Deadline: 12 April, 2021

Location: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Save the Children International (SCI) is seeking to fill the role of Finance and Donor Compliance Coordinator (FDDC).

The organisation works to ensure children around the world get health care, food and shelter as well as learning and child protection services.

Responsibilities

• Work with the delegated budget holder(s) to prepare annual budget plan and budget revisions
• Support the delegated budget holder(s) by confirming availability of funds for all requests for payment
• Regularly review the transactions list of the project and identify erroneous charging and coding
• Prepare appropriate correction reversal and submit to the relevant finance unit for adjustment
• Monitor budgets and sub-grant activities to ensure spending occurs as planned and that variances are anticipated, noted, and corrected
• Ensure key programme personnel are aware of their budgetary resources, and are able to monitor their budgets respectively
• Provide monthly internal financial reports to NSA senior programme manager on budget verses actual (BVA) spending and analysis of grant financial performance, and participate in BVA meetings, take notes, and follow up on the implementation of action points
• Facilitate quarterly accrual and biannual projected pipeline reports to the delegated budget holder
• Review procurement plan in line with approved budget and submit to logistics, as well as review and monitor implementation
• Ensure adequate supporting documents, use of standard tools, proper coding, proper approval process, and timely posting of all project-related expenditures
• Ensure documentation, updating, reconciliation, and reporting of project-related supplies, equipment, and project staff profile on a quarterly basis
• Ensure compliance to the donor agreement requirements for all financial transactions
• Prepare and share documents for audit and donor monitoring visits and ensure relevant document maintenance at local level
• Ensure purchasing procedures are respected, standard tools are used and  expenditures and purchase requisition made are correctly coded with account codes, funding source, and programme code
• Ensure project assets and stocks are tracked on a regular basis and reconciled with SCI tracking tools
• Perform finance and grant-related activities as assigned by the supervisor

Requirements

• BA in Accounting or a related field from a recognised institution
• Five years, minimum, of professional experience in grant compliance, auditing, and financial management
• Fluency in Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
• Significant experience in financial monitoring, budgetary systems, and controls with strong analytical skills
• Proven ability to prepare budgets and donor financial reports
• Strong organisational, interpersonal, and time management skills while working in a dynamic team setting in a challenging environment
• Willingness to travel extensively to multiple sites and provide capacity building for staff
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Demonstrated capacity and experience in staff management and supervision of others as a coach/mentor 
• Strong negotiation and interpersonal skills in English, with substantial experience in managing multicultural teams
• Ability to communicate effectively and work across departments, with demonstrated experience in integrated project activities
• Commitment to the Save the Children values

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