Finance Manager x2 – Gaziantep and Hatay

The Opportunity

Responsible for Financial Management of the office, ensuring integrity of accounts, budgets, and forecasts and maintaining robust internal control and risk management framework. This position will manage the day-to-day financial management, accounting, compliance with SCI, Donors and Local Govt The person will also ensure proper financial planning, accurate expenses allocation and timely financial reporting. The role will also be responsible for ensuring finance and donor compliance controls are understood and followed in SCI and with partners, and take lead on assessing and building capacity of partners on financial management and donor compliance.

In order to be successful you will bring/have:

Essential

• At least 5 years of professional experience in line with the job requirements
• At least Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Trade, Business Administration, etc. related departments
• Strong communication (written and spoken), and interpersonal skills in English, with experience in managing multicultural teams
• Qualified professional accountant (internationally recognized qualification, practical experience equivalent will be considered) with substantial post qualification accounting experience
• Experience of and well developed skills in staff management, supervision and capacity building
• Good attention to detail and analytical skills
• Computer literate (i.e. WORD, advanced Excel, Outlook, Internet Explorer, financial systems).
• Cultural awareness and ability to build relationships quickly with a wide variety of people
• Patient, adaptable, flexible, able to improvise and remain responsive and communicate clearly and effectively under pressure
• Excellent planning, management and coordination skills, with the ability to organize a workload comprised of varying and changing tasks and responsibilities
• Strong understanding of Government of regulations on accounting, taxation and social security.

Desirable

• I/NGO & donor relations experience is highly desirable
• Experience of working in an international charity and ERP accounting system.
• Experience of working in emergency response and major donors

Position holder will be based in Hatay or Gaziantep, while international applications are welcome, priority will be given to local applications.

The Organisation
We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realise the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard.

We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:

• No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday
• All children learn from a quality basic education and that,
• Violence against children is no longer tolerated

We know that great people make a great organization, and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children. We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive environment where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.

Save the Children is committed to create a truly inclusive, effective and representative organisational culture, encouraging equity and diversity among its employees and eliminating discrimination. Having a diverse profile of employees, different age groups, backgrounds, cultures, gender identities and expressions, sexual orientation etc., including a range of different experiences and capabilities helps us understand, represent and serve children better. Therefore all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, or age.

Application Information:
Please attach a copy of your CV and cover letter with your application, and include details of your current remuneration and salary expectations. A copy of the full role profile can be found at www.savethechildren.net/careers

We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

All employees are expected to carry out their duties in accordance with our global anti-harassment policy.