The document provides information about a Chief Financial Officer position at Compassion International, a global Christian nonprofit organization. It includes a summary of the position responsibilities, which involve leading the finance and treasury divisions, providing strategic financial leadership and oversight, and ensuring effective financial governance. It also lists specific responsibilities such as financial planning and reporting, budgeting, expense management, and managing the finance team. The role requires maintaining Christian values and advocating for children in poverty.
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C H I E F F I N A N C I A L O F F I C E R & S V P
Position Summary
The Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer leads the Global Finance
and Treasury divisions of Compassion International, a global organization with $1
billion in annual revenue and approximately 3,000 employees. The CFO leads a
team that is the most influential source of financial insight in the ministry, putting
controls in place to improve the strategies and decisions of the stakeholders it
serves. In addition to providing strategic leadership to his or her department, the
CFO also helps provide enterprise leadership for Compassion on a global basis,
as a member of the Global Executive Team (GET). This executive collaborates with
other senior leaders and sets functional strategy in line with Compassion’s multi-
year strategic plan. This role will work with other members of the GET, Finance
leaders across our Global Partners, and Compassion’s Board of Directors.
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Key Responsibilities
Maintains a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Is a consistent witness for Jesus Christ, maintains a
courteous, Christ-like attitude in dealing with people within and outside of Compassion, and faithfully
upholds Compassion’s ministry in prayer. Affirms an evangelical statement of faith including statements
made in WEA’s Evangelical Statement of Faith.
Acts as an advocate for children – raising the awareness of the needs, neglect, nurture, and potential of
children in poverty and challenging and enabling those within one’s influence to greater involvement and
effectiveness on behalf of children.
Provides leadership, planning and consultation to subordinates, executives, and peer management to
effectively allocate resources to ensure achievement of operational priorities and initiatives, integrating
priorities in line with Compassion’s multi-year strategic plan to ensure that function's purpose is fulfilled.
Responsible for strategic planning efforts in Finance, and in support of other divisions. This includes
developing long term financial strategies, capital management, budget and forecasting, and tax planning.
Responsible for providing solutions to improve operational efficiency across the organization. Ensure
Compassion’s resources are fully maximized in all that we do. In order to achieve this, this person is
responsible for providing actionable management reporting, cost optimization activities, expense
management, cost projections/analysis, and cash/banking/foreign currency management.
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Key Responsibilities
Responsible for leveraging the most relevant technology solutions in collaboration with Compassion’s IT
function to improve operational effectiveness, efficiency, and service to the stakeholders it serves.
Responsible for managing financial governance and controls, including external financial reporting,
ensuring financial reporting compliance (across multiple countries and jurisdictions), auditing results,
regulatory reporting, and tax compliance.
Lead a team that provides timely and accurate analysis of budgets, financial reports, and financial trends in
order to assist the CEO/President, the Board and other senior executives in performing their
responsibilities.
Plan, develop, organize, implement, direct, and evaluate the organization's fiscal performance. Optimize
global cash flow and continuously improve forecasting sophistication.
Assess organizational performance against both the annual budget and long-term strategy. Develop tools
and systems to provide critical financial and operational information and make actionable
recommendations on both Compassion’s strategy and operational performance.
Oversee long-term budgetary planning and cost management in alignment with Compassion’s multi-year
strategic plan. Provide oversight for the treasury function and major investments and contracts, and
represent Compassion with State, Federal, and non-US governmental agencies.
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Key Responsibilities
Ensure that effective internal controls are in place and compliance with GAAP and applicable country,
federal, state, and local regulatory laws and rules for financial and tax reporting. Establish strategy and
policy, ensuring that Compassion adheres to sound financial principles in its global activities,
recordkeeping, and reporting. Work effectively with internal and external auditors.
Direct, through subordinate leadership, accounting, and related staff responsible to serve internal
customers, answering financial reporting questions, explaining accounting principles, advising on proper
recording of transactions, and informing others of financial policies and procedures. This includes
partnering in problem-solving for both procedural and technical issues.
Select, manage, and develop assigned staff, establishing goals and objectives, coaching, and managing
performance. Support continuous learning and development that enhances individual performance and
organizational capability.
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GLOBAL
EXECUTIVE
TEAM
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P R E S I D E N T & C H I E F E X E C U T I V E O F F I C E R
President and Chief Executive Officer Santiago “Jimmy” Mellado has a deep love and passion
for the beauty and potential of local churches fulfilling their Jesus-given mandate to redeem and
restore this world for His name’s sake. Born in El Salvador and raised in seven different
countries, Jimmy has experienced firsthand the powerful impact thriving local churches can
have on their communities, especially in under-resourced environments. Compassion’s church-
based approach to delivering a holistic child development program resonates with Jimmy at a
deep level.
Prior to joining Compassion in June of 2013, Jimmy was president of the Willow Creek
Association (WCA) – a global ministry completely dedicated to helping local churches thrive.
During his 20-year tenure leading the WCA, worldwide ministry income grew from $2 million to
more than $20 million and membership grew from 860 churches to over 7,000 churches.
Jimmy was key in launching and hosting The Global Leadership Summit. The Summit is an
annual not-for-profit event created to address the dire need for excellent leadership training in
local churches and other people-centered organizations around the world. One of its highest
values has been an insatiable desire to learn from many of the world’s top leaders and most
gifted communicators. The Summit shares leadership insights from a variety of voices and
disciplines – from corporate CEOs, heads of state, leaders in academia, leaders within the
church, and leaders from the not-for-profit sector. By the time Jimmy completed his last Summit
in 2013, the event spanned 100 countries and reached an audience of 170,000 attendees with
this valuable training.
