Assistant Regional Finance Director Location: [Africa] [Senegal] [Dakar] Category: Finance Job Type: Fixed term, Full-time WORK CONTEXT / BACKGROUND World Vision is a Christian relief, development and advocacy organization dedicated to working with children, families and communities to overcome poverty and injustice. The West Africa Regional Office (WARO) provides oversight to 7 National Offices where World Visions focus is programme implementation. The 8 National Offices are Chad, Ghana, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Central Africa Republic. The West Africa Region is under the oversight and leadership of the Regional Leader (RL). The RL is accountable to the World Vision partnership to hold National Directors accountable for the effective implementation of the whole mission of World Vision in their respective countries through effective strategies & coherent goals and objectives between different entities within the region. The role of the West Africa Regional Office (WARO) is to provide support and guidance to these National Offices for delivery of the mission of World Vision to implement child-focused transformational development, promote justice through advocacy and provide humanitarian assistance in situations of crisis or emergencies related to natural causes, conflict or other reasons. Purpose of the position The Assistant Regional Finance Director will support the Regional Finance Director in in ensuring standards of excellence through financial management, accountability and integrity in the region.
The position will focus on leading Regional Office initiatives and special projects as well as providing technical financial expertise to the Regional Office and National Offices in the areas of budgeting, financial management and risk management. MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES Strategic financial planning and management Provide Technical support tp the regions strategic financial planning and budgeting processes: Support the RFD in the development of regional financial strategies to help achieve the WVI childwell being outcomes in West Africa. Support the RFD in the preparation of financial analysis for the strategic Investment through the Virtual Investment Review and multi-year planning. Provide Technical support in the review and consolidation of National Offices annual budgets and plans. Support in financial planning, budgeting and reporting of the Regional Office. Review monthly funding requests from National/Regional Offices and ensure that they comply with their committed budget. Assist the RFD to ensure National/Regional Offices are monitoring their spending against budget commitments to assure that spending occurs only where there are commitments and to minimize year-end overspending. Promotion of financial accountability and reporting For the RO and NO allocated to this position for direct oversight:
Provide Technical support to ensure appropriate financial and monitoring frameworks are in place, and operating satisfactorily, in each National/Regional Office to support WVs ministry in the region. Involves assisting National Offices designing and improving internal control systems and project accounting systems. Support in the review and evaluation of the regions financial performance and efficiency through the quarterly financial scorecard and periodic review of national office financial systems. Support National/Regional Offices comply with year-end closing processes. Financial systems and processes Support National Offices to prepare and comply with LEAP budgeting and reporting. Provide Technical support to National Offices in the implementation of global initiatives. (e.g. SunSystems 6, shared services & CAL, Horizon, etc.) WVI Finance Manual: support National/Regional Offices to comply with the WVI FFM by providing appropriate interpretation to policy guidelines. Support National/Regional Offices to update local policies and procedures that are consistent with the WVI Finance Manual Support National/Regional Offices complete the FFM training modules designed annually by Global Finance Institutional Capacity Building and Knowledge Management (15%) Mentor/support the second and third level finance staffs in the region to understand and meet the service requirements of their roles.
Support financial capacity building in National Offices by providing training for finance and nonfinance staffs. Support the development of financial tools and processes for continuous learning and development in financial management for National Offices. Support National offices to Work with the relevant Shared Service providers to implement agreed agreed shared services. Risk Management Support RFD use the Audit trends analysis and results to improved West Africa National Offices internal audit results through implementation of audit recommendations. Support National Offices to implement internal Controls that helps prevent fraud and wastage in WV programs. Others Functionally supervise the RO Finance Manager Perform special projects for the RFD as necessary. This could include researching key finance ratios to set benchmarks; developing training material for use by NO/RO finance staff (e.g. CD- ROMS, PowerPoint presentations); identifying alternative options for cost-cutting; researching cost allocation methods within the region; investigate problem areas in RO/NOs; compiling socioeconomic data to assist with a model for the effective allocation of resources, etc. Act on behalf of the RFD during their absence. Attend and participate in devotional meetings. KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES
Bachelor's degree in Administration or Accounting. Professional qualification such as CPA/CIMA/ACCA or Master's degree in Business Administration, Finance, Management or other applicable field to financial compliance. Proven experience in working with grant related projects in implementing government grant regulations and capacity building. Deep understanding of NGO finance environment and models of programme/project delivery; experience in managing complex funding arrangements. Ability to engage and work collaboratively with diverse group of stakeholders to implement partnership initiatives. User Certificate in SunSystems Financial Application Software. Minimum 5 years experience working for large INGO. Ability to work with multi-cultural and diverse teams to achieve results. International work experience or exposure. Excellent written and oral communication skills Proven ability to manage competing priorities Able to solve complex problems and to exercise independent judgment Certificate in Fraud Examiner Excellent in written and spoken English. French would be added advantage. Understanding of international accounting standards and government grant regulations.
Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org) Strong time management skills, responsive and ability to meet strict deadlines. Preferred Skills, Knowledge and Experience: Technical skills in IT/Finance related to financial systems (SunSystems),OLAP Cube, Horizon, Lotus Notes,eLearning & capacity buildingand wvcentral. Understanding of programme/project management within NGO context Experience in preparing and facilitating large group meetings. Good information presentation skills. The position requires ability and willingness to travel domestically and internationally up to 30%of the time.