Regional Finance Manager
- Job Title Regional Finance Manager for WANALA Region
- Overseen by Regional Heads of WANALA Regional Support Services
- Reporting to Regional Heads of WANALA Regional Support Services
- Service station Dakar, Senegal
- Applicable area: West Africa, North Africa, Latin America
- Employment period 15 months (until December 31, 2024)
- Contract type Domestic contract/International contract
- Condition Management F, Accompanying Position
Introduction
The Danish Refugee Council helps refugees and internally displaced people around the world. They provide emergency aid, fight for their rights and strengthen their chances for a better future. We work in conflict areas, along flight routes and in countries where refugees are settled. Working with local communities, we seek responsible and sustainable solutions. We are committed to making the integration successful and fulfilling your wish to return as soon as possible.
The Danish Refugee Council was founded in Denmark in 1956 and has since grown into an international humanitarian organization with over 7,000 staff and her 8,000 volunteers. The Danish Refugee Council is based in Copenhagen (Denmark) and has representation in 40 countries. It is a non-profit, politically independent, non-governmental and non-sectarian aid organization.
Our vision is a life of dignity for all displaced persons. All our efforts are founded on the values of humanity, respect, independence and neutrality, participation, honesty and transparency.
Background
DRC has been active in West Africa since 1998. The DRC West, North Africa and Latin America Regional Office (hereinafter: WANALA RO) is based in Dakar, Senegal and outside of Senegal he covers more than 12 countries. The DRC’s WANALA RO, headed by the Regional Director General for the West, North Africa and Latin America Region (hereafter: WANALA Region), currently oversees, supports and provides strategic direction to the DRC country offices in the region, including Algeria and Burkina Faso. doing. Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Colombia, Libya, Mali, Mexico, Niger, Nigeria, Peru, Senegal, Tunisia, Venezuela.
Purpose
DRC WANALA RO is an experienced regional financial manager who provides professional guidance and direct support to the operations of the DRC in the WANALA region, assists in the development of region-related policies and ensures a high level of financial management. We expect you to be highly qualified and enthusiastic professionals in financial compliance.
The Regional Finance Manager position is based in Dakar (Senegal), but requires extensive travel throughout the WANALA region and possibly all of the above countries.
This position is a senior position that requires extensive prior knowledge of financial management, the humanitarian sector and/or international organizations, and a solid understanding of the various procedures and policies that apply. This position also requires a good knowledge of French and English.
Duties and Responsibilities
Under the control of the Regional Head of Support services, and following the strategic instructions being set up with the aid of using the Regional Senior Management Team, the Regional Finance Manager has a local cognizance and offers the due guide (consisting of occasionally direct guide) and steerage to every Country Office that allows you to make certain that the Region`s international locations do financially perform. By monetary performance, we imply that the Country Offices will respectively attain their objectives and recognize their duties in phrases of monetary reporting, follow-up of budgets, price manipulate control, and of tracking in their monetary commitments.
The Regional Finance Manager can whole those obligations with the guide of the Finance Department: The Regional Finance Manager is the supervisor in fee of the Finance Department of the Regional Office. The Regional Finance Manager is likewise completely chargeable for the monetary obligations associated with the Regional Office (an organizational entity with greater than fifty-5 persons). In addition to this role, the Regional Finance Manager ought to additionally oversee the monetary follow-up of the initiatives carried out with the aid of using the Regional Office (particularly initiatives led and owned with the aid of using the Regional Office, however which might be carried out outdoor of Senegal, on the equal times, with the aid of using exclusive international locations inside our Region – for instance, a undertaking carried out on the equal time in 3 international locations withinside the Sahel Region).
In addition, the Regional Finance Manager must ensure good and efficient cooperation, communication and cooperation with the finance department at the head office (located in Copenhagen, Denmark), especially with the operational finance support team.
The main duties and responsibilities of the Regional Finance Manager are:
Management & Coordination
- Ensure efficient management and supervision of employees in WANALA RO’s finance department.
- This includes daily monitoring of tasks, pursuit of defined goals and evaluation of employees.
- Oversee compliance with financial rules and regulations within WANALA RO and for all of its employees.
- Contribute as much as possible to effective communication and exchange of relevant information with our headquarters, country offices and various contributors regarding all financial matters, including potential financial matters, upcoming audits, financial reporting and financial risks. .
- To ensure tracking of payments, refunds and reports at the WANALA RO level.
- Efficient and good cooperation with other regional managers/coordinators of WANALA RO, especially regarding information exchange with HR and supply chain departments.
- Regularly visit WANALA RO countries and provide technical advice to financial managers of WANALA RO countries and to financial coordinators reporting to another manager.
Finance (Accounting & Reporting)
- To make sure an green and sturdy finances follow-up and value manage of the tasks controlled through the WANALA Region (along with well timed closure of the month-to-month accounting, success of the shared charges regulations, and well timed reserving of reconciliations);
- To support the economic regulations and rules withinside the WANALA Region and for every venture controlled through the WANALA Region, along with the pleasant and compliance requirements of the economic helping documentation connected to each voucher;
- To consolidate the economic statistics approximately the continued tasks for every Country Office included through the WANALA Region as a way to make sure their correct economic performance, and to cross-take a look at often the BFUs of the countries;
- To take part withinside the follow-up of the economic month-to-month control reports;
- To assure the pleasant assessment of the once a year budgets supplied through every Country Office of the WANALA Region, along with the coherence, conformity, and eligibility of the statistics supplied through the respective Countries for his or her budgets;
- To take a look at, if essential and if requested, the month-to-month accounting for every Country Office included through the WANALA RO (in coordination with the Finance Department on the HQ);
- To support, if wanted and requested, and best in complete coordination with the Finance Department on the HQ, the Country Offices in phrases of economic closure, economic reporting, and follow-up;
- To make sure the follow-up of the WANALA RO financial institution money owed and the scenario of the liquidity, along with filing the Bank Transfer Requests;
- To make contributions to the elaboration of the budgets withinside the venture proposals controlled on the WANALA RO;
- To assessment the budgets for the venture proposals advanced through the Country workplaces included through the WANALA RO;
- To reveal the economic control of the WANALA RO, through following up the budgets intake and through controlling the investment insurance and charges engaged, whilst updating often the Master Budget of the WANALA RO;
- To often examine the economic statistics acquired on the WANALA RO degree and additionally according to country, and offer dependable statistics to the senior control.
