Finance & Administration Director, at Action Africa Help

Job Summary: Provide finance and administration leadership for AAH-I to ensure standards of excellence through financial management, accountability and integrity. To guide and enable the HQ/Country Offices, with a focus on ensuring accountability, capacity building of finance staff, coordination of budget and planning processes and review of financial strategies for AAH-I that best serve strategic and program objectives. Promote an environment of integration, innovation, empowerment and responsible stewardship throughout AAH-I.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience

• Master’s degree in Finance, Business Admin, Accounting or equivalent
• CPA (K) or equivalent certification
• Minimum 10 years’ experience in similar position preferably in an INGO.
• Solid knowledge of accounting principles, financial systems, budget/cash-flow monitoring and internal accounting controls
• Knowledge of and experience with donor and government grant regulations and financial reporting requirements.
• Senior leadership experience in strategic financial and operational management

Expected Outcomes

• Financial systems of the organisation are well developed, implemented and monitored to reduce risk exposure and compliance to both organisational and statutory regulations.
• Organisational cash flow statements, budget adherence and audit gap closure statements prepared and submitted to the Executive Director and the Board for review.
• Organisational annual budgets are prepared in time for review and approval by the Board and a suitable monitoring process developed and implemented.
• Relationships between the organisation and the bankers, external auditors and other financial service providers developed and maintained.
• Procedures governing the engagement of external financial service providers are developed and periodically reviewed to ensure value for organisational resources
• Functional polices and strategies for finance; administration; procurement and IT developed and implemented.
• Donor contract requirements are adhered to and timely reporting is done as per agreements.
• Compliance to policies is monitored and controls put in place to mitigate risk.
• Directors and managers are provided with regular and appropriate financial reports that facilitate decision making.