Overview
The Finance Analyst is responsible for ensuring a high level of financial control by providing financial management support and advice to a minimum of four offices located in the Region.
Key Responsibilities
- Screening monthly original supporting documents and field returns from country delegation.
- Carrying out field missions to country delegation at least once or twice a year.
- Reviewing internal controls through monthly financial documents.
- Preparing the cash request analysis and reviewing project management status reports.
- Performing control checks on monthly reports for cluster and country delegation.
- Coordinating the annual budgeting process for cluster and country offices.
- Validating operating budgets.
- Reviewing administrative services invoices.
- Ensuring opening and maintaining codes in D365/APPLE.
- Being the contact person for all audits.
- Conducting programme managers finance training.
- Reviewing compliance to IFRC policies.
- Ensuring funds are transferred to delegation on time.
- Validating the accuracy of information on budget and PEAR ceiling.
- Validating various agreements, contracts, MoU and staff request.
- Supporting cluster and country finance teams.
- Conducting financial analysis.
- Providing advisory role to operations staff and programme managers.
- Supporting National Society Development in capacity review and risk assessment.
- Monitoring monthly closing of each country delegation.
- Monitoring the KPIs reflected on monthly financial report.
- Monitoring and follow up of audit recommendations.
- Cleaning and closing dormancy balance sheet items.
- Conducting monitoring visits to Cluster and Country delegation.
- Highlighting procurement control gaps or anomalies.
- Performing due diligence review on suppliers and financial service providers.
- Monitoring finance staff in cluster and countries.
- Providing technical advice in the recruitment and training of finance staff.
- Providing technical appraisal on country finance staff performance.
- Training new and old staff on financial & administrative procedures and policies.
- Providing continuous guidance, advice, and support to finance and administration staff.
- Briefing incoming country heads on financial matters.
- Acting for the Regional Head of finance and administration in her/his absence.
Required Experience
- 7 years’ experience in financial management, accounting and audit and risks management
- Previous experience working for the Federation and/or National Society is an asset
Qualifications
- Master’s degree in Business Administration, Commerce, or any other relevant fields
- Full professional accountancy qualification (CPA (K), ACCA, ACA etc.)
