Danish Refugee Council Country Finance Manager Jobs in Ethiopia

Danish Refugee Council Country Finance Manager Jobs in Ethiopia; This role has a country focus and ensures the financial health and stability of the organization in the legal entity, foster strong donor relationships and support the organizational localization efforts while ensuring compliance to DRC procedures and guidelines within the country. The role contributes to the development of country strategies, which are translated into action plans and day-to-day tasks. The role provides support and/or technical guidance to country operations while overseeing country Finance activities.

Responsibilities:

People Management:

Lead and manage the finance team (including people planning, performance, well-being, staff development and exit management)

Support the development and implementation of financial management capacity building of staff in the Country

Finance team and provide support to the Area based Finance teams

Work to build the capacity of finance staff members throughout the program through frequent in-service training sessions and mentoring support.

Financial Management and Planning:

The Finance Manager will oversee the finance department for the entire operation, providing training and oversight to country office finance staff as well as advising and ensuring adequate support to area office finance staff.

In close cooperation with Area/Base Managers in geographical area reinforce existing procedures and systems for financial management and control in compliance with guidelines of DRC’s Operations Handbook, internal guidelines, and donor requirements.

Support timely delivery of quality financial reports to donors and internal reports to colleagues and HQ.
Ensure compliance with relevant country statutory and other financial obligations such as tax, levies and statutory returns.

In preparation for local audits, the Finance Manager will support the Country Director and the Senior Management Team of DRC in liaising government officials, and external auditors, related to issues of audit and compliance.

Contribute to the development of proposals with regards to budgeting in cooperation with Managers.

Ensure a Master Budget is in place and UpToDate, in Dynamics and lead a monthly gap analysis meeting with Senior Management Team.

Systems Improvement and Compliance:

Ensure DRC Dynamics is used to its full capacity as per the guidelines set by DRC’s Headquarters and Regional Office.

Ensure proper application of ERP finance processes across the country, providing remote and in-person field support and guidance.

Improve and implement comprehensive internal office controls in line with DRC’s Operations Handbook.

Develop process for approving and monitoring spending to different DRC’s projects through Area Managers.

[Reporting and Analysis;

Review all financial data entries that

go into the Dynamics ERP system.

Review monthly reconciliation of Bank accounts and prepare monthly close out as per the guidelines provided by HQ.

Ensure that all month & year end accounts reconciliation and closure are done on a timely basis.

As Manager the post-holder is responsible for the following:

Accountable for achieving DRC’s strategic goals and objectives within the area of responsibility

Accountable for making significant decisions on what the unit does

Accountable for people management of direct reports.

Accountable for making sound decisions based on DRC policies, MOPs, standards, and the advice of technical experts in DRC
About you

In this position, you are expected to demonstrate DRC’s five core competencies:

Striving for excellence: You focus on reaching results while ensuring an efficient process.

Collaborating: You involve relevant parties and encourage feedback.

Taking the lead: You take ownership and initiative while aiming for innovation.

Communicating: You listen and speak effectively and honestly.

Demonstrating integrity: You act in line with our vision and values.

Experience and technical competencies:

Have at least six (6) years’ experience in financial management of complex, humanitarian programs.

At least 3 years’ experience with people management.

Have highly sensitive to cultural differences and have proven ability to work in a wide variety of cultural contexts.

Competence in providing technical guidance and training

Demonstrate strong financial management skills and an in-depth knowledge of international humanitarian organizations.

Working experience with relevant donor (such as UNHCR, SIDA, EU, ECHO, OCHA, DANIDA, BPRM) financial rules and regulations including financial reporting requirements

Be proficient in using diverse accounting software such as QuickBooks, Navision, and Microsoft Dynamics, etc.

Demonstrate expert proficiency in advance Excel with large/complicated financial data analysis and presentation.

Have excellent written and oral communication skills in English.

Education:

Master’s degree in Finance, Accounting or related field

Professional certification in Accounting.



How to Apply

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