Director, Finance at MSI Reproductive Choices

Objectives:

• The core responsibility of the Finance Director is to provide strategic financial management, vision, and leadership while ensuring compliance with accounting, legal, global, and donor requirements.
• The role also contributes to furthering MSI’s Vision: To create A WORLD IN WHICH EVERY BIRTH IS WANTED and its mission of ensuring the individual’s right to: CHILDREN BY CHOICE NOT CHANCE

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide Strategic and Management leadership.
• Devise accurate, realistic, and inclusive budgets for MSI’s global programme, for donor funding bids, and for sub-departments.
• Oversee and ensure financial systems, procedures and reports, that enable efficient and compliant use of MSI funds and assets in the delivery of work
• Effective management and oversight of MSIN working capital, investments, and financial obligations.
• Oversees the management of Inventory and Assets of the Organisation to ensure maximized value
• Responsible for accurate and timely group reporting, while dealing with internal and external auditors.
• Leadership of a team that is developing and improving continuously.

Required, Skill, Experience & Qualification:

• At least ten years’ experience in a leadership role for a large division or company.
• Qualified / Chartered Accountant (ACA, ACCA).
• Degree-educated or equivalent.
• Experience in strategic planning and execution of plans to achieve objectives and targets.
• Demonstrated success in formulating policy, and development and implementing strategies and procedures.
• Excellent knowledge of financial management systems and reporting.
• Hands-on experience with computerized Accounting Systems; Knowledge of Sun Systems is desirable.
• Knowledge of donor contract requirements for budgeting and reporting.
• Ability to establish and maintain contacts with senior-level government and donor officials.
• Experience of working with colleagues in geographically separate locations.
• Able to communicate effectively (both written and oral) at all levels. 
• Cross-functional team player.