The Foundation For Tomorrow Finance And Administration Coordinator Jobs in Tanzania
The Foundation For Tomorrow Finance And Administration Coordinator Jobs in Tanzania
Job Summary The Finance and Administration Coordinator is responsible for the organization and coordination of TFFT’s office operations, procedures, and resources to facilitate organizational effectiveness and efficiency.
The ideal candidate will ensure TFFT’s financial and administrative policies, systems, processes, and procedures are implemented and developed including handling a wide range of administrative tasks.
The Finance and Administration Manager will report to the Country Director. The position is based in Arusha.
Duties and Responsibilities
• Ensure that the country office adheres to TFFT’s policies, donor, and auditor requirements.
• Implement TFFT’s financial systems, routines, and procedures.
• Management of financial and administration team
• Training of managers and staff with financial responsibilities
• Provide regular analysis and reports and asset inventory
• Lead on the financial monthly closing of accounting books
• Close monitoring of all levels of expenditure and allocation of expenses to existing projects, providing monthly budget versus actual reports to the Country Director and program staff
• Ensure effective cash flows, preparing forecast of expenditures, and submitting monthly cash requests to Head Office
• Support on the elaboration of budgets for new proposals, ensuring budgeting tools are correctly used, and ensuring support costs are properly budgeted.
• Provide financial verification of purchase and payment requests up to his/her authorization limit including filing and monthly scanning and upload onto our secure organization drive of financial documents
• Review and update Standard Operating
Procedures in Finance if relevant changes in Operations happen
• Lead on preparation and assistance on internal and or external audits and other financial documentation revision from any external body
• General office maintenance: planning logistics, performing upkeep and leasehold improvements, liaising with building management, manage office orders, maintaining office filing system, and performing upkeep and scheduling regular servicing of office equipment.
Essential Skills & Experience
• Strong experience (minimum of 5 years) working in a senior finance role in the non-governmental/governmental or business sector
• Degree in Accounting, Business, and Administration or finance-related fields
• Accounting data and administrative management practices and procedures
• The capacity of relationship with different actors (donors, finance and program staff, partners, beneficiaries)
• Excellent interpersonal and team-building skills including delegate responsibilities
• Exceptional time management skills and ability to multi-task and prioritize work
• Problem-solving attitude
• Ability to build/elaborate new budgets, annual financial plans, costs-sharing, etc.
• Proficiency in English and Swahili as working languages
• Must be detail-oriented
How to Apply
The Contract duration is a performance-based 2 years, starting as soon as possible. The compensation system is based on TFFT’s compensation system and commensurate with experience and appropriate for a non-governmental organization of TFFT’s size.
Please apply via the email address provided no later than 08th January, 2021. Applicants will be shortlisted and contacted for interviews on a progressive basis.
Email resume and cover letter to:
jobs@thefoundationfortomorrow.org with the subject line: FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION COORDINATOR.
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