Finance & Operations Project Officer

**Starting Date**:ASAP

**Contract type**: Full-time and open-ended

**Salary**: if hired in London - 33,736 GBP, if in Delhi - 1,508,897 INR commensurate with relevant experience and skills

**Location**: London, Delhi

**Application closing date**:21/08/2025

**About the Job**

Better Cotton is seeking a proactive and detail-oriented **Finance & Operations Project Officer** to support the efficient delivery of global finance and operations projects. In this role, you will help coordinate cross-functional projects, improve internal systems, and support staff across our network in using tools and processes that drive organisational effectiveness.

Are you purpose-led and ready to embark on a journey to shape the future of sustainable cotton? Join us at Better Cotton as **Finance & Operations Project Officer** and help deliver financial and operational improvements that support nearly 3 million farmers around the world in adopting more sustainable farming practices and improving their livelihoods.

**The Challenge**

Looking ahead to 2030, we are targeting reducing GHG emissions from cotton production by half, big cuts in synthetic pesticide use, improve soil health across our network, improve farm income and support women’s empowerment among farmers and farm workers.

In this role, you will help ensure that our internal finance and operations systems are ready to meet the challenge; enabling efficiency, accuracy, and transparency across global teams and partnerships.

**Areas that play to your strengths**

We are seeking a motivated **Finance & Operations Project Officer** to join our **Finance and Services** function. In this role, you will be responsible for:

- Coordinating Finance & Operations projects, including project timelines and stakeholder alignment
- Supporting ERP system implementation across country offices, especially finance processes
- Developing tools, templates, and training materials to build staff capacity
- Improving financial reporting through dashboards and data accuracy checks
- Assisting with budget monitoring, forecasting, and financial reporting
- Facilitating change management during ERP and IT system rollouts

**We are looking for someone who has**

The following skills, knowledge, and experience:
**Essential**:

- A postgraduate degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related discipline
- At least 3 years of professional experience in finance, budgeting, forecasting, or process documentation
- Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel and other MS Office tools
- A structured and proactive approach to managing projects and tasks
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with a collaborative mindset

**Desirable**:

- Experience working with ERP systems such as Salesforce or Certinia (FinancialForce)
- Familiarity with process improvement methodologies or frameworks
- Experience delivering internal training or producing user-friendly documentation
- Knowledge of financial reporting tools and dashboard design
- Basic proficiency in French

**What we offer**
- Competitive salary
- Hybrid working - Two to three days/week in the offices central London, or Delhi
- The opportunity to work from anywhere in the world for up to one month per year
- Flexible working, with core hours from 10 am to 4 pm local time
- Continuous learning and development
- Pension scheme
- 25 days paid annual leave, plus 8-9 Bank Holidays and a further 3 days off over Christmas
- Enhanced parental benefits
- A warm, positive working environment where everyone is valued
- The opportunity to make your mark and make a difference.

**Working arrangements**

The position is full-time (40 hours per week) and will be based either in London or Delhi. Better Cotton offers flexible working, with core hours being 10 am - 4 pm.

Send us your CV (2 pages maximum) and a brief cover letter (1-page maximum) by or before **21.08.2025** via this link.

In your cover letter, please include an explanation of why your experience is specifically relevant to this role at Better Cotton. We want to see your personal style - what makes you tick and why you think your next opportunity is here with us.

**Our hiring process**

**Initial Screening**:
**Interviews**:
**Assessment and Testing**:
**Reference Checks**:
**Offer stage**:
**About Better Cotton**

Better Cotton is a global not-for-profit organisation supporting the production of more equitable and sustainable cotton at farm level. We exist to catalyse the cotton farming community with partners, governments and others to continuously drive positive impact by setting standards and facilitating the supply and demand of more sustainable cotton from farm to brand. In just 15 years we have aligned more than a fifth of the world’s cotton with our standard and helped farmers and farming communities thrive. Join us in building a better, more sustainable future for cotton worldwide.

**About our Values**

The post holder will be expected to operate in line with our workplace values which