Manager, CSO Financial & Organizational Capacity Strengthening at World Learning

Financial/Organizational Capacity Manager responsibilities:

· Provide design and oversight for all organizational development capacity activities including assessments, trainings and post-training monitoring and support, including evaluation.
· Assess financial management capacities of sub recipients and develop an action plan to close identified gaps in the area of the financial management
· Develop training plans/curriculum, systems and tools to the Nigerian context for the sub-recipients' financial, accounting and program staff, and lead capacity building trainings.
· Assist partners with the strategic planning, annual budget preparation, introduce budget monitoring tools
· Ensure continuous support for the financial managers of sub-recipient organizations.
· Coordinate adaption of the automated accounting systems by partners , and lead trainings
· Monitor sub-recipients as to the accuracy of financial information and safeguards to eliminate fraud. Routinely monitor financial reports for unusual activities, transactions, and investigate anomalies or unusual transactions.
· Follow-up on USAID required audit reports to ensure that gaps in audit reports are closed
· Coordinate with the Chief of Party and other program staff to ensure cohesion and communication across all program activities;
· Manage relevant program staff and consultants.
· Provide annual progress reports to the Chief of Party

Qualifications:

· Bachelor’s degree in public administration and/or financial management; Master’s preferred
· Minimum of 10 years of relevant work experience in the financial management and/or accounting field; elections experience a plus
· Minimum of 5 years of experience in advising/implementing/developing strategic and operational plans and budgets for civil society organizations
· Demonstrated experience in assessing local partner’s institutional capacity, developing training modules, materials and tools in operational and financial management, delivery of these trainings and mentoring/coaching of national trainers
· Demonstrated experience supporting financial management systems of host country institutions to become sustainable and qualify for direct donor assistance
· Demonstrated experience working with civil society and on support to democracy and governance initiatives in developing countries, preference for experience in Africa
· Knowledge of USAID and US government rules and regulations
· Knowledge of the automated accounting systems a plus (Quicken)
· Fluency in English (written and spoken)