Jimmy’s educational background includes graduating cum laude with a Mechanical Engineering
degree from Southern Methodist University (SMU) in Dallas, Texas and a Master of Business
Administration from the Harvard Business School.
He is also an accomplished athlete. In college, Jimmy was a member of the 1983 NCAA
Division I Indoor & Outdoor National Championship team at SMU where he competed in the
decathlon and held the school record. After college, Jimmy went on to place 4th at the 1987 Pan
American Games and 26th in the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games, competing for the country of his
birth, El Salvador. He has continued to stay engaged with the sport he loves by serving as a
volunteer track and field coach.
Jimmy is married to Leanne and they have two daughters and a son.
Santiago “Jimmy” Mellado
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V I C E P R E S I D E N T O F F I N A N C E & C O N T R O L L E R
Amanda joined Compassion in 2017 and is serving as the Vice
President of Finance/Controller. In this role, Amanda brings her
years of high-impact experience to the leadership of
Compassion's global Finance and Accounting team.
Amanda's journey to Compassion began in Austin, Texas, where
she worked for more than 17 years in accounting and finance with
Whole Foods Market, Inc and Ernst & Young, LLC.
Amanda is a Certified Public Accountant and holds a Bachelor of
Business Administration in Finance from Baylor University and a
Master of Accountancy from the University of Virginia. Her diverse
experience has included auditing, SEC and statutory reporting,
mergers & acquisitions, process reengineering, treasury and
financial analysis.
During her tenure within the business sector, Amanda's heart was
increasingly drawn towards applying her gifts for the good of a
ministry. The opportunity to humbly serve Compassion and
children in extreme poverty is a dream come true for Amanda.
She enjoys living life in every breath and values time spent with
friend and family, global travel, visiting Compassion's field offices,
exotic cuisine and new adventures.
Amanda Whitmire
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Pamela Parisian
Senior Vice
President & Chief
Information
Officer
Sidney Muisyo
Senior Vice
President of
Global Program
Ken Calwell
Senior Vice
President & Chief
Marketing Officer
Tom Beck
Senior Vice
President of
Human
Resources
Robert Hawkins
General Counsel
& Senior Vice
President of the
General Counsel
Office
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Highlights from our Global Executive
Team
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C O M P A S S I O N I N T E R N A T I O N A L
WHO WE ARE
WHAT WE DO
HOW WE DO IT
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O F F I C E O F T H E C F O
2020 Accountability Report
August 2021
In the pages that follow, you’ll read more about the heart that
motivates our work and the mechanisms that enable it, as well
as some risks we face and the mitigations we’ve enacted.
We’re also extremely thankful to share our fiscal year results
that, especially in this year of unimaginable global disruption,
are indeed unprecedented.
-Jimmy Mellado, President & CEO, Compassion International
Click here to view the complete 2020 Accountability Report
for Compassion International, Inc. & Affiliates
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We are a child-advocacy ministry pairing
compassionate people with children living in extreme
poverty to release the children from spiritual, economic,
social, and physical poverty.
It’s a mission that drives us because the need is
desperate. Ten percent of the world lives on $1.90 a
day or less. Our hearts break for the millions of children
who suffer from lack of resources, but we rejoice
because there is hope.
We at Compassion know that the transformative power
of Christ’s love is not bound by nationality or economic
status. Unified by this conviction, our increasingly
diverse staff uses our talents and experience to serve
more than two million children in 25 countries.
Who We Are
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W E A R E L E D , A N D S E R V E , F R O M A D E E P S E N S E O F C A L L I N G
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For more than 65 years we have worked to develop children
into all God intends them to be. We are advocates for children,
working to release them from the shackles of poverty. Through
a holistic approach to child development, we carefully blend
physical, social, economic and spiritual care together…in
Jesus' name. It is an approach that has been scientifically
proven to be effective.
On average, a child we minister to spends 4,000 hours in
safe, nurturing programs, is at least 50 percent more
likely to graduate college and is 35 percent more likely to
find white-collar employment as an adult.
Our response to a world in need filled with millions of children
living in poverty is simple: Love like Jesus did. Serve in Jesus'
name.
Children are particularly vulnerable to the physical threats of
poverty as well as its emotional and spiritual messages of
worthlessness. By working in Jesus' name we speak
messages of love and hope.
What We Do
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S E R V I N G I N J E S U S ’ N A M E
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We do all of our work through partnerships with thousands of
local churches in 25 countries around the world.
Local churches are catalysts for community change,
optimizing the mutual respect, resources and common
purpose critical in caring for children in poverty.
We work in partnership with local churches because we desire
to equip the Church to fulfill its role as salt and light to the
world.
A local church is best suited to address the needs of the
children in its community because the church is already
located in and involved in the community. Only the local
church can effectively deliver the Jesus-based teaching and
whole-life care that children in poverty deserve.
It is our honor to walk alongside local churches as they share
the love of Jesus in their neighborhoods. We trust the
Church's ability to create an environment of unparalleled
stability where children experience God's love and acceptance
in tangible ways.
How We Do It
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W E A R E C H R I S T - C E N T E R E D , C H U R C H - B A S E D A N D C H I L D -
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WHERE WE
WORK
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Argentina Australia Bangladesh Bolivia Brazil Burkina Faso Cambodia Canada Chile Colombia
Denmark Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Ethiopia France Germany Ghana Guatamala Haiti
Honduras Hong Kong India Indonesia Ireland Italy Kenya Malaysia Mexico Myanmar
Netherlands New Zealand Nicaragua Norway Peru Philippines Rwanda Sierra Leone South Korea Spain
Sri Lanka Sweden Switzerland Tanzania Thailand Togo Uganda United Kingdom United States
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To apply to this position, please contact
SAM ASKEW
Director of Global Talent Acquisition
Compassion International
saskew@us.ci.org