Senior Manager, Donor Finance, OPS & Compliance

SUMMARY:

FEED International Senior Manager, Donor Finance, Ops & Compliance is responsible for providing financial management, operations, and compliance oversite and support for all donor funded projects through to closeout.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

Financial Management:

• Ensure efficient management of donor funds for compliance and high-quality reporting.
• Provide oversight of the financial management systems.
• Assist Project Leads in developing proposal budgets, workplans and workplan budgets.
• Review monthly expenses, budget to actual reports, and accrual reports; and where necessary implement effective strategies to maximize burn rates for FEED projects and subrecipients.
• Assist project staff in the preparation of financial reports, in line with donor requirements.
• Review procurement packages in accordance with FEED policies and procedures.

Project Management:

• Act as a liaison between Project Leads, and other departments, to ensure that all donor reports are submitted as required.
• Assist with amendments of donor agreements and subawards, and incremental funding requests.
• Manage subrecipient pre-award assessments.
• Facilitate ad-hoc requests from donors.

Compliance:

• Monitor and coordinate the implementation of donor agreements and subawards, and ensure that financial management policies and procedures are being followed.
• Ensure timely understanding, communication and implementation of donor regulations and requirements.
• Keep abreast of changes/updates of donor regulations and ensure that internal policies and procedures are aligned and disseminated to relevant staff.
• Inform changes within projects to address non-compliance issues, in collaboration with Project Leads.
• Ensure that all legal agreements pertaining to program implementation, including donor and subaward agreements are reviewed and approved in line with organisational requirements.

Capacity Development:

• Ensure that projects are adequately staffed and assist in identifying training requirements.
• Assist in providing internal capacity development of country office finance staff and Project Leads in terms of donor requirements, budgeting, and financial management.

BEHAVIOURS (Values in Practice)

Accountability:

• Hold self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Feed the Children values.
• Hold the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.

Ambition:

• Set ambitious and challenging personal and team goals, take responsibility for own personal development, and encourage teams to do the same.
• Widely share personal vision for Feed the Children, engage and motivate others.
• Future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale.

Collaboration:

• Build and maintain effective relationships, with team, colleagues, Donors and external partners and supporters.
• Value diversity and see it as a source of competitive strength.
• Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.

Creativity:

• Develop and encourage new and innovative solutions.
• Willing to take disciplined risks.

Integrity:

• Honest, encourages openness and transparency, demonstrates highest levels of integrity.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Education:

BA degree in Accounting or Finance

Qualifications & Experience:

• 5+ years’ experience with an international non-profit organization carrying out work with little guidance or supervision required.
• Proven experience and knowledge of 2 CFR 200 and 700, USAID ADS, and INGO business practices.
• Experience working with non-USG donors.
• Experience with Accounting regulations in international operations.
• Proficiency in English required.
• Any combination of education and experience may be considered.

Additional job responsibilities

The job duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the post holder may be required to carry out additional duties within reason and in line with their level of skills and experience.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Accounting — Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking and the analysis and reporting of financial data.

Computer Skills – Intermediate skills using Microsoft Office products, i.e., Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook. Advanced MS Excel skills, experience with MAS 90 and SAGE 100 helpful but not required. Experience with QuickBooks preferred.

English Language — Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.

Oral Communication – Speak clearly, persuasively, and professionally in positive or negative situations; listen and gets clarification; respond well to questions; demonstrate group presentation skills; participate in meetings.

Written Communication – Write clearly and informatively; edit work for spelling and grammar; vary writing style to meet needs; present numerical data effectively; able to read and interpret written information.

Teamwork – Balance team and individual responsibilities; exhibit objectivity and openness to others’ views; give and welcome feedback; contribute to building a positive team spirit; put success of team above own interests; able to build morale and group commitments to goals and objectives; support everyone’s efforts to succeed.

Ethics – Treat people with respect; keep commitments; inspire the trust of others; work with integrity and ethically; uphold organizational values.

Reasoning – Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form; ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Travel – International travel will be required for this position.

SAFEGUARDING POLICY

Feed the Children strives to provide an environment free from sexual exploitation and abuse and harassment in all places where relief and development programs are implemented. Feed the Children holds a zero-tolerance policy against sexual exploitation and abuse and harassment. Feed the Children expects its employees to maintain high ethical standards, protect organizational integrity and reputation, and ensure that Feed the Children work is carried out in honest and fair methods, in alignment with the Feed the Children safeguarding and associated policies. Violations to stated policies will be subject to corrective action up to and including termination of employment.