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Finance Manager
Closing: Mar 18, 2023
This position has expiredPublished: Mar 9, 2023 (16 days ago)
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Job Summary
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Education Skills and Experience
- Must have Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting
- 4years+ of progressive financial management experience, including supervisory experience required.
- Strong accounting skills and experience, including management of the general ledger, journal entries, payroll, payables and balance sheet.
- Demonstrated experience and skill with budget preparation and analysis, financial reporting preparation and presentation and the proven ability to translate technical financial data into informative reports.
- Strong analytical, decision making and strategic planning skills with the ability articulate complex information in an easy-to-understand manner.
- Knowledge of local law in taxation and local regulatory reporting procedures.
- Proficient in MS Office packages (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Visio), Web Conferencing Applications.
- Ability to prioritise, plan ahead, and manage a complex and diverse workload with tight deadlines.
Computer Skills:
- Must have Experience using accounting QuickBooks.
- Proficient in MS Office packages (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Visio).
Language Proficiency:
- English in reading, writing and speaking.
Key Working Relationships:
- Internal:Program Managers Care and NHF, Senior Finance Officer, Program Coordinator and the Executive Director.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their updated Highest Accounting Certificate, Resume / CV in a single PDF via the provided email address and copy: [email protected] using "Finance Manager AFRYDEV" as the subject of the email.
Note
- Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply
- AFRYDEV recruitment and selection procedures do not involve any form of payment to the organization, staff and or any assigned third party, request of such kinds should be immediately reported.
- Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Responsibilities
Education Skills and Experience
- Must have Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting
- 4years+ of progressive financial management experience, including supervisory experience required.
- Strong accounting skills and experience, including management of the general ledger, journal entries, payroll, payables and balance sheet.
- Demonstrated experience and skill with budget preparation and analysis, financial reporting preparation and presentation and the proven ability to translate technical financial data into informative reports.
- Strong analytical, decision making and strategic planning skills with the ability articulate complex information in an easy-to-understand manner.
- Knowledge of local law in taxation and local regulatory reporting procedures.
- Proficient in MS Office packages (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Visio), Web Conferencing Applications.
- Ability to prioritise, plan ahead, and manage a complex and diverse workload with tight deadlines.
Computer Skills:
- Must have Experience using accounting QuickBooks.
- Proficient in MS Office packages (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Visio).
Language Proficiency:
- English in reading, writing and speaking.
Key Working Relationships:
- Internal:Program Managers Care and NHF, Senior Finance Officer, Program Coordinator and the Executive Director.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their updated Highest Accounting Certificate, Resume / CV in a single PDF via the provided email address and copy: [email protected] using "Finance Manager AFRYDEV" as the subject of the email.
Note
- Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply
- AFRYDEV recruitment and selection procedures do not involve any form of payment to the organization, staff and or any assigned third party, request of such kinds should be immediately reported.
- Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Financial Management:
- Oversee and ensure daily financial management and accounting obligations are performed in accordance with clients’ policies and guidelines.
- Ensure that all accounting data is updated, reconciled and fully supported with backup docs.
- Ensure timely processing of staff payroll, allowances and other reimbursements.
- Monitor program and operational forecasting, establish and maintain cash controls to ensure supply of adequate funds.
- Conduct budget preparation, monitor, review and revise as required by the program coordinator.
- Prepare budgets against actual analysis and report the variances to the Executive Director.
- Provide financial status of project expenses and budget information, as and when required by the Executive Director.
- Proactive, resourceful, solutions oriented and results-oriented.
- Conduct internal audits on a monthly basis for all projects to ensure accurate documentation in accordance with client requirements.
- Lead in managing project audit process with External Auditors ensuring smooth audit and provide all documents required by Auditors as and when needed.
Staff Management:
- Provide coaching to finance staff, supporting strategically tailored individual’s developments plans and contribute to performance management of AFRYDEV staff.
- Ensure staff capacity by providing plans for them to be self-motivated and take responsibility for their contribution to the finance unit.
- Ensure that all staff understand and are empowered to perform their role.
- Conduct staff appraisals and provide performance feedback to the finance unit.
- Manage team; define expectations, provide leadership and technical support as needed, and evaluate direct reports regularly.
- Recruitment, training, and professional development of team as part of the wider staff development strategy.
Financial Reporting:
- Manage the finance unit to meet the financial reporting requirements, ensuring that all financial reports are submitted on time.
- Generate segregated finance records at the Senior Management Team such as expenses for specific locations or projects.
- Ensure grant end reporting requirements are all met, commitments accrued, pending payments liquidates, and grant closeout process concluded in a timely manner.
- Ensure accurate and smooth month and year-end closing and reporting within agreed schedules.
Internal Controls and Compliance:
- Maintain proper internal controls by monitoring the finance staff, supervising them, and segregating their responsibilities.
- Alert non-compliance financials issues to the attention of Executive Director.
- Ensure audit-ready documentation should be ensured and regularly tested.
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