The Head of Finance, reports directly to the Country Director with functional remit to the Africa Regional Finance Advisor.
\n\u2022 This position has significant horizontal matrix relationships and requires effective team working with AAG and GS key staff members including finance staff in regions, GS, Regional and Project Managers and other functional heads in the Country as well as with AAG partner staff.
\n\u2022 The role is responsible for the development of financial strategies, plans, systems and policies and monitoring to ensure compliance and leading to build relevant organizational financial capacity to ensure effective delivery of set organizational goals.<\/p>\n
Job Description<\/strong><\/p>\n Job Title: Head of Finance\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Key Responsibilities:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 Maintain an accounting system that ensures data integrity and accuracy of reports of information generated from the system Treasury Management<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 Plan for long term funding requirements of the organisation\u2019s activities and interventions. Qualification Required & Experience<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 ICA, ACCA, CPA and CIMA Essential Knowledge and Experience<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 Must have advanced knowledge of the use of accounting software (knowledge of SUN Accounting and Vision Executive will be an added Desirable Knowledge and Experience<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 Experience in financial management of development projects especially for projects funded by development partners DFID, EU and<\/p>\n Location:<\/strong>\u00a0Accra<\/p>\n How To Apply<\/strong><\/p>\n Interested candidate should download application form:<\/p>\n Click Here To Download Application Form<\/strong><\/p>\n Completed application forms should be sent to:\u00a0jobs.ghana@actionaids.org<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Head of Finance, reports directly to the Country Director with functional remit to the Africa Regional Finance Advisor. \u2022 This position has significant horizontal matrix relationships and requires effective…..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6721,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[14],"tags":[2027],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2nO32-fAk","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59912"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6721"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59912"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59912\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u2022 Ensure timely preparation of management reports for management and the Board and present such reports to management at Senior Management meetings
\n\u2022 Present management reports to the Finance and Audit Committee and to the Board of Trustees and General Assembly as and when required
\non a timely basis to support strategic decision making in the organisation
\n\u2022 Prepare on timely basis, all financial tables at midyear and year-end for consolidation by ActionAid International Director of Finance
\n\u2022 Develop and maintain internal control systems that facilitate budget tracking, cash flow monitoring, safeguarding of assets and ensuring that procurement\u2019s provide value for money always and in all parts of the organisation
\n\u2022 Develop corporate financial strategies, policies and procedures for the Affiliate Programme in line with the Federation\u2019s policy framework as well as the legal and other regulatory frameworks of Ghana
\n\u2022 Monitor the implementation of and compliance with the Organisation\u2019s financial policies and procedures by staff and management
\n\u2022 Create and present finance and budget reports regularly to CLT and senior management team to facilitate effective decision making
\n\u2022 Respond to requests from GS as and when required
\n\u2022 Provide budget guidelines, templates and economic data to facilitate regional and mission and strategic enablers budgeting
\n\u2022 Provide a framework for annual income allocation and communicate other resource requirements of the Affiliate Programme (AP) to
\nmanagement and other budget holders to facilitate planning
\n\u2022 Consolidate LRP and thematic plans from templates into a Three-Year Plan (TYP) for the CP and present same to Executive Management for
\nconsideration and for Board approval
\n\u2022 Submit TYP and participate in Global Secretariat (GS) annual budget conference for budget discussion and consolidation
\n\u2022 Ensure that approved budget is translated into cash flow and uploaded into SUN 6.3 for implementation
\n\u2022 Generate Table H (ActionAid UK remittance request forecast) for approval and funds request<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Ensure availability and appropriate distribution of financial resources across the organisation in a manner that will ensure efficient and
\neffective utilisation of resources and prevent financial crises in any part of the organisation through regular monitoring and analysis of the
\nliquidity situation of the country programme.
\n\u2022 Establish banking relations and arrangements to leverage the organisations liquidity as well as to minimise bank and other related
\ncharges and risk.
\n\u2022 Lead in the appraisal and advise on financial aspects of partnership project proposals for the country programme.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Must have a high degree (at least Masters Level) in Accounting and related field
\n\u2022 Must have at least 10years experience of financial management (at least 5 years at a senior management level)<\/p>\n
\nadvantage).
\n\u2022 Must have strong knowledge of internal controls and budget\/cash flow monitoring.
\n\u2022 Must have a good knowledge of regional and international accounting standards.<\/p>\n