Financial Strategy & Risk Management : Plays a key role in the development of finance strategy ; Develop operating plans for Accounts, Payroll, Data Management and Budgeting in collaboration with team; Set performance objectives for team and create annual execution plans; Secure resources required to align department activities to overall Finance strategy; Actively identifies and manages financial risks by maintaining an adequately staffed department with effective controls;
Financial Management : Coordinate the development of annual plans for budgeting and costing, payroll and accounting prepared by team; Monitor annual planning and budgeting exercise of core funds; Coordinate budgets and forecast preparation ; Seek approval on budget plan from Director - Finance; Review project budgets and expenditure (e.g. overheads, utilization of core funds) for compliance to donor requirements; Responsible for effective budgetary control, cost allocation, asset and working capital management. ; Resolve issues and conflicts with internal customers in order to execute smooth operations of finance activities;
Financial Control and Reporting : Monitor teams for timely execution of process activities (e.g. processing vouchers, releasing payments, programming Navision) and adherence to SLAs and policy guidelines; Track progress against execution plan and monitoring framework of each team; Review finance metrics and incident reports; Take corrective action to minimize deviations from plans; Provide key financial and management reports;
Taxation and Accounting: Directly supervise the timely submission of accurate Form 990 to the IRS. ; Monitor team for monthly submission of tax liability statements (including VAT, employee taxes etc.) to GoB; Review and assess the financial implications of all contracts and donor agreements.; Direct team to complete audit activities within timelines; Primary audit contact;
Process Improvement and Knowledge Management: Periodically review and revise Finance Policies and Procedures to ensure consistency with standards and best practice; Collect feedback from team members and internal customers on efficacy of activities; Identify opportunities to improve effectiveness of processes across departments in order to continuously improve the quality of service;
People Management : Identify, prioritize and deploy action items for competency development of team members; Cascade department goals to individuals, allocate resources and appraise performance against set targets; Guide on-the-job training for team members; Identify, develop and reward high performers in team in order to build a high performing team
