About the Organisation
mothers2mothers
(m2m) is an Africa-based NGO that unlocks the potential of women to eliminate
paediatric AIDS and create healthy families across ten sub-Saharan
African countries. m2m trains, employs, and helps empower women living
with HIV to work as community healthcare workers in understaffed health
centres and underserved communities. Through a peer-to-peer approach, these
‘Mentor Mothers’ deliver a range of health services, advice, and support to
women and their families. Started in Cape Town, South Africa in 2001 with an
initial focus on preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV, m2m has
innovated and built on its strengths and now provides family-centred
support for a range of related health and social issues spanning pregnancy,
birth, childhood, and adolescence. It also partners with governments and
other NGOs on the adoption of its programme to spread the Mentor Mother Model
and its benefits. m2m has a track record of scaling its services and proven
impact. To date, m2m has reached over 11M women and children under two, and
created more than 11,000 jobs for African women living with HIV.
Job Description
The Country Finance Manager is responsible for the full
finance function in DRC. This includes implementation and monitoring of all
aspects of the financial transactions and administrative process related to
Angola including financial management functions i.e. management reporting,
financial data analysis, donor reporting, etc. The Country Finance Manager will
provide support to the in-Country team to ensure proper resource allocation to
implement the activities in-Country.
The Country Finance
Manager reports directly the Country Director and provides direct technical and
financial support to DRC.
Roles & Responsibilities
Maintaining strong finance function in Angola
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Setting up financial system including establishment
of treasury;
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Setting up of internal controls;
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Maintaining m2m finance policies and procedures;
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Build capacity on m2m policies, procedures,
procurement and accounting software;
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Assist the Head Office Finance department with
setting up in-country bank accounts; and
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Assist the Head Office Finance department with
registration with relevant statutory bodies.
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Owning the Angolan country budget.
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Preparing proposal budgets for new opportunities.
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Review the work activities of direct reporting
lines, ensuring that functions are performed accurately and efficiently.
Provide financial and accounting management and
direction to the Country Office operations
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Provide financial management support to the Country
Director and country management team and liaise with Head Office;
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Provide financial management advice and assistance
to the Country Director, including assistance in the preparation and monitoring
of organisational budgets;
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Manage the accounting processing and related work
processes related to Country Office transactions; and
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Track the cash receipts and disbursements at a
project level and provide financial advice to project leads in terms of project
spending and planning.
Ensure the Financial Integrity of the Operation is
maintained.
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Implement and maintain accounting and financial
internal control systems in order to provide appropriate level of security over
the organisations resources and operations;
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Review and update financial policies and procedures
in line with Head Office policies and Procedures;
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Manage the financial and compliance aspects of
donors and ensure that expenses are incurred consistent with grant agreements
and contracts;
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Manage the monthly closing of accounts and ensure
reconciliation of all accounts;
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Ensure timely and accurate submission of financial
data, reports, Financial narrative and variance analysis when necessary to Head
Office Finance units;
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Monitor cash flow through preparation of cash
budgets and funding requests to ensure that sufficient cash is always available
to meet operational needs ;
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Provide support during internal and external audit
and ensure that appropriate measures are taken to address audit findings and
recommendations;
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Support the Country Director to ensure compliance
with all statutory regulations and filings are adhered to; and
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Take initiative on cutting costs without
compromising quality.
Provide Financial Management services to the Country
Office operations through maintaining and managing budgets and financial
reporting function
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Prepare and maintain the Country Office annual
budgets;
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Prepare monthly financial reporting to the Country
Director and Project Directors/Coordinators;
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Prepare quarterly pipeline reports and financial analysis;
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Provide ad hoc reporting requirements as needed.
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Oversee and liaise with Finance and Administration
Officers on procurement, logistics, travel, and program activity preparation,
organization and management.
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Ensure integrity of procurement procedures and full
documentation.
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Manage project contracting with HO, including
procurement contracts or purchase orders for goods and services, service
agreements, consultant agreements etc. as applicable.
Management of Sub Grantees
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Ensure sub-grantee budgets are reasonable and in
line with programmatic needs.
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Establish a strong control environment for ensuring sub-grantee expenses
are accurate, allocable and reasonable to the project.
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Have regular reviews with sub-grantees ensuring compliance.
Qualifications & Requirements
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Professional
qualification preferable. Minimum 3-year bachelor’s degree.
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At
least 5 years post study experience in a financial/accounting capacity of which
at least 2 years should include management experience
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Knowledge
of institutional donor requirements; USAID, CDC, EC, DfID, UN partner agencies,
SIDA, etc would be advantageous.
Competencies:
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Focused
and versatile team player that is comfortable under pressure
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Strong
accounting and financial management acumen
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Analytical
and problem solving skills
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Experience
with ERP accounting systems, high proficiency in Excel.
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English
proficiency highly advantageous
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Excellent
interpersonal skills; ability to work on own and within various teams;
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Ability
to manage competing tasks; ability to prioritize and produce high level output
consistently
How to Apply
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