Deadline: 27 May, 2022

Location: Freetown, Sierra Leone

• Support the SLEIC project to ensure that all related stakeholders are fully aware of and compliant with all SCI and donor policies, procedures, protocols and generally accepted accounting principles
• Be the primary focal person to manage finances
• Furnish all key stakeholders with periodic financial reports as per the expected standards
• Work closely with the project director and finance department to build the capacity of key stakeholders involved in the process

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance from an accredited university or an internationally equivalent
• Applicant with higher diploma in Finance/Accounting with extensive experience will be considered
• Five years, minimum, of finance-related experience in a corporate institution or an NGO, with two years at a lower management level within the finance department of a national or international organisation
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Excellent analytical skills 
• Excellent experience of budgeting and budget management
• Excellent experience of working with and coordinating consortium team members
• Excellent understanding of financial systems and procedures
• Excellent experience using Excel, PowerPoint and Word
• Understanding of Save the Children’s vision and mission and a commitment to its objectives and values
• Written and verbal fluency in English
• Ability to manage a complex and diverse workload and to work to tight deadlines
• Ability to build a small, proactive team, motivating staff and working collaboratively with colleagues and providing support and advice as necessary
• Willingness and ability to dramatically change work practices and hours, and work with incoming surge teams, in the event of emergencies

To apply and for more information, click here.

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