Deadline: Ongoing

Location: Abidjan, Ivory Coast 

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is seeking to fill the position of Senior Finance Coordinator.

IRC is a global humanitarian aid, relief, and development non-governmental organisation.

Responsibilities

• Ensure all policies and procedures are in compliance with IRC and USAID policies, procedures, and requirements
• Establish project’s finance and supporting function policies, systems and procedures, and direct or perform their development, documentation and implementation
• Manage project finance activities and schedules to meet the financial reporting requirements and deadlines specified by New York HQ and USAID
• Prepare quarterly accrual reports, expenditure reporting, and burn rate projections
• Provide project management and programme staff with monthly actual-to-budget analysis for project funds and facilitate the review and discussion
• Ensure balance sheet reconciliations are completed monthly and on a timely basis and review final reconciliations and trial balances with the director of finance
• Closely monitor all financial activities and keep the chief of party advised on all situations that could negatively impact internal controls or financial performance
• Direct the preparation of and approval of all USAID financial reports in respect to accounting, legal and contractual requirements and ensure the review of such reports by the chief of party and HQ prior to submission
• Enforce internal control policies and procedures relating to the project
• Maintain current knowledge of local government requirements related to financial matters and ensure compliance with tax regulations and other legal requirements
• Establish project finance roles and responsibilities matrix
• Ensure job descriptions are current
• Recruit and maintain qualified staff to perform finance functions
• Develop and implement a training programme for the project’s finance staff
• Ensure constructive performance reviews are completed on a timely basis and facilitate discussion of performance and career options with project finance staff
• Supervise all project office bank relations and bank account activities including negotiation of fees, interest and currency exchange rates in close collaboration with the director of finance
• In compliance with IRC policy, establish policies regarding cash holding limits, cash movements and foreign currency holdings of the project
• Oversee the timely preparation, review and approval of project related monthly bank account and cash reconciliations
• Supervise the preparation of cash transfer requests to New York and ensure appropriate cash balances are maintained to facilitate project implementation
• Lead the process of budget preparation and revision
• Prepare the annual and monthly cash budgets based on approved funding
• Contribute to developing and maintaining a work environment that fosters teamwork, trust, mutual respect and empowers project staff

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Business Administration, Commerce or Finance with a recognised professional certificate in Accounting such as CPA or a master’s degree in Accounting
• Eight years, minimum, in similar financial, compliance, or operational role, supporting USAID and international donor projects in similar development contexts, and five years, minimum, in a finance coordinator position
• Experience with budgeting and financial reporting requirements on multimillion-dollar USAID-funded projects in accordance with the appropriate award mechanism
• Strong knowledge of generally accepted accounting practices, financial reporting standards, financial management processes and procedures
• Familiarity with USAID rules and regulations and U.S. government federal acquisition regulations
• Extensive experience in working with computerised accounting systems, standard spreadsheet and database programmes (ERP systems)
• Good written and verbal skills in English and French
• Proven track record of proactively identifying and communicating potential problems and proposing solutions
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills and professional patience
• Excellent diplomatic skills and proven ability to establish and maintain interpersonal and professional relationships with USAID, the U.S. government, the government of Ivory Coast, and all key project stakeholders

To apply and for more information, click here.

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