Summary
Date Posted: Sunday, July 14 2024, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Job Purpose
The Country Finance Officer supports the country’s finance function. Country Finance focuses on a correct and exhaustive country and project finance, reported in a timely manner and which is compliant to SNV policies and procedures as well as donor procedures, regulations and guidelines
The Country Finance Officer checks, executes, consolidates and reports on financial and non-financial data in the country and checks financial project administration. Ensures the stability and transparency of the overall country finances, to be compliant to SNV’s corporate financial guidelines and procedures as well as donor requirements, accounting and reporting regulations.

Job Description
Financial Advice and Information
• Provides (non) requested financial data, analyses and advice to relevant internal and external parties as input for further decision-making and handling. Gives advice, balancing country interests, relevant regulation, corporate standards and guidelines, considering the project set-up with different donor(s) and in line with business requirements and SNV’s corporate financial guidelines and regulations. Answers questions regarding financial administration and data, based on requests and corporate procedures. Contributes to global finance procedures and guidelines, finance strategy in the country and project finance by giving feedback and proposing changes

Financial Accounting and Administration
• Executes, checks and consolidates all necessary activities to assure complete and correct allocation of costs and time. Ensures that internal- and external reporting are aligned to financial regulations, SNV financial standards and guidelines and donor requirements. Assists in the management of intercompany projects

Financial Planning and Control
• Supports all budget holders in being compliant to internal- and external procedures and regulations and SNV and donor guidelines regarding the financial administration of country operations and projects. If applicable executes or supports in execution of all financial related activities within the country (annual budgeting process, periodic forecasting, support control, monitoring and auditing).

Reporting
• Provides (input for) financial reports and analysis, to provide insight in the overall country and projects financial status to both internal and external (e.g. donors) parties in order to safeguard financial performance, profitability and to estimate financial risks and take precautions. Ensures correct, exhaustive reporting to donors within agreed timelines, in line with donor and SNV financial guidelines.

Business Development
• Assists in development of budgets in proposals up to budget value of the set threshold. Takes the lead or supports in the financial part of a proposal from start to submission by developing, reviewing and refining budgets in line with full cost recovery policy, donor requirements, Finance-Human Resources- and Business Development policies and procedures. Supports the registration of financial data (coherence of data) in diverse information systems. Assists in the capacity building of new implementation partners in sub grants management.

People Management (if applicable)
Guides, develops, coaches and motivates the finance employees, to realise department’s objectives.

Qualifications
• Master’s or Bachelor’s degree in finance and accounting.
• Proven experience of 3-5 years in finance management.
• Financial professional, with strong knowledge in finance and full understanding of the core finance, business processes and accounting for projects and at corporate country level.
• A self-motivated person with good attitude, teamwork, communication, networking, and organisational skills.
• Ability to work independently and effectively within tight deadlines.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel.



Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 60

Level of Education: Postgraduate Degree

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