Responsibilities:
The Finance Manager provides management support and oversight to all aspects of the programme’s financial management across all its implementation geographies, promoting high-quality, timely and cost-effective programme delivery through a consortium approach and following the highest safeguarding standards.
Based in Nairobi and reporting to the Deputy Team Leader, the Finance manager will be directly responsible for i) the cost-effective management of all programme resources, ii) the contracting and contractual management of partners and suppliers in addition to ensuring grantees contracting are in line with Options grants management policies and procedures, and iii) the programme compliance with FCDO requirements and Options’ policies and quality assurance standards.
Based in Nairobi, the Finance Manager works closely with the Team Leader, Deputy Team Leaders, and programme manager as part of the programme’s Leadership Team.
Person specification:
To succeed in this role, you will have:
A bachelor of Commerce, Business Administration, or related undergraduate degree
Members of a recognized accounting professional body, such as the Institute of Certified Public Accountants or Association of Chartered Certified
Significant experience working in an international development organization
Extensive experience in the development and implementation of
programmes
Experience in people management and management of teams
Experience in managing large, complex donor-funded budgets
Experience in strategic planning
Experience in close working relationships with partners and consortia
Experience in contracts and contracting
Experience in networking to build successful relationships with potential
clients, collaborators and consultants
Experience in creating external financial reports for stakeholders and able to produce meaningful narrative reports
Experience in communicating complex financial information to non-finance colleagues.
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