Overview
This position leads consolidated financial reporting and treasury operations, ensuring financial operations are technically sound, compliant, and strategically aligned with organizational goals. It involves transforming financial data into actionable insights to drive evidence-based decision-making.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead consolidated financial reporting and treasury operations.
- Prepare consolidated monthly financial reports and statutory annual financial reports.
- Manage balance sheet reconciliations and financial key scorecards.
- Coordinate with banks, manage bank signatories, and oversee liquidity management.
- Follow up with Shared Services on payments to suppliers and service providers.
- Review and reconcile General Ledger and inter-company transactions.
- Lead the design and implementation of integrated financial systems and controls.
- Collaborate with FP&A Lead on annual planning and budgeting.
- Coordinate cash flow forecasting.
- Monitor and review reconciliations performed by Shared Services.
- Maintain relationships with banking partners.
- Foster collaboration with Shared Services to streamline financial processes.
- Consolidate partner funding forecasts.
- Review and approve financial requests on the Provision platform.
- Coordinate with Shared Services Centre on exchange rate updates.
- Oversee Mobile Money Payments and Beneficiary Payment Platform.
- Coordinate funding reconciliation.
- Ensure direct cash deposits are confirmed, managed, and disbursed as per donor guidelines.
- Monitor, manage, and ensure timely reconciliation of funds invested with Global Treasury.
- Compile and present financial reports for governance and leadership bodies.
- Ensure timely submission and upload of consolidated financial reports to relevant platforms.
- Interpret financial scorecards and flag potential risk indicators.
- Conduct thorough data validation prior to monthly financial closure.
- Manage and reconcile balance sheet accounts.
- Coordinate with Shared Service Centre (R2R and P2P) for transaction processing.
- Coordinate annual conversion of financial statements to be IFRS compliant.
- Maintain comprehensive asset registers and conduct quarterly asset verification.
- Oversee and manage staff advances.
- Review, process, and authorize payroll payments.
- Approve all supplier payments.
- Validate financial transactions for alignment with donor coding structures.
- Review and reconcile intercompany billing.
- Support monthly and year-end financial closing processes.
- Ensure timely submission of invoices to Shared Services.
- Coordinate the payment factory process.
- Oversee balance sheet reconciliation.
- Ensure compliance with internal and external audit requirements.
- Oversee adherence to payroll, taxation, and statutory obligations.
- Lead coordination and follow-up on audit findings and recommendations.
- Collaborate with Shared Services Centre (P2P and R2R) for accuracy and completeness.
- Take ownership of updating and maintaining the Finance Risk Register.
- Conduct assessments and design internal controls.
- Ensure Field Office Asset Management processes are properly implemented.
- Maintain compliance with World Vision Financial Policies and Procedures, GAAP/IFRS standards.
- Ensure accounting records are well-organized, current, and maintained.
- Establish clear, measurable performance objectives for team members.
- Proactively identify capacity gaps and recommend training interventions.
- Oversee leave planning and utilization.
- Oversee Finance new-hire orientation, onboarding, coaching, and training.
- Share and replicate finance management best practices.
- Assist the Finance and Support Services Director in capacity building initiatives.
Required Experience
- Minimum of 7 years of experience in a management role in NGO environment.
- Working knowledge of accounting software packages; Sun Systems, Vision XL and Vision Executive, PowerBI, Kariba, Power Apps.
- Excellent computer literacy skills, especially in MS Excel.
- In-depth working knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and IFRS.
- In-depth working knowledge of financial forecasting, cash management and Mobile Money management.
- Knowledge of how to prepare, review, and present financial statements and financial reports to senior leadership and boards.
Qualifications
- First degree in Accounting or Finance and professional qualification such as ACCA, CIS or CIMA
- Masters’ degree in Finance, Business Administration is an added advantage.
