Deadline: 25 May, 2021
Location: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Plan International is seeking to fill the role of Senior Financial Accounting Manager.
Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation that advances children’s rights and equality for girls.
Responsibilities
- Provide support in the annual budget preparation process by completing tasks which may be assigned by the head of finance
- Monitor budget versus expenditure for the country
- Prepare weekly and monthly consolidated country cash forecasts and submit to the head of finance
- Achieve minimum financial standards
- Follow up on all intercompany charges, to ensure they are properly authorised and passed to relevant offices timely
- Prepare a monthly financial management report for CMT decision making
- Undertake the maintenance of the corporate financial system, i.e., SAP and ensure accurate monthly exports are submitted timely
- Review all PU/project monthly financial reports for correctness and give feedback
- Determine the GAPs and provide training on corporate finance systems to all finance staff
- Provide/facilitate staff training in Plan International policies and procedures
- Provide/facilitate community and partner training in financial management
- Follow up on financial AAL from GA audit and internal control
- Maintain the office compliance on local laws, ensuring all Plan International offices and partners comply with the laws
- Visit all PU and field offices to ensure they comply with Plan International policies and procedures
- Visit partners and assess conformity with Plan International systems
- Facilitate monthly finance meetings
- Advise and coach the team of finance coordinators and other direct deportees
- Ensure Plan International systems show true and fair representation of financial data
- Ensure all approved POs received from the PO point person are correctly linked in the SAP in a timely manner
- Review list of all outstanding advances, and follow up for prompt liquidation
- Ensure review of monthly bank and receipt reconciliations for all Plan International SLE accounts
- Ensure all payments are effected within three working days after receipt of complete payment documentation
- Ensure all monthly accruals, prepayments and all other costs are duly registered in the SAP before month end
- Support head of finance to plan and implement policies and procedures that will ensure accountants and PU managers follow up on partner advances for timely liquidation and compliance
- Prepare accurately and timely the year-end schedules for head of finance’s review
- Ensure schedules for all balance sheet items are reviewed and dealt with as appropriate
- Ensure payroll system is reconciled with general ledger on monthly bases
- Ensure monthly reconciliation of all key GLS are done and signed off by head of finance
- Ensure depreciation is managed properly, and liaise with grants manager for proper changing of the same to various projects
- Supervise charging of staff costs and apportioned costs to various projects as per cost recovery procedure
Requirements
- In-depth knowledge of finance and accounting, preferably in a nonprofit
- Degree in Accounting or equivalent qualification
- CPA/ACCA, CPAT will be a plus
- Five years of experience in a similar role within an NGO environment
- Analytical and problem solving skills
- Excellent communication skills appropriate to the audience
- Proficient computer skills
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