Audit & Compliance
- To take the lead during financial audits of projects overseen by WANALA RO and, where appropriate, to assist/assist in audits of domestic office operations/projects.
- Verification and monitoring of full compliance with financial statements of WANALA RO expenses, taking into account not only internal requirements of the DRC, but also external requirements related to compliance (donors and potential legal obligations in their respective countries).
- We provide guidance to country offices on country compliance and assist with internal compliance requirements while advising on external compliance requirements.
- To conduct regular internal financial audits on projects in the WANALA region in good coordination and communication with the finance department at headquarters.
- To identify potential financial risks in the WANALA region that are not yet known to the WANALA region senior management team (WANALA RO level).
ERP System (DRC Dynamics)
- Ensure efficient support to country offices in implementing DRC Dynamics for Treasury Tracks.
- Contribute to the development and refinement of new learning materials for finance staff in the WANALA region (in good cooperation with the finance department at headquarters).
- To monitor that DRC Dynamics is or will be used at full capacity on WANALA RO.
- Validate DRC Dynamics’ compliance with financial procedures in each country covered by WANALA RO and regularly provide authoritative data on the usage of DRC Dynamics across the WANALA region.
Capacity-Building
- WANALA RO Finance department staff training on DRC procedures and use of ERP system.
- Contribute to the capacity building of the financial staff of the country offices serviced by WANALA RO during field visits to each country.
- To advise and facilitate the understanding and application of the policies, procedures and principles of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
All of the above operations are mainly handled by WANALA Regional Office, Democratic Republic of the Congo, but travel within the region (intervention countries) is very time consuming, averaging 50% of the work time. . hours per month. Additionally, the Regional Finance Manager may be called upon to perform other tasks as requested by the Regional Head of Support Services or the Regional Executive Director.
Required Qualifications
- Minimum four (4) years of senior management enjoy in operations control roles with as a minimum two (2) years of enjoy in a comparable position in an global NGO;
- Diploma degree/University degree (Master) in International Development, Economics, Political Science, Public Affairs, Business
- Administration or Management, or some other applicable area is required;
- Proven management abilities and a competence in human beings control;
- Proven operational control enjoy and capability;
- Significant enjoy in provide control and knowledge of institutional fund-raising;
- Proven large economic control enjoy;
- Excellent communique, interpersonal, and influencing abilities with a well-evolved cappotential to encourage and convince at excessive levels;
- Full expert fluency in French language (80% of the expert communique on this function could be achieved in French, together with nearly all of the communique inside the
- WANALA Regional Office);
- Proficiency (written and spoken) in English;
- Working know-how of Spanish and different languages local to the WANALA area is an asset however now no longer a requirement;
- Significant knowledge of the specific contexts of the WANALA Region;
- Excellent Computer Skills (MS Office, Internet) and a complicated talent in Excel are required.
Required Skills & Qualities
Core Competencies of DRC:
- strive for perfection
- cooperation
- induce
- communication
- show integrity
- Ability to work in a multinational and multicultural environment
- Proactivity, a strong commitment to teamwork and a true spirit of collaboration
- Good communication skills, patience and politeness are required
- Multitasking and organizational skills are a must
- Adaptable and flexible
- Proven analytical and critical thinking skills
- Exemplary ethics in the workplace
- Team-oriented and has a sense of humor
General Regulations
- Employees must follow DRC guidance on security, confidentiality and ethics, including the Code of Conduct and Humanitarian Responsibility Framework.
- Employees are expected to be aware of the Code of Conduct and cannot turn a blind eye to its requirements and provisions.
- Employees shall not engage in other paid employment during the term of their DRC contract without prior approval.
- Employees shall not, during the term of their DRC contract, engage in any activity that may be detrimental to the DRC or the implementation of the project.
- Employees may not give media interviews or post project-related photos or other materials without prior approval.
- At the end of the contract period or upon request, the employee is obliged to return to the DRC all equipment borrowed for the project.
Application Process
Are you interested? Then apply for this position online: www.drc.dk/about-drc/vacancies/current-vacancies. All applicants are required to submit a cover letter and an up-to-date resume (4 pages or less). Both must be in English.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo guarantees equal employment opportunities and prohibits discrimination in employment based on race, sex, color, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability. DRC encourages all applicants to apply and does not discriminate in any recruitment process.
However, applicants should be aware that the Democratic Republic of the Congo cannot employ nationals of the country of destination (in this case, the Republic of Senegal) under international internship or volunteer agreements.
The application deadline is 11:59 pm on September 13, 2023. (Dakar time). Applications submitted after this date will not be considered.
Due to the urgency of this position, DRC reserves the right to recruit candidates matching the required profile before the above deadline.
DRC as an employer
By working in DRC, you will be joining a global workforce of around 8000 employees in 40 countries. We pride ourselves on our:
- Professionalism, Influence and Expertise
- Humanitarian Approach and Our Commitment
- purpose, meaning, own contribution
- Culture, Values and Strong Leadership
- Fair compensation and continuous development
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Application due: 13-09-2023
