Recrutement de 01 FINANCE MANAGER

Poste à pourvoir FINANCE MANAGER
Nombre de poste 01
Lieu d'affectation Ouagadougou
Structure recruteur CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES
Structure Bénéficiaire CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES
Secteur activité Activités de santé et d’action sociale
Diplôme ou niveau Master II
Option du diplôme ACCOUNTING, FINANCE
Expériences 05 ans
Capacités liées à l'emploi JOB ANNOUNCEMENT
About CRS
Catholic Relief Services is the official international humanitarian agency of the Catholic community in the United States. CRS works to save, protect, and transform lives in need in more than 100 countries, without regard to race, religion or nationality. CRS’ relief and development work is accomplished through programs of emergency response, HIV, health, agriculture, education, microfinance and peacebuilding. We welcome as a part of our staff and as partners people of all faiths and secular traditions who share our values and our commitment to serving those in need.
Catholic Relief Services, Burkina Faso Country Program (CRS), is seeking to hire a finance manager
Job Summary:
S/he ensures a high level of resource stewardship, strict financial accountability and financial risk management while ensuring the effectiveness and robustness of the Country Program (CP) and relevant partners’ financial management systems, processes, and practices in support of high-quality programs serving the poor and vulnerable. S/he anticipates and manages financial management services needs and delivery challenges, and identifies and implementes improvement solutions, as needed, to minimize CP and partners’ exposure to financial risk.
Job Responsibilities:
• Develop and manage financial processes in accordance with policies and provide proactive service delivery, advice, and support to managers, staff, and subrecipients in relation to managing the whole project cycle (Design, Start-up, Implementation, Close-out), ensuring efficiency and compliance with CRS’ policies and procedures, Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), donors’ rules and regulations, and legal requirements.
• Provide direction and coordination of effective budget development and management (Annual Program Plans and project budgets), ensuring accuracy and consistency of financial data and safeguarding of resources.
• Ensure integrity of accounting information by reviewing account issues for compliance and establishing quality control over accounting transactions and financial reporting. Oversee maintenance of supporting documentation for a reliable and easy to follow audit trail.
• Lead the preparation of accurate financial data, analysis and projections and support the Senior Management Team and Program/Project Managers in interpreting data for decision-making and effectively managing financial risks.
• Oversee the performance of accurate reporting procedures and timely submission of reports to relevant stakeholders (CP managers, Regional Office, HQ/Finance, donors, local government entities).
• Lead assessment of staff and subrecipients’ financial management capacity, ensure capacity strengthening on finance policies and regulations, as needed, and monitor and measure impact.
• Effectively manage talent. Provide coaching, strategically tailor individual development plans, and complete performance management for direct reports.
• Lead efforts to close audit financial management findings in a timely and sustainable way.
Typical Background, Experience & Requirements:
Education and Experience
• Master’s degree in Accounting, Finance or a related field, or MBA with a focus on Accounting preferred, or equivalent relevant experience and Bachelor’s degree. A professional certification in Accounting or a related field highly preferred.
• Minimum of five years’ experience in a similar position, preferably with an International NGO. Knowledge of the relevant public donors’ regulations highly preferred
• Substantial budgeting, budget/expense analysis, and accounting experience.
• Knowledge of local law in the area of taxation and local regulatory reporting procedures.
• Staff management experience.
• Strong experience in presenting and facilitating on financial management topics.
• Proficient in MS Office packages (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Visio), Web Conferencing Applications.
Knowledge of Insight financial accounting package or similar financial reporting software highly preferred
Personal Skills
• Excellent analytical skills with ability to make sound judgment and decisions
• Very good planning, monitoring and organizational skills
• Ethical conduct in accordance with recognized professional and organizational codes of ethics
• Proactive, resourceful, solutions oriented and results-oriented
• Ability to work collaboratively
Required/Desired Foreign Language: English and French
Candidate's commitment to CRS Safeguarding Policy
By applying to this job, I understand and acknowledge that CRS requires its staff to treat all people with dignity and respect and to actively prevent harassment, abuse, exploitation, and human trafficking. Further, I understand that if I am a successful candidate, I will be subject to a comprehensive background check, and my personal/professional references will be asked to evaluate my behaviors related to the above safeguarding-related topics.
Disclaimer: This job description is not an exhaustive list of the skill, effort, duties, and responsibilities associated with the position.
Connaissance en informatique • Proficient in MS Office packages (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Visio), Web Conferencing Applications.
Knowledge of Insight financial accounting package or similar financial reporting software highly preferred
Condition d'âge


Date limite de depôt des dossiers 18/06/2020