Dawit Seyoum

Finance Division Head at FINANCE MANAGER

• Ethiopia
• My current job since May 2016

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
• Lead and manage the finance team (including people planning, performance, well-being, and staff development)
• Support the development and implementation of financial management capacity building of staff in the Chamber Finance team and provide support to Finance teams
• Work to build the capacity of finance staff members throughout the program through frequent in-service training sessions and mentoring support.
• The Finance Manager will oversee the finance department for the entire operation, providing training and oversight to Apex chambers finance staff as well as advising and ensuring adequate support to office finance staff.
• In close cooperation with Managers in geographical area reinforce existing procedures and systems for financial management and control in compliance with guidelines of IFRS Operations Handbook, internal guidelines, and donor requirements
• Support timely delivery of quality financial reports to donors and internal reports to colleagues and HQ
• Ensure compliance with relevant country statutory and other financial obligations such as tax, levies and statutory returns
• Monthly financial briefings to Secretary-General of the Chamber, including active participation in monthly Budget Follow Up reviews
• Ensure thorough and effective budgetary control.
• Liaise with relevant Managers on key financial issues for all departments in the Chamber, including co-funding, financial reporting, key variances, and recommend and support any remedial action required, reporting major issues to the Head of Support Services for action
• Collecting cash forecasts from all Department Managers and requesting funds on time
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