The Tearfund Burkina Faso team is looking for someone who is passionate about Finance and substantial experience in donor fund management to fill the role of Finance Manager. This is a key position will manage all aspects of Finance in the country team.
Are you able to:
- Assist partners in developing proposals (including budgets and activity schedules/plans) and subsequent revisions in accordance with Tearfund guidelines and, where necessary, external donor requirements.
- Maintain a set of complete and accurate financial records, including all relevant supporting documentation for each project; ensure digital copies of all the vouchers are saved in the Tearfund google drive.
- Overseeing the treasury management of the country operation including cash management.
- Monitor, and supervise the preparation of all interim financial statements/completion reports to donors to ensure compliance with contractual and legal requirements. Support partners in the preparation of financial reports where required.
- Support partners with all necessary financial management training and capacity building.
- Develop and integrate all Burkina Faso programme funding sources and expenditure into a single Burkina Faso programmatic budget and reporting system, updated monthly.
- Ensure the timely preparation and communication of monthly financial reports for Burkina Faso Leadership Team, providing them with meaningful financial information to enable them to manage project and core budgets effectively. This should include advising on significant variances against budget and making recommendations for corrective actions to ensure expenditure does not exceed available funding.
- Conduct periodic visits to project sites and partner offices to monitor compliance with financial procedures and assist the Country Director to review the progress of activities versus budget utilization.
- Induct and orient Burkina Faso team and partner's staff on finance norms, standards and best practices.
- Oversee briefing and training of new staff on the financial procedures relevant to their role.
- Advise the Country Director on the cost implications concerning the selection, lease and management of appropriate offices, residential and other buildings as required and the cost implications of fleet management, and procurement of goods and services.
- Facilitate visits by, and meet the requirements of, external and internal auditors.
Successful applicants must be committed Christians who are willing to sign up to Tearfund's evangelical statement of faith.
Applicants must be committed to Tearfund's Christian beliefs.
Please note: The candidate should be a Burkina Faso national or have a right to work in Burkina Faso. The candidate should have excellent written and verbal communication skills in English and French, good interpersonal skills to work in a cross-cultural setting.
The recruitment process will include specific checks related to safeguarding issues. In addition, personal identification information will be submitted against a Watchlist database to check against criminal convictions as a counter-terror measure.