Regional
Financial Controller Eastern Africa
Job description
Job description
Duty
station: SCC
Regional Office, Nairobi Kenya
Reports
to: Regional
Director
Participates
in:
Regional Management Team (together with Regional Director and Deputy Regional
Director)
Coordinates: Team Finance
(comprising SCC Country Office Administrators and SCC Finance Officers in the
region
The
Swedish Cooperative Centre (SCC) is a development cooperation and a not for
profit organisation with no party-political or religious affiliations.
Currently
in 25 countries in Asia, Europe, Latin America and Africa, we work according to
the principle of help to self-help, providing people with the tools they need
to create a better life for themselves.
Focusing
on rural development, housing and poverty reduction, we believe in the idea of
working together to achieve common goals and as such, we channel our support
through building the capacities of cooperative organisations, other democratic
membership associations or informal groups to deliver their own mandates.
Visit
http://www.utangranser.se/eng/ for more
information on the organisation and our programmes.
The
Job:
The
Regional Financial Controller has overall responsibility for implementation,
monitoring and further development of the systems for general and financial
administration of the SCC Regional Office Eastern Africa.
You
will ensure that all recipients of SCC development funding – partner
organisations or otherwise – are knowledgeable of and adhere to SCC, Sida and
other donor specific regulations.
SCC
Eastern Africa is organised in a team structure where active participation
through exchange of experience, continuous dialogue and creation of synergies
is stimulated and you will coordinate Team Finance , which is comprises of SCC
financial staff throughout the region, in this.
As
a member of the Regional Management Team, you shall actively contribute to the
professional management of SCC operations in Southern Africa in accordance with
SCC strategy, policy and instructions.
You
will also be expected to adhere to the basic principles and values of SCC
expressed in the global strategy, sector specific strategies and polices, as
well as in the regional strategy for Eastern Africa.
Main
responsibilities
- Financial
management in adherence with SCC strategies, instructions and guidelines
provided by SCC Stockholm headquarters, specific donor regulations as well
as general good practices and international accounting standards.
- Overall
implementation of high quality in practices and procedures in SCC Eastern
Africa and partner organisations within budgeting, accounts and financial
reporting, internal control systems, procurement, etc
- Provision of
macro-economic analysis and hands-on advice in project and programme
planning and of quality financial assessments of new partner organisations
- Planning,
implementation and monitoring compliance with the financial management and
administration processes in the region and provision of technical
assistance and capacity building where gaps have been identified,
documenting learning experiences, methods development and relevant
processes
- Timely
collection of data from the SCC Country Offices, programmes, projects and
partner organisations, analyses and preparation consolidated periodic
financial and required management reports for the various stakeholders
- Budgeting and
budgetary control including coordination of the annual budgeting process
for the region and provision of variance reports to the various
stakeholders
- Cash management
including cashflow forecasting and planning, cash requisitions and timely
disbursements and payments, petty cash management, etc and taking an
active and leading role in the implementation of FRAS/Fair Resource
Allocation System
- Coordination of
the annual financial audit process, following up on the issues raised in
management letters and ensuring quality in the audit process for our partners
- Maintain and
update agreement ledger and follow up on contract agreements with partner
organisations, donor agencies and service providers
- Regional team
coordination, supervision, support and training including the development
and implementation of routine descriptions and templates, identification
of staff training needs in financial management and control and initiate
appropriate training courses and workshops
- Active
participation in the development of new funding proposals together with
responsible SCC staff
- Promoting
networking, collaboration and joint learning with other Swedish and
international development organisations that share the basic values of SCC
Requirements:
- MBA in Finance,
Accounting, Business Administration, Management
- Chartered/Certified
Accountant (CPAK, ACCA) and have an affiliation/be an active member of a
professional accounting body
- 7 years+
relevant work experience in an INGO, at least 3 of which should have been
at senior management level with overall responsibility for the finance
function.
- Possess working
knowledge and proficiency in computer accounting and application packages;
knowledge of iScala accounting software will be an added advantage as will
be Office suite packages with advanced Ms Excel
- Proven financial
management experience including managing the budgeting process, cash
management, statutory, management and donor reporting
- Strong
facilitation skills to include capacity building of partner organizations
and proven ability to manage change processes.
- Experience and
interest to lead the anti-corruption work in the region
- Leadership and
managerial skills with proven experience of supervising staff based
off-site
- A team player
with experience of working in a multi-culutral environment, is self-driven
and has the ability to work with minimal supervision
- Effective
communication skills with fluency in oral and written English
- The following
skills: interpersonal, self-organization, analytical; negotiation and
networking
- Ability to
travel within the region and sometimes outside
How
to Apply:
Interested
individuals should send their applications to the address below.
Your
application should include a covering letter that demonstrates why you are the
best candidate for this position, an up-to-date CV, current and expected
remuneration package, and the names and addresses of three professional
referees.
Your
email and Skype address as well as day-time telephone number should also be
included.
Adept
Systems
Management
Consultants
Email:
recruit@adeptsystems.co.ke
Closing
date: May
17th 2013
Only
short listed candidates will be contacted.
Please
note that we do not charge fees for receiving or processing job applications.
