Save the Children Eastern and
Southern Africa Regional Office is looking to recruit for the following
positions:
Job Title: Roving Finance Manager
Job Title: Roving Finance Manager
Team / Programme: Regional
Finance Team
Location: East and Southern
Africa Regional Office – Nairobi or other SCI East and Southern Africa country
office
Grade: 2
Child Safeguarding: Level 2 - either the role holder will
have access to personal data about children and/or young people as part of
their work; or they will be working in a ‘regulated’ position (accountant,
barrister, solicitor, legal executive); therefore, a police check will be
required (at ‘standard’ level in the UK or equivalent in other countries).
About us: For over 90 years, Save
the Children has been making a difference in children's lives in more than 120
countries. We are the world's largest independent child rights organization,
underpinned by a vision in a world in which every child attains the right to
survival, protection, development and participation.
Our mission to inspire
breakthroughs in the way the world treats children, and to achieve immediate
and lasting change in their lives.
Save the Children is an organization for talented people with different backgrounds and perspectives. We are proud that our people are representative of the children we work with and we thrive on our diversity.
Save the Children is an organization for talented people with different backgrounds and perspectives. We are proud that our people are representative of the children we work with and we thrive on our diversity.
We are an equal opportunity
organization dedicated to our core values of Accountability, Ambition,
Collaboration, Creativity and Integrity.
Our culture is embedded in
these values, along with a strong commitment to our Child Safeguarding
Protocol, ensuring that all representatives of Save the Children demonstrate
the highest standards of behaviour towards children both in their private and
professional lives.
Role Purpose: As a member of the regional finance team, the Roving Finance Manager will assume country office or regional finance roles for temporary periods to cover resourcing gaps and to deliver on discrete projects and initiatives so that adequate financial management is sustained and improved.
Role Purpose: As a member of the regional finance team, the Roving Finance Manager will assume country office or regional finance roles for temporary periods to cover resourcing gaps and to deliver on discrete projects and initiatives so that adequate financial management is sustained and improved.
This will include the line
management of any appropriate finance and awards staff within the remit of the
posting, identifying any capacity gaps and proposing appropriate solutions and
capacity building of country office teams.
The role holder will also act as a champion for Save the Children International (SCI) financial policies, standards and procedures, coaching and mentoring staff and colleagues to ensure a thorough and complete understanding is maintained.
In the event of a major humanitarian emergency, the role holder will be expected to work outside the normal job description and be able to vary working hours accordingly.
Scope of Role:
The role holder will also act as a champion for Save the Children International (SCI) financial policies, standards and procedures, coaching and mentoring staff and colleagues to ensure a thorough and complete understanding is maintained.
In the event of a major humanitarian emergency, the role holder will be expected to work outside the normal job description and be able to vary working hours accordingly.
Scope of Role:
Reports to: Head of Financial
Control and Compliance
Dimensions: Save the Children works in 12 countries in East and Southern Africa (Kenya, Somalia, Uganda, Rwanda, Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Tanzania and Mozambique) with projected 2016 expenditure in excess of $400 million.
Staff directly reporting to this post: Dependent on the nature of each assignment
Key Areas of Accountability:
Dimensions: Save the Children works in 12 countries in East and Southern Africa (Kenya, Somalia, Uganda, Rwanda, Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Tanzania and Mozambique) with projected 2016 expenditure in excess of $400 million.
Staff directly reporting to this post: Dependent on the nature of each assignment
Key Areas of Accountability:
- Perform quality
reviews, reconciliation of balance sheet/control accounts and analysis of
periodic financial returns as well as the relevant finance KPIs on a
monthly and quarterly basis.
- Provide
technical support, trouble-shooting and refresher training to country
offices finance staff to improve issues on the balance sheet, income and
expenditures accounts in a timely manner.
- Support in year-end
audit coordination and responding to audit issues.
- Ensure finance
diary that covers all the required activities on a monthly financial
control and compliance reviews are strictly adhered to.
- Support the
regional office finance team on annual budgeting and periodic forecasting
processes.
- Collate and
consolidate monthly fund requests for the HFCC to approve and submit to
the SCI Centre.
- Cover senior
country finance colleagues based on a terms of reference agreed with
Country Finance Director (CFD) on a cost recovery basis.
- Work with the
Country Finance Director to identify areas for improvement in individual
and team performance and devise with them an action plan to address these
areas.
- Provide a
comprehensive handover and an end of visit report detailing: outcomes
against the ToR, issues encountered, areas for follow up with timeline for
completion, capacity gaps and training needs identified.
- Ensure the
effective and efficient use of all Save the Children resources, best value
for money and safety and security of assets.
- Perform other
duties as assigned by the supervisor.
Skills and Behaviours (our
Values in Practice)
Accountability:
- Holds self
accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently,
achieving and role modelling Save the Children values
- Holds the team
and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving
them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the
necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate
consequences when results are not achieved
Ambition:
- Sets ambitious
and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes responsibility
for their own personal development and encourages their team to do the
same
- Widely shares
their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
- Future
orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale
Collaboration:
- Approachable,
good listener, easy to talk to; builds and maintains effective
relationships with colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters
- Values
diversity and different people’s perspectives, able to work
cross-culturally
Creativity:
- Develops and
encourages new and innovative solutions
- Cuts away
bureaucracy and encourages an entrepreneurial approach
Integrity:
- Honest,
encourages openness and transparency, builds trust and confidence
- Displays
consistent excellent judgement
Qualifications and Experience
- Accounting or
commerce degree and relevant full professional qualifications
(CPA/CA/ACCA)
- Minimum of 5
years’ similar progressive work experience in financial management.
Not-for-profit experience an advantage.
- An
unquestionably high level of integrity and ethics.
- demonstrable
ability to adapt to challenging working environments within a developing
country context.
- demonstrated
experience in identifying issues in financial management, applying
sustainable solutions, and supporting teams to achieve results
- proven
experience in training and capacity building of staff and teams, including
coaching and mentoring staff.
- knowledge and
use of financial software packages. Agresso experience preferred.
- requirement to
undertake travel for approximately 80% of the time (deployments of up to 3
months at a time)
- ability to
adapt quickly to a new environment and achieve results with multiple
priorities and deadlines
- strong results
orientation, with the ability to challenge existing mind-sets
- highly
developed cultural awareness and ability to work well in an international
environment with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures
- demonstrated
ability of working with a range of stakeholders.
- Ability to
focus on strategic finance issues and advise key stakeholders.
- commitment to
Save the Children values.
How to Apply
Please send a copy of your CV with a cover letter toEA.recruitment@savethechildren.org
Application closes 3rd January 2017 at 5:00pm.
We work with children, communities and governments all over the world and we believe in the right person for the job regardless of where you come from and how you identify yourself. We need to keep children safe so our selection process reflects our commitment to ensuring that only those who are suitable to work with children are considered for these posts.
Please send a copy of your CV with a cover letter toEA.recruitment@savethechildren.org
Application closes 3rd January 2017 at 5:00pm.
We work with children, communities and governments all over the world and we believe in the right person for the job regardless of where you come from and how you identify yourself. We need to keep children safe so our selection process reflects our commitment to ensuring that only those who are suitable to work with children are considered for these posts.
Disclaimer: Save the Children International does not charge any kind of fee at whichever stage of the recruitment process and does not act through recruitment agents