Finance Manager

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

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Grants Management and Compliance
• Ensure timely donor agreement/contract development and review, with donors, ensuring adherence to both internal SFCG and donor requirements.
• Ensure that all financial reports are prepared according to donor requirements and templates, and submitted on time. 
• Ensure partner reports are liquidated on a timely basis.
Internal Control Assessment
• Ensure financial records are maintained as per donor and SFCG internal requirements.
• Ensure timely closure of finance audit recommendations, and participate in preparation, implementation, and monitoring of corrective action plans.
• Act as an Internal auditor for field finance reports, including controlling financial & accounting activities of field offices in order to ensure that activities run effectively.
• Support Senior Management in achieving strategic milestones, monitoring organizational accountability, and priorities set by the organization’s annual plan and strategic priorities.
• Develop a related action plan with program and finance staff to address any capacity/system gaps.
• Work with the Regional Controller to ensure that there is proper segregation of duties in all financial functions.
• Develop a financial management policy.
Financial Management and Analysis
• Prepare donor financial reports.
• Consolidate and update a quarterly operational budget.
• Track invoice payments.
• Oversee the maintenance of bank accounts.
• Oversee the submission of Monthly Field Financial Reports to SFCG-HQ.
• Share the budget analysis with the Program Director and the Regional Team on a monthly basis.
• Review budgets with actual reports to ensure adherence to restrictions on line item flexibility and stated restrictions on accepted costs. Support follow-up actions to resolve any identified problem.
• Leads budgeting processes for the country program for proposals.
• Supports country program staff with budget forecasting.
• Ensure cash SOP is maintained.
Capacity Building
• Build capacity of SFCG staff in financial management through training and accompaniment.
• Actively participate in program meetings as appropriate to effectively plan and collectively coordinate financial and programmatic activities in conjunction with partner capacity-building initiatives.
• Seek out tools and processes that make Search more efficient and effective with its resources (including staff time)
Donor liaison, Partnerships, and Representation:
• Establish, maintain and strengthen relations with donors
• Represent Search in Donor meetings as well as in interactions with government officials both at the national and local level
• Contribute to the selection of local partner organizations as well as service providers to implement project activities
• Provide strategic guidance to staff for effective financial management
• Be updated about all donor requirements, compliances, policies, and procedures and ensure its uniform understanding across the organization. 


Safeguarding:
Remain alert and responsive to any child safeguarding risks, acquire relevant knowledge and skills which will enable you to promote strong safeguarding practices, understand the child safeguarding policy and procedures, and conduct yourself in a manner consistent with the Child Safeguarding Policy.

Skills & Competencies

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Minimum Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance
• Professional qualifications such as ACCA would be an advantage
• Minimum 9 years of progressive work experience in accounting including analysis, financial reporting, budgeting, financial software, and reporting systems;  
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
• Good understanding of financial, and general management principles and skilled in financial reporting and budgeting
• Experience and proficiency in financial software and reporting systems
• Demonstrated interpersonal and cross-cultural skills including the ability to build collaborative relationships internally and externally with sensitivity to cultural, ethnic, social, and political issues
• Strong decision-making ability using good judgment and professionalism
• Fluency in English required, both written and oral
• Strong leadership and management skills with a good understanding of motivating and building teams.
• Demonstrated attention to detail and procedures, and able to meet deadlines and work independently and cooperatively with team members
• Computer literacy proficiency