IRC Finance Director Jobs 2024 – Ethiopia NGO Jobs

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IRC Finance Director Jobs 2024 – Ethiopia NGO Jobs.

IRC Ethiopia looking for “Finance Director”.

Applicants with a University Degree may apply on or before 01st March, 2024.

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is a global humanitarian aid, relief, and development nongovernmental organization. Founded in 1933 as the International Relief Association, at the request of Albert Einstein, and changing its name in 1942 after amalgamating with the similar Emergency Rescue Committee, the IRC provides emergency aid and long-term assistance to refugees and those displaced by war, persecution, or natural disaster.

The IRC has published a job vacancy announcement on 17th March, 2024 for qualified Ethiopia’s to fill in the vacant post of Finance Director to be based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

IRC Job Vacancy 2024

Duties and Responsibilities:

Ensures that all policies and procedures follow IRC and CDC policies, procedures, and requirements.
Establishes project’s finance and supporting function policies, systems and procedures, and directs or performs their development, documentation, and implementation
Manages project finance activities and schedules to meet the financial reporting requirements and deadlines specified by IRC HQ and CDC. Prepares quarterly accrual reports, expenditure reporting, and burn rate projections
Provides project management and program staff with monthly actual-to-budget expenditure reports and analysis for project funds and facilitates the review and discussion
Ensures balance sheet reconciliations are completed monthly and on a timely basis and review final reconciliations and trial balances with the Project Director
Closely monitors all financial activities, and keeps the Project Director advised of all situations which have the potential for a negative impact on internal controls or financial performance
Directs the preparation of and approval of all CDC financial reports in respect to accounting, legal and contractual requirements and ensures the review of such reports by the Project Director and HQ prior to submission
Enforces internal control policies and procedures
Maintains current knowledge of local government requirements related to financial matters and ensures compliance with tax regulations and other legal requirements
Establishes project finance roles and responsibilities matrix; ensures job descriptions are current; recruits and maintains qualified staff to perform finance functions
Develops and implements a training program for the project’s finance staff
Ensures constructive performance reviews are completed on a timely basis and facilitates discussion of performance and career options with project finance staff
Supervises all project office bank relations and bank account activities including negotiation of fees, interest and currency exchange rates
In compliance with IRC policy, establishes policies regarding cash holding limits, cash movements and foreign currency holdings of the project
Oversees the timely preparation, review and approval of all monthly bank account and cash reconciliations
Designs, implements, and monitors systems, procedures and reporting necessary to maintain on current basis accurate forecasts of cash requirements for meeting future spending, including commitments entered into and which obligate IRC to future spending
Supervises the preparation of Cash Transfer Requests to HQ and ensures that appropriate cash balances are maintained to facilitate project implementation
Assists with the preparation and revision of project budgets
Prepares the annual and monthly cash budgets based on approved funding
Prepares monthly pipeline analysis (spending forecast) on the project in coordination with the technical team
Coordinates and reconciles spending forecasts with Project Director to reflect realistic data.

Position in Organization:

Requisition ID: req46826
Job Title: Finance Director
Sector: Finance
Employment Category: Proposal
Employment Type: Full-Time
Open to Expatriates: No
Location: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Work Arrangement: In-person

Minimum Requirements:

Education:

Degree from an accredited university in in Accounting, Business Administration, Commerce or Finance with a recognized professional certificate in accounting such as CPA, or a master’s degree in Accounting

Experience:

Minimum of 10 years in similar financial, compliance, or operational role in managing and supporting large USAID and CDC funded projects and other Institutional Donor projects in similar contexts
Experience with budgeting and financial reporting requirements on large CDC, USAID, BHA, FCDO, or other Institutional Donor funded projects
Experience with financial management and reporting on projects with substantial subaward

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