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Church World Service (CWS) was founded in 1946 and is a cooperative ministry of 37 Christian denominations and communions, providing sustainable self-help, development, disaster relief, and refugee assistance around the world. The CWS mission is to eradicate hunger and poverty and to promote peace and justice at the national and international level through c...
Primary Purpose
The Finance Manager is a member of the leadership team and functions as the chief financial officer for RSC Africa, responsible for RSC Africa’s annual budget preparation, financial planning and management, accounting and payroll operations, and reporting and analysis, for all RSC Africa offices in Nairobi, Pretoria, Kasulu, and Kampala. The Finance Manager will ensure the financial health of the organization by providing daily management and oversight of all financial management functions and operating budgets. The Finance Manager is responsible for drafting all financial statements, charts, dashboards and fiscal presentations for the RSC, as well as liaison with the CWS Chief Financial Officer. The Finance Manager will actively support the use and improvement of related systems development, including, but not limited to financial ERP systems, payroll systems, and/or related Human Resource Information Systems. He/She will take lead in providing strategic engagements with diverse teams across the other functions.
Supervision
This position directly supervises, mentors and coaches finance office team including a Senior Accountant and indirectly supervises the Accountants.
This position reports to the Deputy Director for Administration.
Essential Duties
Strategic Financial Planning & Budgeting:
Financial Reporting and analysis:
Systems and Accounting:
Banking Responsibilities:
Internal Financial Controls and Financial Risk Management:
General:
Qualifications
Education:
Experience:
Knowledge/Skills:
Working Conditions
Physical: This position requires bending, kneeling, sitting, standing, walking, pushing/pulling, handling objects (manual dexterity), reaching above shoulder level, using fine finger movements and lifting/carrying light loads.
Environmental: Incumbents in this position will be exposed to marked changes in temperature and/or humidity, dust and infectious diseases and harsh weather climates.
Special Requirements
Valid Certificate of Good Conduct issued within the past one year (12 months) is required before the start of employment.
Licensing/Certification
A Certified Public Accountant of Kenya (CPA-K).
Competencies
Communication
Listen carefully to assure clear understanding of instructions and requests. Communicate detailed and/or technical information clearly, in writing and orally. Ask appropriate questions in seeking explanations needed to perform job. Promote “transparency of information” by sharing relevant information with staff and other stakeholders. Understand staff roles and procedures and prepare standard reports to track job progress or activities. Anticipate needs and interests and take proactive steps to respond to them. Understand and is able to use appropriate technology to communicate with others inside and outside CWS and RSC Africa. Respect and maintain confidentiality of sensitive information within parameters defined by supervisor and/or CWS and RSC Africa policy.
Relationships
Understand who stakeholders, partners and internal/external customers are and be responsive to their needs. Facilitate interactions and serve as a resource in relations with stakeholders, partners and internal/ external customers. Recognize and be sensitive to issues of concern. Recognize and be sensitive to cultural and ethnic issues. Manage relationships with stakeholders and work within their structure to identify programmatic linkages, plan and implement services and activities, and coordinate resolutions to problems. Identify potential constituents with whom to build relationships and flesh out details of those relationships within the context of CWS’s mission, values and policies. Participate in developing recommendations and implementing policies governing relations with stakeholders. Resolve issues of concern to maintain effective constituent relationships.
Job Knowledge
Understand the mission and values of CWS and RSC Africa and how they apply to their work and relationships with others. Understand the work performed and how it supports CWS and RSC Africa in achieving goals. Understand how to work multi-culturally with sensitivity and integrity. Knows a broad range of information regarding specific program or department and use that knowledge to perform effectively and independently. Applies a depth of knowledge within area of responsibility to implement assigned activities. Able to use and willing to expand learning of applications or technology to perform job duties. Maintain and improve the skills and knowledge needed to be effective in performing job responsibilities. Apply CWS and RSC Africa policies and procedures for staff and stakeholders.
Teamwork
Understand what a team is and what it does. Demonstrate a willingness to work on a team. Understand own role on the team and how it fits into the overall results to be produced. Promote effective interactions among team members and facilitate group discussion. Participates in identifying and establishing work needs and time lines for completion. Keep team leader and members informed of work status. Demonstrate awareness of what other teams do and how their work affects own team. Recognizes and respects the importance of work performed by colleagues. Understands organizational priorities and is willing to set aside own tasks to assist others to complete high priority tasks.
Problem Solving
Identify problems in procedures that affect program work and recommend changes in systems or procedures to address them, then implement approved changes. Understand and apply knowledge of the context in which CWS and RSC Africa works, including global trends and issues. Resolving problems and trying new ways of doing things. Know how and when to apply technical solutions to problems. Share results of problem solving experiences with others. Remain flexible in responding to organizational priorities.
Operational Leadership
Successfully lead a group to achieve operational goals. Examples of skills and behaviors include priority setting; timely decision making; planning and organizing; delegation; and managing and measuring work.
Building and Leading Effective Teams
Earn the respect of team members, create strong morale and spirit on the team and utilize the unique skills of all team members. Examples of skills and behaviors include managing diverse relationships; flexibility; being open and receptive; running effective team meetings; and exhibiting integrity and trustworthiness.
Strategic Leadership
Accurately anticipate future consequences and trends and translate them into the fulfillment of workable strategies and plans. Examples of skills and behaviors include problem solving; dealing with ambiguity, creativity; innovation management and business acumen.
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