Overview
The Finance Manager is responsible for the financial management and oversight of programmes and partner organizations, including reviewing financial reports, monitoring expenditures, and ensuring compliance with donor regulations.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide financial analysis and highlight key financial issues, risks and trends.
- Provide financial support and guidance to programme teams on budgeting, expenditure management and donor compliance.
- Lead project audit processes and coordinate with relevant finance staff from partner organizations.
- Develop budgets for new funding opportunities and revise project budgets.
- Prepare and submit donor fund requests.
- Review and verify all programme-related expenditures.
- Collect financial information and prepare financial reports and analyses.
- Monitor contract income and expenditure.
- Review monthly budget utilization and provide recommendations.
- Strengthen the financial capacity of programme and finance staff.
- Build the financial management capacity of Oxfam and partner staff.
- Conduct regular field visits to engage with partner finance staff and monitor their financial management systems.
- Establish and maintain effective communication and working relationships with finance staff from partner organizations.
Required Experience
Minimum of 5 years’ experience of financial management in accounting, financial reporting and budgeting experience. Relevant experience within a non-profit / Consortium Projects / Funded organization will be asset. Proven knowledge of computerized systems and demonstrable experience of working with computerized accounting packages and spreadsheets.
Qualifications
COM / ACCA or master’s degree holder