New Job Opportunity at IRC Tanzania – Deputy Director Finance
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Jobs in Tanzania 2021: New Job Vacancies at International
Rescue Committee (IRC), 2021
Deputy Director Finance
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, United Republic of
Requisition ID: req14307
Job Title: Deputy Director Finance
Sector: Finance
Employment Category: Fixed Term
Employment Type: Full-Time
Open to Expatriates: Yes
Location: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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Job Description
The
International Rescue Committee responds to the world’s worst
humanitarian crises and helps people whose lives and livelihoods are
shattered by conflict and disaster to survive, recover and gain control
of their future.
We have been present in Tanzania since 1993
when we responded to an influx of refugees from Rwanda, Burundi and the
Democratic Republic of Congo. Since the initial influx, we have
continued to tirelessly serve the needs of both refugees and host
communities in the country. In 2020, we reached 250,000 people across
three refugee camps and the Tanzanian population.
Through our work across health, education, and protection, we focused on:
- Ensuring that women and girls have access to quality reproductive healthcare;
- Working
with leaders of refugee communities, religious and community leaders in
the host community and the government to prevent violence against women
and bolster women’s empowerment; and providing medical referral,
counseling, legal and support to survivors; - Ensuring that children affected by displacement and crisis have access to safe and quality education;
- Improving critical school and health infrastructure in the refugee camps and the host community;
- Providing youth – particularly girls – with social and recreational activities as well as life skills training;
- Working with local partners to ensure inclusion of persons with disabilities in the camp and the host community; and
- Supporting
the regional Ministry of Health with a range of health interventions,
including disease outbreak, reproductive and mental health services.
IRC
in Tanzania has a significant, multi-million dollar budget, through a
range of long and short term awards. The organization is funded by a
range of high profile institutional and voluntary donors, including
governments, international organizations, corporations, and foundations.
SCOPE OF WORK:
The Deputy Director Finance is
responsible for leading on all financial matters in the country
programme. As a key member of the Country Program Senior Management
Team, the role provides financial leadership and management necessary to
ensure that the country program has the appropriate financial
infrastructure and systems in place to support the strategic vision and
mission of the organization.
S/he will contribute to the
development of the country programs strategic and operational plans and
be accountable for ensuring and monitoring delivery against the
financial plans through targeted and comprehensive financial analytical
review. The Deputy Director Finance is responsible for the overall
policy and management for the financial and accounting management of the
Country Program. Emphasis will be placed on financial management
policies, practices and systems that are compliant with local laws and
US as well as adhering to donor requirements but are also conducive to
effective implementation of country programs.
As Deputy Director
Finance, s/he will have responsibility for all aspects of strategic and
operational finance in the country program, acting as the principal
finance business partner to the Senior Management team and Country
Director, Regional staff as well as conforming to IRCs financial control
environment and CFO standards and objectives.
Based in Dar es
Salaam, the Deputy Director Finance will reporting to the Country
Director with technical support from the Regional Finance Director.
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KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:
Strategic Planning & Analysis
- Provides
financial information which supports the Country Director and SMT in
making business decisions in line with IRC, Regional & Country
Program strategies - Provides strategic analysis on the overall financial health of the country program to the CD and SMT
- Contributes and provides feedback to the development of Country Programs Strategic Annual Plan
Controllership
- Ensures that all in-country practices are in compliance with IRC and donor policies and procedures
- Establishes in-country finance procedures to supplement global policies as needed
- Closely
monitors financial activities and advises the Country Director on
financial performance of the office, issues with internal controls or
financial management - Ensures monthly balance sheet reconciliations are completed on a timely basis
- Manages
the finance department activities and schedules to meet the financial
reporting requirements and deadlines specified by headquarters and
donors - Identifies requirements for and develops reporting formats to aid in the management of country operations and grant expenditures
- Directs
the preparation of and approves all donor financial reports in respect
to accounting, legal and contractual requirements and ensures the review
of such reports by the Country Director and Regional Controller prior
to submission - Ensures in-country internal control reviews of operations are regularly undertaken.
- Facilitates external, internal, donor or government audits
- Oversees
the protection of the country’s assets (cash, inventory, fixed assets)
through the enforcement of internal control policies and procedures - Maintains
current knowledge of local government requirements related to finance
and complies with tax and other legal requirements - Is the principal liaison with IRC HQ on all finance, accounting, grant budget management, and cash management
Training & Staff Management
- Establishes
a finance department roles and responsibilities matrix; staff job
descriptions are current; recruits and maintains qualified staff to
perform finance functions - Ensures comprehensive and constructive
performance reviews are completed annually; career planning and
development plans are in place for all finance staff - Develops and implements a training program for the country’s finance staff
- Oversees
finance training and technical support to non-finance staff for skills
improvement in the areas of accounting, reporting and internal control
Treasury
- Supervises
all country program bank relations and bank account activities
including negotiation of fees, interest and currency exchange rates - Oversees the review and approval of all monthly bank account and cash reconciliations
- Maintain
on current basis accurate forecasts of cash requirements for meeting
future spending, including commitments which obligate IRC to future
spending - Ensures that appropriate balances are maintained to
facilitate grant implementation and cash held in headquarters in drawn
regularly - Ensures the development and implementation of a plan
to minimize the country’s foreign exchange exposure to currency gains
and losses - Supervises the collection of contractual and other receivables
Budget/Forecast
- Oversees
the preparation and revision of grant proposal budgets and finance
reports; supports programs with guidance on costing and inputs in
creating budgets for submission - Prepares and maintains the
country’s annual operating budget; ensures cost coverage for in-country
operating costs and updates the operating budget regularly - Presents and facilitates the review of actual to budget expenditures with the Country Director and program managers
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Qualifications
- Bachelor’s
degree in Accounting, Business Administration, Commerce or Finance
required; Recognized professional certificate in accounting such as CPA,
or a Master’s degree in Accounting strongly preferred - Extensive
experience working in development or humanitarian response, including
at least five years of experience living and working in the relevant
field in developing and transitioning countries - Minimum of five years of managerial experience in finance
- Requires
extensive experience in working with computerized accounting systems,
standard spreadsheet and database programs (SUN System and Vision) - Good written and verbal skills in the English language
- Must
be comfortable in being a proactive member of the senior management
team. Must have a proven track-record of proactively identifying and
communicating potential problems and proposing solutions - Must be
able to function effectively in a complex work environment, setting
appropriate priorities and manage competing priorities and pressure - Ability to carry out responsibilities independently with minimal technical support
- Must
have excellent interpersonal communication skills and professional
patience and be able to interact, partner and thrive in a diverse
environment - Committed to staff training and development and effective at facilitation
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Equal Opportunities:
IRC
is an equal opportunity employer and considers all job applicants on
the basis of merit, without regard to race, nationality, tribe or place
of origin, colour, national extraction, social origin, political or
religious opinion, gender, pregnancy, marital status or family
responsibility, sexual orientation, disability, HIV/Aids, age, or
station of life.
The IRC and IRC workers must adhere to the
values and principles outlined in IRC Way – Standards for Professional
Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, and Accountability. In
accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on
Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding,
Anti Workplace Harassment, Fiscal Integrity, and Anti-Retaliation.MODE OF
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