Senior Coordinator, Budget at eHealth Systems Africa

Purpose of the Position

• The Senior Coordinator, Budget will jointly coordinate with the Senior Manager Designing effective budget models for departments and the entire company, Analyzing financial information (e.g. revenues, expenditures, and cash management) to ensure all operations are within budget, Presenting annual budgets to senior manager.

What You’ll Do

• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Other duties may be assigned:

Strategic Resourcing and Stewardship:

• Design effective budget models for departments and the entire company
• Analyze financial information (e.g. revenues, expenditures, and cash management) to ensure all operations are within budget
• Present annual budgets to senior managers
• Review budget requests for approval
• Forecast future budget needs
• Identify variances between actual and budgeted financial results at the end of each reporting period
• Suggest spending improvements that increase profits
• Review the company’s budget for compliance with legal regulations
• Ensure department managers meet budget submission deadlines
• Design and implement effective budgeting policies and procedures

Interpreting Financial Information:

• Senior Coordinator, Budget observes financial trends within the organization’s expenditure and within departmental budgets to control spending where possible and adjust budgets as needed.
• S/he monitors revenue and communicates budget issues with the different departments within the company.

Formulate Business Plans:

• Senior Coordinator, Budget works to formulate strategic business plans and aim to estimate future financial needs that have to be accounted for. This is accomplished through analyzing previous budgets, economic trend data, and financial developments that may impact the organization’s potential income.

Providing Financial Advice:

• Senior Coordinator, Budget monitors the spending of the company to make sure it’s within budget and inform department managers of the availability of funds. They also review financial proposals for accuracy and compliance with laws and regulations.

Building Relationships with External Organizations:

• Senior Coordinator, Budget builds strong relationships with external contacts such as auditors, Grant Officers, and statutory organizations. This involves liaising with auditors to ensure that annual checks are carried out and explaining recommendations for funding to Stakeholders and other members of the organization.

Produce Expenditure Reports:

• Alongside the analysis of finances, budget managers communicate their recommendations to officials within the organization through expenditure reports where they highlight the recommended changes to reconcile differences between the approved budget and actual spending.

Who You Are

• The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required to successfully perform this job.
• Master's or Bachelor's degree from college or university in Finance and Accounting or any other related field.
• 5-7 years’ of budgeting, financial reporting, and financial systems work experience, preferably in the nonprofit sector.
• 5+ years of broad financial experience, ideally managing finance (accounting, budgeting, control, reporting, and grants) for a complex global nonprofit organization with multiple funding sources, including the US government, other country governments, the European Union, UN, and foundations.
• Advance proficiency in Microsoft Excel and experience with financial systems integration.
• Experience in budgeting and budget planning including the development of annual budgets, forecasting and variance analysis.
• Experience of grants management implications in budgeting and with proposal budget development.
• Preparing risk management and insurance budgets
• Risk reporting tailored to the relevant audience. (Educating the stakeholders about the most significant risks to the business; ensuring business heads understand the risks that might affect their departments; ensuring individuals understand their own accountability for individual risks)
• Explaining the external risk posed by corporate governance to stakeholders
• Good knowledge of financial management and accounting and budget holding principles.
• Proficient with Oracle, SAGE, SAP, QuickBooks or other accounting software packages.
• Good knowledge of financial management and accounting and budget holding principles.
• Experience in developing budgets and financial reports (including for donors), strategic planning, and providing guidance and support to non-finance staff.
• Strong leadership skills that include the ability to build effective teams, ability to motivate others, delegation, and timely/quality decision making.
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills, organizational skills and great attention to detail.
• Must be able to work as a leader and member of a team and possess good problem-solving skills.
• Must possess the ability to organize, instruct and supervise staff while promoting group effort and achievement.
• Must have the ability to manage conflicts and resolve problems effectively.
• Good learning ability.
• Action-oriented and resilient in a fast-paced environment
• Familiarity with the types of development and humanitarian programs eHA conducts.
• A change agent with the ability to bring about change in a global decentralized organization; create and implement actionable plans to develop new processes and structures aligned with strategic objectives; engage fellow team members across borders and functions behind a shared vision.
• Collaborative and flexible management style, persuasive and diplomatic in effecting change in a global, multi-site, field/affiliate environment.
• Effective and clear communicator at all levels of an organization; strong presentation, oral and written skills and a willingness to share information.
• Outstanding business acumen, balancing financial strategy with day-to-day fiscal excellence.
• Demonstrated passion for Relief International’s mission, cultural sensitivity and comfort interfacing with leaders in all parts of the world.
• Strong work ethic, customer service orientation and willingness to roll-up sleeves when necessary; strive for continuous improvement.
• Willingness to travel to countries where eHA operates.

Certifications and Licenses:

• ACCA, FRM, CFA, ACA, ICAN, Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or equivalent is desired.