Deadline: Ongoing
Location: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Plan International is seeking to fill the role of Consortium Finance Manager.
Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation that advances children’s rights and equality for girls.
Responsibilities
- Provide oversight of financial management of Education in Fragile Environments Consortium
- Supervise all grant management and reporting on grant performance, as well as provide financial and technical management to ensure best use of resources through sound budgeting, monitoring of the consortium expenses, and timely preparation of donor financial reports
- Develop and implement quarterly consortium-wide financial review(s) and analyses, as well as provide timely and reliable financial information for decision-making
- Maintain strong internal policies, processes and control systems in order to provide timely, consistent and accurate financial and budget management
- Ensure preparation for project verification visits by external auditors and be on hand during visits where needed
- Analyse, scrutinise and filter all financial reports before passing to Plan International UK colleagues for a secondary review
- Track and update the fixed asset register of the project
- Support the project managers in the financial management of the project
- Analyse data and draw conclusions thereof mainly for budget management and reporting to donor
- Carry out regular review of control processes to minimise financial risk
- Ensure adherence to the country’s financial and accounting requirements and other organisational policies and procedures to support sound financial management within the organisation
- Coach and train consortium partners in technical areas and the implementation of financial practices
- Conduct financial monitoring visits to review financial records and ensure compliance
- Ensure all financial reports reach the donor and Plan International UK office as a final, quality draft after close analysis and full review
Responsibilities
- Master’s degree in Accounting, Finance or Financial Management, or professional qualification in Accountancy
- Five years, minimum, of experience in managing finances for DFID, EC or USAID-funded projects
- In-depth knowledge of EC financial management rules and regulations and/or other comparable major bilateral aid grant management
- Experience in managing grant programmes or sub-granting mechanisms involving local NGOs
- Ability to adopt new software and financial management systems
- Proficiency in using Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel and Outlook
- Demonstrated decision making and risk management capabilities
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