Emergency Response Roster - Accounting Manager

Key Responsibilities

• Financial Management, Oversight and Internal Controls:
  • Cash Management, Accounting and Reporting
  • Oversee the comprehensive functionality and operations of Cash Management, Accounting, and Reporting for the Response, ensuring compliance with governmental regulatory requirements.
  • Accurate and timely submission of monthly financial reports to the Field Financial Reporting database.
  • Ensure accurate and timely submission of monthly financial reports to the Field Financial Reporting database.
  • Oversee the analysis of balance sheet accounts and reconciliation processes.
  • Foster a customer-oriented approach in all interactions, ensuring timely and efficient responses to queries and concerns.
  • Liaise with the Grants finance team, ensuring alignment in all accounting processes.
• Internal Controls:
  • Monitor internal control systems to safeguard financial assets of the organization and ensure accurate financial statements.
  • Periodically review and assess the effectiveness of internal controls, recommending improvements and modifications where necessary.
  • Collaborate with internal and external auditors to ensure effective audits and address any identified deficiencies.
• Team Leadership, Development, and Interdepartmental Collaboration:
  • Provide strategic directions to the finance officers, leading day-to-day operations of the Accounting Team.
  • Cultivate professional growth within the team, emphasizing performance reviews, skill development, mentoring, and succession planning.
  • Champion interdepartmental collaboration, ensuring the Accounting Team works cohesively with other departments to achieve organizational objectives.
• Local Partnering:
  • Oversee the process of fund transfers to local partners, ensuring adherence to organizational and donor-specific guidelines.
  • Implement robust financial controls for funds transferred to local partners, conduct regular financial audits and reviews and oversee all donor audits performed on local partners’ books.
  • Work with local partners on capacity-building initiatives, focusing on financial management, record maintenance, and reporting.
  • Foster consistent communication with local partners on financial expectations and reporting requirements.
  • Address financial discrepancies with local partners, guiding them towards compliance.
  • Cookordination inter-departmentally to ensure partnering processes align with broader organizational and donor requirements.
• Risk Management:
  • Lead(finance) in institutional/global/government audit preparation to provide required information, ensure follow up actions and implementation of audit recommendations related to finance, addressing common audit findings and disallowed costs.
  • Assist Finance director in managing financial risk and implement anti-corruption strategies.

Knowledge, Skill And Experience Required

• Education, training, license, registration, and/or Certification: Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance or Business Administration, or a related field.
• Professional Experience: Minimum 5 years’ experience in finance position with medium business/medium NGO/government agency, Minimum 5 years’ experience in finance and accounting management position, Experience in major donor regulations (US, UK, Canada Governments, ADH, BHA, UN agencies) is a must, Practical knowledge of financial systems, internal financial controls & procedures and staff management skills.
• Preferred Experience, Knowledge And/or Other Qualifications: Advanced Degrees: MBA, MSc in Finance/Accounting/Auditing, Certifications : ACCA, CIMA, CPA, or équivalent, NGO/Humanitarian Experience: Prior experience in emergency response or crisis settings, System Proficiency: Knowledge of financial management software and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems.