Norwegian
Refugee Council
Regional
Head of Finance - Region Horn of Africa
Ref.
nr.: 3169164182
Job
location: Nairobi
The
Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is a non-governmental, humanitarian
organization with 60 years of experience in helping to create a safer and more
dignified life for refugees and internally displaced people.
The Norwegian Refugee Council has approximately 5000 committed and competent employees involved in projects across four continents.
In
addition, NRC runs one of the world’s largest standby rosters -NORCAP, with 650
professionals, ready to be deployed on 72 hours notice when a crisis occurs
NRC’s Horn of Africa operation comprises of large-scale multi-country humanitarian and early recovery interventions spread across eight countries (Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia, Djibouti, and Yemen), and most recently Eritrea, Uganda and South Sudan.
NRC’s
overall strategy in the region is to ensure a greater number of vulnerable
people in hard to reach areas get access to humanitarian assistance, become
resilient to future disasters and find durable solution.
The
regional office is based in Nairobi and works with country programmes to ensure
standardisation of programmatic and operational approaches, promote multi
country programming and ensuring quality and coordination.
The role of the Head of Regional Finance Unit (HRFU) is to deliver strategic analysis and direction to NRC’s management.
It is
also to strengthen regional finance management capability to provide maximum
support to humanitarian assistance delivery.
The
main focus of the position is to further implement financial systems and tools
that safeguard and bolster organisational accountability; ensure consistency in
resource allocation and utilization, in compliance with NRC and donor
regulations and procedures; and enhance the capacity of NRC finance and
programme staff to integrate financial dimension into project planning and
delivery.
Job description
- Financial
compliance monitoring and control
- Strategic
development and planning of NRC HOASSY financial structure in relation to
CO needs and HO requirements
- Technical
development and support to NRC Country Offices
- Capacity
building and training of NRC staff in the HOASSY region
- Management
and coordination of financial support resources to NRC Country Offices
- Active
contribution to the overall work of the Support Functions Team
- Ensure
that adequate financial management routines and systems are in place.
- Ensure
that NRC’s budgeting, accounting practices and standards are adhered to,
timely and in accordance with requirements from NRC, donors, auditors and
authorities.
- Coordinate
the system for the development and monitoring of the regional grants.
- Maintain
overall budget control in the region. Advise the Regional Support Director
spending and deficit analysis.
- Provide
guidance to regional leadership on strategic development of NRC’s
financial structure in the HOASSY region to ensure effective support to
NRC country offices.
- Maintain
regional financial forecasting tool and systems.
- Create
assessment tools and coordination/communication protocols to enhance the
interaction of Finance with other NRC departments, including Programme,
Logistics, HR and Admin.
- Act
as the regional focal point for NRC Global Finance at Head Office in Oslo.
- Manage
the regional grants, including administration, regular follow-up with the
country offices, monitoring of exchange rates and compliance to donor
rules and regulations.
- Review
and develop operational finance tools.
- Review
the findings of finance controller visits along with key audit
documentation to inform and tailor support change plans for country
offices.
- Develop
a tool for mapping country offices’ finance structure (strengths and
weaknesses) and develop change plans that ensure country offices’ finance
units throughout the HOASSY are adequately structured and trained to
comply with financial rules and regulations.
- Manage
the members of the regional finance unit in line with the unit’s ToRs to
ensure that the unit is accountable for results.
- Coordinate
financial support resources to country offices, including through the line
management and deployment of the Roving Finance Manager.
- Liaise
with country offices’ Heads of Support and Finance Managers to ensure
effective and constructive communication between the regional financial
unit and country offices.
- Create
synergies between country offices with regard to financial management.
- Carry
out other duties upon request by line manager.
- Plan
for the annual closure of accounts and responsible for coordinating audits
within the region.
Qualifications
- Relevant
university degree, preferably business administration/financial management
- Experience
of developing financial reporting and management systems and creating
user-friendly financial tools
- Minimum
7 years finance management experience in a large organisation/business,
preferably from the humanitarian sector
- Documented
responsibilities for/successful implementation of staff
development/capacity building/coaching programmes
- Understanding
of financial management issues in complex emergencies and crisis contexts
- Solid
experience of work with Windows based computer software and modern
accounting-systems
- Ability
to plan for different sets of scenarios in relation to budgets and plans
Education
field
- Finance
/ Economics
Education
level
- College
/ University, Bachelor's degree
Personal
qualities
- Proven
communication skills and inter-personal skills
- Ability
to communicate complex technical issues clearly and simply
- Fluency
in English, both written and verbal, is essential; fluency in Kiswahili is
an asset
- Knowledge
of the HOASSY region is an asset
Language: English
We offer
Duty station: Nairobi
We offer
Duty station: Nairobi
Contract
period is for 12 months with possibility of extension.
Salary/benefits: According to NRC’s general directions.
The candidate will observe NRC’s code of conduct and working hours for the NRC
Office in Nairobi
Search criteria:
Search criteria:
- Location:
Kenya
- Industry:
Emergency Relief
- Special
field: Finance
- Role:
Senior executive
Visit www.nrc.no to apply online
Deadline for application: 23/08/2016
