Finance Officer at Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) Tanzania

3987BR
Head of Programs-Tanzania
Aga Khan Foundation

Finance Officer at Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) October 2024

Job type: Full-time
The position
The position is responsible for the technical leadership and management
on all financial functions for MECPZ, ensuring compliance with all
relevant policies and standards.

The Finance Officer will lead
the finance teams to effectively manage income and expenditure,
procurements, and operational logistics for MECPZ. Provide leadership on
the budgeting process and ensure all budget holders understand, can
manage, and held accountable for their budgets according to
organisational financial protocols and be accountable for all financial
compliance across the organisation.

Major Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership
  and management on all financial matters for MECPZ, ensuring compliance
  with all relevant policies and standards.
• Manage grants spending
  against approved budget, by ensuring that appropriate systems and
  controls are in place to monitor expenditure in alignment to grants and
  reporting requirements.
• Ensure timely and accurate financial
  reporting to donors and other stakeholders including preparation of
  annual financial statements.
• Coordinate all internal and external audits and implement audit recommendations
• Ensure MECPZ complies with all statutory and regulatory requirements by the government and development partners.
• Work with the programs partnership teams to develop budgets that are aligned to the MECPZ and donor standards.
• Conduct monthly, quarterly, and annual budget reviews and re-forecast quarterly based on the burn rate and changes to programme.
• Ensure that internal controls are properly enforced to minimize potential risks
• Ensure
  all financial transactions are timely and accurately posted in the
  accounting system for purposes of generating Programme financial reports
• Take lead in the monthly payroll preparation. Ensure timesheets are completed and filed in a timely manner.
• Ensure monthly funding request for the programme and follow up with country office to ensure that funds are received on time.
• Reviewing all payments in line with the laid down policies and procedures before submitting the payment to the Program Director.
• Review all employee’s expenditure reports before they are posted into system
• Ensure monthly bank reconciliations are prepared, approved, and filed on time.
• Tracking Employee advances regularly and following up the recovery process or management action.
• Manage the Finance team. This includes coaching and developing the team for a more effective skill set and work environment.
• Any other duties that are not specifically stated above but will
  necessarily come within the framework of your operation shall be
  assigned to you from time to time by your supervisor
• Diversity,
  Inclusion, and safeguarding: Ensure MECP’s pluralistic values are
  demonstrated internally, externally, and all programming in respectful
  and inclusive of people from diverse backgrounds including, but not
  limited to, socio-economic status, religion, ethnicity, culture, gender,
  age, and disability.
• Committed to acting ethically and
  upholding safeguarding standards towards all staff, volunteers, and
  beneficiaries of the organisation.

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The requirements
Required qualifications and experiences

• Minimum of bachelor’s degree in Finance and or Accounting together with professional qualification – CPA or ACCA or CIMA.
• Minimum three years relevant professional experience
• Experience in management, leadership, and mentoring staff
• Experience
  in developing budgets in collaboration with technical programme staff
  and supporting the effective management of these
• Excellent communication skills, able to make strong presentations and produce high quality financial reports
• Experience of working across geographical, organisation boundaries, cultures & diverse stakeholders.
• Demonstrated experience of working with consortiums, international multilateral and bilateral donors
• Demonstrated experience in budgeting process from end to end in a multi-donor environment is a must
• Work experience in an international development organization is desirable
• Demonstrated experience in the preparation and supervision of annual financial accounts.
• Experience in preparation and supervision of both annual external audits, internal grant reviews and donor audits is a must.
• Excellent organisational, interpersonal and communications skills.
• Ability to demonstrate effective managerial and leadership skills.
• Strong sense of responsibility, professionalism, and thoroughness.
• Personal commitment to working as reliable, honest, & trustworthy member of a team
• Ability to work effectively in a culturally diverse organisation.
• Uphold MECPZ Values always

Core competencies

• Interpersonal Skills
• Specialised Job Knowledge
• Dependability and Initiative
• Planning and organising

Sector
Social Development

About the Agency
The
Aga Khan Foundation is a leading global development organisation
working to tackle the root causes of poverty. For more than 50 years, we
have helped create strong community institutions that support
sustainable, locally driven initiatives to improve the lives of millions
of people. By combining local knowledge with global best practices, we
strive to bring about transformative and long-lasting improvements to
quality of life.

Working alongside the agencies of the Aga Khan
Development Network and through partnerships with local communities,
civil society and business as well as governments and international aid
agencies, we are building a future where we all thrive together.

• Region Eastern Africa
• Location Tanzania
• Salary Salary and package to attract the best candidate
• Job Expires 21-Oct-2024