Overview
Provide senior strategic leadership, systems oversight, and people management for all business operations functions across the Southern Africa (SAF) Cluster. Ensure finance, logistics, procurement, ICT, compliance, internal controls, and risk management systems operate as an integrated, efficient, and resilient regional platform.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the development and implementation of an integrated regional business operations strategy.
- Align operational systems across finance, logistics, procurement, ICT, compliance, risk, and internal controls.
- Ensure systems operate as a coherent regional platform rather than fragmented country-based processes.
- Directly line manage Operations and Finance Coordinators and Logistics leadership.
- Establish strong systems for performance management, objective setting, accountability, professional development, and leadership growth.
- Build technical and strategic capability across finance, logistics, and operational teams.
- Oversee budgeting, financial planning, forecasting, reporting, and resource allocation.
- Strengthen financial governance and internal accountability.
- Ensure compliance with donor requirements, Oxfam policies, and regulatory standards.
- Establish and maintain robust internal controls, compliance systems, audit readiness, and risk management frameworks.
- Ensure compliance with legal requirements, donor regulations, Oxfam standards, and safeguarding policies.
- Lead internal and external audit coordination.
- Oversee grants financial compliance, budget management, and donor operational requirements.
- Strengthen coordination between Programme teams, Finance, Compliance, and Business development.
- Ensure operational systems support effective donor delivery.
- Strengthen systems for Partner contracting, Financial transfers, Compliance, Risk management, and Operational due diligence.
- Ensure partner operational systems are accountable and proportionate.
- Support localisation through practical, enabling systems.
- Maintain secure, reliable, and fit-for-purpose ICT infrastructure.
- Promote effective use of digital tools across the Cluster.
- Strengthen data systems, integration, and operational coordination.
Required Experience
Minimum of 6 years’ of progressive experience in finance, operations, logistics, compliance, and business services leadership with at least two years in the development sector. Proven experience managing multi-country operational systems.
Qualifications
Master’s degree in business management /administration/ financial management or equivalent professional qualification. Alternatively, a Bachelor’s degree combined with a full professional qualification in accountancy (e.g. CA/ACCA/ACA/CIMA).
