As an international cooperation enterprise for
sustainable development with worldwide operations, the federally owned Deutsche
Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH supports the German
Government in achieving its development-policy objectives.

GIZ is a federally
owned enterprise operating worldwide, assisting the German Government in
achieving its policy objectives in the field of international cooperation. It
offers demand-driven, tailor-made and effective services for sustainable
development worldwide. In Tanzania and across the region GIZ supports the
Government of the United Republic of Tanzania and the EAC in attaining their
development goals. GIZ is seeking to recruit national personnel to support the
finance team of its Service Unit in Tanzania.

The Finance Manager
position is envisaged to be given the perspective of a longer lasting contract
with GIZ.

Responsibilities and Tasks

Finance Management

·
Advising project managers
and their technical teams in financial and administrative issues, incl.
management of contracts and financing, compliance, value-for-money as well as
financial planning and monitoring

·
Support existing projects
with their budget planning and cost/expenditure monitoring with SAP (S/4HANA)
and MS-Excel and initiate correction of wrong-bookings

·
Prepare budgets and project
calculations for upcoming projects and during change offers for existing
projects.

·
Prepare annual financial
reports for funders in line with funder requirements using SAP and MS-Excel and
handle requests from finance representatives of co-financing donors to allow
smooth cooperation

·
Support internal and
external controls/audits, contract monitoring, contract/receivable clearing,
closing projects from a finance perspective, and making sure all relevant
project documents are filed

·
Quality assessment of
administrative functions and regular exchange with HoSu and other Finance
Managers of the Service Unit to improve quality and to harmonize/standardize
processes

·
Providing financial
information to the Head of Service Unit (HoSu) related to requests or on a
pre-scheduled basis on time

·
Close exchange with other
finance managers in Tanzania and in other countries of East Africa

Financial contracts

·
Monitoring the fund flow
related to financing arrangements, monitoring that accountability of financing
arrangements is received on time, making sure that audits are initiated and
carried out in time

·
Coordinate with GIZ Head
Office on to solve issues related to international contracts and financing
& grant agreements, if necessary

Other contracts

·
Contract monitoring (i.e.
monitoring of expenditures) for service contracts and making sure contracts are
extended on time, if needed

Qualifications and Professional
Experience

· University
degree in business administration or comparable qualification

· Excellent
knowledge of Microsoft, especially MS-Excel

· Experience
with an ERP system; SAP S/4HANA is a plus

· 3-5
years of job experience from an audit company, or bank, or from working in the
controlling unit of an international company

· Strong
attention to details and organizational skills

· Good
communication and interpersonal skills

· Fluent
in Swahili and English; knowledge of German is a plus.

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