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PURPOSE OF POSITION:
This position description is for the lead Finance role in a Response Office. While this position description represents the core of this role, each office will be required to contextualize to a certain extent, adjust the title and % time spent if this position oversees more than just the finance department, and determine the appropriate grade level for this position, per National Office (NO) structure and Hay grading scale. For Fragile Context offices, you will need to consider the higher risk elements inherent in the location and local context.
Provide overall leadership, oversight, and management support for all aspects of financial management in the Response Office. This position is seen as a strategic partner; member of the Senior Management/Leadership Team of the NO, with a focus on ensuring accountability, stewardship, coordinating planning and budgeting processes, providing accurate financial data, analysis, and advice; as well as developing financial strategy that best serves the NO strategic and programme objectives. Responsible for the finance staff capacity strengthening, the development and implementation of good internal controls, risk management, and utilisation and safe guarding of assets according to WV approved policies and procedures.
MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES:
Leadership, Capacity Development, and Strategic Partnering:
- Provide strong and positive leadership to the finance department ensuring competent and motivated staff are hired and retained, providing efficient delivery of services.
- Coordinate professional and personal development of finance staff through adequate orientation, on-the-job coaching, identification of learning, training needs and opportunities (e.g. in accounting, SunSystems, grant management, risk management, leadership, etc.); and succession planning.
- Model Christ-centered servant leadership and support spiritual development of his/her team.
- Actively participate in the NO Senior Management/ Leadership team meetings.
- Attend and actively participate in strategic regional meetings.
- Facilitate Nationla Director (ND), Operations, Board and other non-finance staff in understanding and interpretation of financial statements.
- Ensure partnership finance policies and procedures are understood by Senior Management, Operations/Technical staff, Communities, Local Partners and Board, as appropriate.
- Develop strong networks internally (other NOs, Support Offices (SOs) and partnership entities) and externally (other NGOs, banking entities, communities, etc.) through effective communication, relationships and twin citizenship.
- Promote shared resource networks within the region, and the partnership.
- Adhere to WVI key policy documents – mission, core values, and covenant of partnership.
Stewardship:
- Ensure adequate cost efficiency and effectiveness measures are in place and are being followed through:
- Providing cost analysis, promoting benchmarks and making recommendations for determining effective resource utilization at all levels.
- Contributing to the development of appropriate policies and procedures for procurement of goods and services, in collaboration with the Supply Chain team.
Financial Planning and Budgeting:
- In collaboration with other NO Directors, advise the ND on strategic resource acquisition and allocation in line with RWG/VIR (Regional Working Group /Virtual Investment Review) recommendations approved by the Regional Leader.
- Coordinate the planning and budgeting process and provide technical support, to ensure global and regional guidelines are met, as well as to chart and execute a strategy in the midst of changing constraints and circumstances.
- Review alignment of budgets between National Office, projects, grants, MyPBAS, and Support Offices and ensure effective and efficient cost recovery practices are followed.
- Control of NO budget, cash flow and project funding, by providing timely and relevant information to budget managers, in collaboration with the Operations Leader.
- Contribute to the development of WV NO strategic direction and priorities.
Fiscal Accounting, Compliance, Monitoring, and Reporting:
- Design and manage systems, policies and procedures that provide appropriate levels of security and control of WV assets, resources and operations.
- Coordinate the submission of timely, accurate and complete relevant reporting to the Partnership and to internal users.
- Define and implement efficient and effective internal control systems.
- Adhere to partnership policies, procedures and guidelines as stipulated in the WVI Financial Manual and other documents, including – but not limited to: grant compliance, planning & budgeting, year-end closing, carryforward, accounting and reporting.
- Coordinate the timely and accurate submission of financial reports in Notes FFR (Field Financial Reporting) database.
- Review the reconciliation of MyPBAS to FFR monthly with action plan for addressing outstanding items.
- Provide regular analysis of Grant financial reports and timely feedback to Grant managers for decision making.
- Ensure NO Finance staff visit Programs/Projects to monitor accountability issues, follow up on implementation of audit findings and provide support as needed.
Financial Risk Management and Controls:
- Manage appropriate financial systems and controls and ensure they are in place to avoid significant finance audit risk ratings, both at the NO and project levels.
- Coordinate management responses to finance audits performed to the NO and projects; ensure they are sent on time to the Audit Department; and that finance related audit recommendations are implemented timely at all levels.
- Coordinate adequate preparation for GC and external audits.
- Manage Financial Risk.
- Implement anti-corruption and fraud strategies.
Talent Management & Capacity Building:
- Contribute to capacity assessment, development and implementation, as part of the overall Talent Management plan, to ensure an integrated WV CAR capacity building plan informed on finance priorities and strategy.
- Identify the development needs of the finance staff including Grant financial management capacity building and enroll staff in relevant training programs and grow diverse leadership.
- With the P&C (HR) Director, co-lead hiring and firing of FO Finance Staff in the office.
- Advise and support in induction of new functional directors, grants managers or project team leads.
- Coach, advise and mentor Finance staff in identifying their strength, gaps and addressing them.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES:
- Master’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business Administration, or a related field.
- Solid knowledge of accounting principles, financial systems, budget/cash flow monitoring and internal accounting controls.
- Highly flexible and agile in style with the ability to produce creative and pragmatic solutions to complex problems.
- Demonstrates systems thinking.
- Champions and Manages Innovation.
- Must be able to lead and manage a team.
- Good working knowledge of computerized accounting systems, preferably Sun Systems & ProVision.
- Must be computer literate in Microsoft Office programs.
- Minimum 10 years of experience in finance position with medium business/medium NGO/government agency.
- Minimum 5 years of experience in finance management position.
- Experience with planning and forecasting.
- HEAT training is mandatory.
- Able to work in a cross-cultural environment with a multi-national staff.
- Ability to travel within country, regional and internationally.
- Proficiency in written and spoken English and French.
- Good oral / written and interpersonal skills.
Preferred Skills, Knowledge and Experience:
- MBA in Finance, MSC in Finance/Accounting/Auditing preferred.
- ACCA, CIMA, CPA or equivalent preferred.
- Knowledge of government grant regulations and financial reporting requirements preferred.
- Knowledge of local accounting system preferred.
- Experience of treasury activities, establishment and monitoring of budgets and an understanding of data processing concepts and systems is preferred.
- Experience with humanitarian aid in-country is a plus.
- Experience working in a challenging environment (either in a fragile context or a relief environment is preferred).
Work Environment/Travel:
The position requires the ability and willingness to travel domestically and internationally up to 20% of the time.
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- Job City Bangui
