Vacancy Announcement – British Council
Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!The British Council is a unique place to build your career. We have a presence in many countries around the world, and there is a range of career opportunities available, either in the UK or in one of our offices or locations abroad.
British Council would like to invites competent and interested candidates for the following position.
Position: Project Finance Manager-BMMIII Programme- Ethiopia
Qualification and Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, or any other similar qualification
- A minimum of 3 years’ donor funded experience and cumulative minimum of 6 years finance experience
Track record of key finance function in international / multinational organisation in similar context
- Experience of managing the delivery of projects delivered through partners and / or using outsourced providers – through client/partner funds
- Experience in procurement of services and goods and contracts
- Stakeholder engagement and management
Desirable:
- A recognized professional finance and /or accounting qualification (e.g. ACCA, CPA, CIMA, CIPFA)
- Familiarity with GIZ/EU policies and procedures
- Knowledge about grants, CSO financing, foreign donations rules and regulations
Technical knowledge and/or experience of SAP
Further Information
- Pay Band – Pay band 7
- Remuneration: ETB 74,613.00 gross per month
- Contract Type – 2years fixed term contract
- Location – Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
- Language requirements: Strong written and oral English communication skills.
- Role holder must have existing rights to live and work in the country the role is based.
Closing Date – [5th July 2023] Applications will close 23:59 West African Time
Main accountabilities but not limited to the following:
Financial management
- Lead on financial planning, forecasting, cash flow, reporting and analysis to ensure accurate, timely and complete financial management of the project/contract budget on SAP.
- Evaluate the financial performance of the projects regularly, together with the Project Board, partner organisations and Regional Finance Team.
- Oversee all procurement focusing on documentation collation for vendor creation, coordination of purchase order initiation and goods release.
- For grant disbursement, support the teams on grant selection and management, payment of grants and capacity building in financial management for grantees.
- Maintain financial records and financial information in line with British Council information management standards and donor requirements.
- Ensure all systems and documents developed are in full compliance with British Council corporate standards and country legal and financial requirements.
- Maintain financial records and financial information in line with British Council information management standards and donor requirements.
- Ensure all systems and documents developed are in full compliance with British Council corporate standards and country legal and financial requirements.
Financial Reporting, Analysis, Monitoring and Invoicing
- Establish and maintain a contract budget monitoring tool to enable accurate monitoring and reconciliation against the contract budget, to provide commercial forecasts and to respond to British Council and client requests and to ensure that the programme budget is not overspent.
- Lead on monthly monitoring and reconciliation of project/contract budgets and work with project team to identify and report risks and issues.
- Review actual project income and expenditure monthly; ensuring accurate reliable financial data is maintained in the finance system and the project financial management toolkit.
- Provide monthly commentary on the variances as part of the budget monitoring and planning process.
- Manage any financial modifications of the contract budget working with the country and regional team and the British Council’s costing and pricing model.
- Produce monthly financial reports as needed, manage budget checks, correct errors in postings, accruals and journals on SAP to ensure accurate data is maintained.
Stakeholder engagement and Relationship management
- Liaise with and act as “outpost” of country finance team to ensure effective interface between project/contract and corporate financial systems.
- Build and maintain relationships with relevant stakeholders and partners, including the Project team, Financial Controller, Risk and compliance, Financial planning & analysis, Country Corporate Services, Regional Commercial and Finance teams.
- Build and maintain productive relationships with external consultants, experts, suppliers, vendors and client desk officers / contract officers.
Deadline: July 05, 2023
How to Apply
Therefore those who fulfil the aforementioned criteria should have to send their personal document or Educational requirement and Experience through an the application link below:
If you have any problems with your application please email: askhr@britishcouncil.org
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