Mozambique Finance & Administration Manager

WORK FOR AN AWARD-WINNING NON-PROFIT SOCIAL INNOVATOR

Job Title: Mozambique Finance & Administration Manager*

Industry: Non-profit / International Development

Function: Finance and Administration

Job Location: Mozambique

Start Date: September 2024 (estimated start date)

Term: 22 months Project Duration

Salary: TBD

*The filling of this position is contingent on the successful award of an upcoming project in Mozambique.

WHO WE ARE

Build Change is the global leader in systems change for resilient housing. Our engineers, builders, coders, policy advocates, and lending partners are providing urgently needed housing solutions in the world’s most disaster-prone countries. Shifting power to families since 2004, Build Change has safeguarded over $4.7 billion in housing infrastructure assets across Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa, and Asia-Pacific, improving the lives of over 1.17 million people by building new or retrofitting more than 230,000 buildings, at a cost of $51 per safer person.

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YOUR NEW OPPORTUNITY

Reporting to the Mozambique Field Coordinator and to the Global Director/ VP of Finance and Administration, the Finance & Administration Manager Mozambique will collaborate with the national and global teams on Admin and Finance related matters. In particular, the Finance & Administration Manager Mozambique will develop and implement strategies and supervise activities around finance, operations, HR, and Government Due-Process issues in the country.

MOZAMBIQUE FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION MANAGER RESPONSIBILITIES

• Finance Duties
  • Ensure costs are allocated to the correct cost center and documented in compliance with audit complaint procurement and finance procedures.
  • Ensure internal control procedures are followed for all cash disbursements, receipts and transfers.
  • Maintain accounting records for the Mozambique program.
  • Assist the Field Coordinator and the VP – Programs, Africa & Middle East, in preparing budgets.
  • Prepare budget vs actual, and financial reports.
  • Open bank accounts and represent Build Change in solicitation of services and resolution of problems with financial institutions.
  • Prepare and track bank transfers for payroll and vendors payments in Mozambique.
  • Ensure compliance with national tax and labor regulations.
  • Provide training to all staff to ensure proper procedures are followed.
  • Report regularly to HQ director of finance and administration.
  • Recruit, mentor and manage junior accounting staff.
• Operations Duties
  • Select, equip and maintain Build Change’s Guesthouse in Nampula.
  • Select, open, equip and maintain Build Change’s Mozambique project offices.
  • Locate and negotiate leases for new offices or guesthouses when required.
  • Implement Build Change’s procurement system, obtaining requests for quotations, keeping track of items ordered and inventory control system.
  • Hire and manage vehicles and drivers including preparing contracts, coordinating schedules, implementing Build Change’s vehicle manual.
  • Implement Build Change’s Mozambique Safety & Security Standard Operating Procedures, Security Plan, and Emergency Plan.
  • Maintain and update assets register.
  • Maintain phone and internet systems, and implement systems for remote communication.
  • Coordinate project related to domestic and international travel.
  • Recruit and supervise necessary support staff such as operations & logistics assistants and other support staff as required.
• Human Resources Duties
  • Lead recruiting process for national staff by posting vacancy announcements, collecting and sorting applications and CVs.
  • Create and maintain national staff personnel files.
  • Distribute, collect and check monthly timesheets from national staff and process payroll in compliance with Mozambique employment laws.
  • Prepare, complete and file contracts and hiring packets, including tracking benefits accumulation.
  • Update and disseminate Build Change employee regulations, in compliance with Mozambique employment law.
  • Coordinate and improve internal communications and organize team bonding activities.
  • Recruit and supervise an HR assistant, if necessary.
• Government Due-Process Duties
  • Support the Field Coordinator and the Lawyer in completing required. administrative processes for registering Build Change as a non-profit in Mozambique and for renewing this status over time.
  • Lead the process of obtaining and renewing visas and/or work permits for expatriate staff.
  • Lead the process of complying with annual financial and programmatic audits required by the Government of Mozambique.
  • Represent Build Change for all required administrative processes in Mozambique.

OUR IDEAL CANDIDATE:

• Ten years of experience in Administration, Finance, Accounting or Related Field.
• Five years of experience in NGO/UN/Development work.
• Experience managing a technical team.
• Willingness to be based full-time in Nampula.

Other Requirements

• This position is open to Mozambique Nationals only.
• This position requires fluency in Portuguese and English.

OUR COMMITMENT

­­­­­­­­Build Change is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or genetic information. It is the policy of Build Change that qualified individuals with disabilities are not discriminated against because of their disabilities in regard to job application procedures, hiring, and other terms and conditions of employment. It is further the policy of Build Change to provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities in all aspects of the employment process. Build Change is prepared to modify or adjust the job application process or the job or work environment to make reasonable accommodations to the known physical or mental limitations of the applicant or employee to enable the applicant or employee to be considered for the position he or she desires, to perform the essential functions of the position in question, or to enjoy equal benefits and privileges of employment as are enjoyed by other similarly situated employees without disabilities unless the accommodation will impose an undue hardship.