Country Finance Officer
Save the Children
Total years of experience :15 years, 11 Months
• Prepare monthly and quarterly financial diaries for SUN Accounts systems and ensure its strict adherence to the HQ deadlines and deadlines set at the Country Level.
• Assist budget Holders and grant managers in preparation of donor financial reports and audit schedules for terminal grant audits as when required.
• Carry out autonomous field checks and visits to support and build capacities of the Field Finance teams in Somaliland, Puntland, South Central Somalia and Nairobi.
• Take part in preparation for and undertaking of internal and external audit exercises and subsequent implementation of the auditors’ recommendations. In this regard ensure all finance documents are accurately filed and are easily retrievable.
• Responsible for ensuring that reconciliation of balance sheet/control accounts are carried out at least quarterly, ensuring that year-end accounting procedures are followed consistently and that any discrepancies are reported to the Finance and Grants Manager.
• Maintenance, updating of the FBS by importing, approving and exporting of all FBS budgets into SUN system.
• Review and compile Field Monthly Management Control (MMC) documents for preparation of the Program MMC and communicating any issues arising to the Field offices with subsequent follow-up.
• Support grants team in drafting donor financial reports and ensuring that partners guarantee the respect of donor procedures for each financial contract.
• Teach Business courses at the University.
• Provide a wide range of introductory and upper-level Business and Management courses to undergraduate students in Public Administration, Accounting and Economics.
• Accounting and Administrative support for OAG in cooperation with the UNDP sub-office.
• In close consultation with the UNDP sub-office and in close coordination with the Finance Department, provide technical assistance to ensure preparation of financial reports to OAG focusing on achievement of results and disbursements against the work plans and budgets, and within the context of relevant agreements that OAG is signatory to.
• Implementation of operational strategies for OAG while working closely and providing day-to-day capacity support for OAG staff.
• Being the liaison between OAG and JLPG on administrative and financial procedures and follow up, mainly procurement and financial management.
• Attends meetings together with the Finance Department and the JPLG team and support the minute taking, recording, distribution and filling agreements.
• Provide effective administrative support to OAG as well as manage and administer the budget.
• Provide support to the Finance Department to ensure proper development of supporting documents for UNDP payments, preparation of all types of vouchers for development and management projects and on behalf of client agencies, purchase order vouchers for development and management projects and payment execution.
• Ensures that there is an adequate and retrievable filling system for all documents of relevance to external development partners including soft and hard copies as well as ensure proper management of any cash receipts and petty cash.
• Support audit staff in the routine audit activities and travel to sites.
• Train the project beneficiaries to business management techniques and entrepreneurial skills.
• Client dealing and marketing activities for the company.
• Record keeping and creating management information reports.
• Assist staff and clients in design, execution and evaluation or research projects including surveys, focus groups, data integration and analysis.
• Performance of any other duties associated with research and marketing activities which may be assigned by the Marketing Manager.
• Coordinating with programmers and designers for timely handling over the projects.
• Help in keeping financial records of the organization including (balance sheet, income statement and cash flows).
• Help in arranging and scheduling meetings or appointments, receiving visitors, placing and screening telephone calls, organizing and preserving paper and computer files, handling travel arrangements as well as distributing information through the use of telephones, mails, and e-mails.
• Update names, addresses and telephone numbers in other NGOs and Governments agencies.
• Typing and printing project proposals.
• Help in using excel for preparing the project budgets and the like.
Distance Learning Master of Business Administration, Finance and Accounting
Post Graduate Diploma in Islamic Banking and Finance
Bachelor of Business Administration, concentrations Marketing and Finance • Honors Degree
Achievement Certificate in Applied Accounting