Finance Officer at Center for Community and Health Development International (CHAD INT'L)

Job Type: Contract
Job Duration: 9 Months

Major Duties and Responsibilities

• Approves payments, purchase authorizations and other financial transactions to ensure compliance with staff rules, financial rules and implementing instruments/authority.
• Supervises the preparation of the end of month accounts before forwarding them to Headquarters;
• In close coordination with Field/Sub Offices/Programme Section, maintains a system to monitor and forecast cash requirements to meet administrative and project expenditures. Establishes monthly cash requirements for the office and requests timely replenishments from Headquarters.
• Constantly reviews banking arrangements to ensure timely transfer of funds and minimize exchange loses and bank charges;
• Advises the head of office on all budgetary and financial matters;
• Briefs new staff members or staff assigned to the Field on finance matters;
• In close coordination with Field Offices, coordinate replies to finance related audit comments
• Undertakes other duties as required.

Supervisory responsibilities:

• Ability to manage/administer a finance unit, ability to rationalize work, delegate tasks, apply advanced systems to simplify work and negotiate systems improvements, propose solutions to make best use of staff and financial resources
• Ability to prepare and administer budgets, manage finance sector
• Analytical/Communication/inter-personal skills

Negotiating:

• Ability to work under highly stressful conditions
• Ability to work with computers
• Writing/drafting skills
• Ability to train and educate other people

Academic Qualifications

• Advanced University degree

Managerial Competencies:

• Managing Performance
• Coaching and Developing Staff
• Managing Resources
• Political and organization awareness

Functional Competencies:

• Interpreting and Developing Policy and Procedure
• Financial Planning
• Financial Reporting
• Providing Financial Support and Advice
• Carrying out Transactions
• Managing Funds

Other relevant qualifications in addition to the above:

• Advance University Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration or other related fields Relevant Experience
• Experience in auditing, accounting/finance
• Work in multi-cultural, multi-national context
• Work experience in developing country (other than own) under conditions of low infrastructure, hardship, insecurity, danger Managerial and Technical Skills