensuring readiness and integrity of an end-to-end Financial flow for core ministry.

The CFO of Open Doors International must:

• Exhibit grace, to patiently but persistently mature a complex organisation moving through significant phases of growth in a rapidly evolving external environment.
• Be an experienced CFO with a strong track record of operating in international organisational structures with exposure to developing markets, complex treasury and money transfer functions, and high-risk environments.
• Have experience of leading strategy formation, team supervision and timely delivery in a complex network or matrix style structures.
• Enjoy and have a matured gift of forward-planning, helping the Board, Executive Leadership Team and colleagues benefit from transparent budget plans in a dynamic missional context that will demand agility.
• Employ wise risk assessment in a context of faith, so that Open Doors can, with effectiveness and great sophistication, deliver its ministry in very challenging and at times restrictive environments.
• Bring a servant-hearted leadership gifting, including the ability to lead through influence and build consensus amongst divergent senior stakeholders; inspire trust; and take a highly relational and capacity-building approach with their colleagues.
• Have excellent communication skills – written, verbal and able to deliver insights with data; effective with a range of audiences from local staff to Board level
• Exhibit grace, to patiently but persistently mature a complex organisation moving through significant phases of growth in a rapidly evolving external environment.

Open Doors International will offer a competitive salary for the post. We are open to applications from anyone who is suitable for this role, regardless of their current location, with a willingness to be located within -6 hours/+2 hours Central European Time zone for ease of communication within a dispersed global ministry.

• More information and how to apply can be found in the Job Pack
• If you have any questions please contact vacancy@od.org

Closing date:     Monday, 4 August 2025