ABOUT THE COMPANY:

DRC assists refugees and displacement-affected communities by implementing protection and livelihoods activities that increase their self-reliance and expand opportunities for a dignified life.

About the job

Under the management of the Regional Head of Support services, the Regional Finance Manager has a regional focus and provides the due support (including technical support when required) and guidance to each Country Office. Financial performance includes but is not limited to, budget development, financial reporting, follow-up of expenditure against budgets, cost control management and risk mitigation.

The Regional Finance Manager is in-charge of the Finance Department of the Regional Office and is fully responsible for the financial responsibilities related to the Regional Office, while performing oversight on the country offices on project finance matters.

The Eats Africa & Great Lakes Region. Your main duties and responsibilities will be:

To ensure efficient management and supervision of the staff members of the Finance Department of the RO

To monitor compliance of the financial rules and regulations within the RO

Provide quality assurance of budgeting activities in the country operations, paying attention to compliance and adherence to the regional program and financial strategies.

To produce donor, internal and statutory reporting as required for the regional office entity

To accommodate and support donor financial audits of projects at the EAGL Regional Office

To accommodate and support internal financial audits of projects in the EAGL Region

To check and monitor the full compliance of the financial documents of the EAGL RO expenses

To identify and document potential financial risks in the EAGL Region

To ensure a functioning of ERP System at expert user level

To contribute to the development and elaboration of new learning materials for the Finance staff members in the EAGL region

About you

To be successful in this role, we expect you to have at least 5 years’ experience as Finance Manager in an INGO setting. Moreover, we also expect the following:

Required

Bachelor’s degree in accounting and finance, master’s degree or above will be considered as an asset

Expert level experience working is ERP 365 System is Mandatory.

Advance skills in managing large and complex data analysis and Power BI;

Excellent communication, interpersonal and influencing skills with a well-developed ability to motivate and persuade at high levels;

Proven track of technical training skills and mentorship.

Proficiency (written and spoken) in English;

Experience of working in countries under East Africa and Great Lakes Region is Mandatory.

Excellent Computer Skills (MS Office, Internet) and an advanced proficiency in Excel are required.

Desirable

Other languages like Swahili, Arabic, French will be added advantage

Work experience with Danish Refugee Council in Finance unit is Desirable.