iDE Ghana Dec. Jobs

iDE’s approach is creating demand for household sanitation and hand washing solutions and encouraging local businesses to invest their own resources to serve the demand. The WASH program’s four-pronged approach:

· Deepens households’ initial sanitation demand using a marketing approach that engenders behaviour change;

· Designs and builds the capacity of local businesses to produce and sell affordable and sustainable sanitation solutions;

· Supports the establishment of local financial mechanisms to facilitate households’ access to sanitation and hygiene solutions;

· Engages with local government authorities to sensitize them on the importance for enforcing regulations and creating an enabling business environment for the success of entrepreneurs providing a market-based sanitation and hand hygiene solution.

Job Description

Job Title: Social Enterprise Financial Manager

Project Or Division:    Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH)

• Reports To:    WASH Director
• Location:    Based in Tamale, with frequent day and/or overnight travel to rural areas across the Northern, Upper East & Upper West Regions

Reporting Relationships: Reports directly to the WASH Director

Purpose:

• Social Enterprise Financial Manager (SEFM) produces and delivers meaningful, accurate, actionable, and timely financial analysis to Managers at all levels of the Sama Sama organisation.
• The Financial Manager will act as a conduit between customers, iDE operations and all teams within IDE GH’s WASH team producing social enterprise management reports, establishing effective planning and processes for an in-house financing unit.
• The manager will be responsible for enhanced customer and economic value through synchronized management of income generating revenues.

Core Responsibilites – Modifications may be made at any time

Management

• Maintain a documented system of social enterprise accounting policies, procedures and process maps
• Produce monthly, quarterly, annually and ad hoc, financial management reports regarding trends, variances, profitability and performance measurement
• Enhance customer profitability (new data feeds, new products, new methodology)
• Review company bottlenecks and recommend changes to improve the overall level of company throughput
• Participate in target costing activities to create products that meet predetermined price goals
• Build inter-departmental relationships, streamline processes and procedures, communicate new initiatives.

Funds Management

• Liase with the Organisation’s Operations for continuous engagement on social enterprise financing requirements
• Forecast cash flow positions, related borrowing needs, and available funds for investment
• Ensure that sufficient funds are available to meet ongoing operational and capital investment requirements
• Assist in determining the company’s proper capital structure
• Work with Amplify Market (Strategic advisory Consultant) to arrange for equity and debt financing.

Budgeting

• Manage the preparation of the company’s budget, graphing and reporting.
• Report to Sama Sama management on variances from the established budget, and the reasons for those variances
• Assist financial modeling in the formulation of its overall strategic direction.

Accounts Receivables & Cash Collections Management:

• Establish appropriate payment channels for Sama Sama customers to make payments
• Manage and report on accounts receivables balances for a specific customer account base
• Set up robust processes for collections of overdue balances
• Ensure adherence to payment terms, while limiting bad debt, maximizing sales, and building customer relationships
• Manage relationships with third  party financiers and external collection agencies
• Support Commercial Ops credit review and approvals for new accounts
• Review incoming requests to ensure that all required information is received
• Follow up with Commercial Ops team on obtaining any missing information
• Obtain and review available credit reports, third party/bank references, financials, and other relevant information
• Approve/deny credit terms and limit, assign appropriate risk codes, and/or follow-up with management or Risk Group as applicable.

Required Skills or Experience

• Graduated from university with degree in Finance, or an MBA preferable
• At least 7 years work experience in management accounting, planning and non-banking lending
• Knowledge of WASH is an asset
• Excellent spoken and written English
• Holds a valid drivers license

How to Apply

Applicants should post their Covering Letter and CV to email address [email protected].