Director Finance- Africa Area Office

Position Summary:
The Director Finance – Africa Area Office will be responsible for financial management of the Africa Area Office (AFR AO) and projects implemented directly by the Africa Area Office and National Organizations under management of the Africa Area Office or in other countries of Sub-Saharan Africa.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Perform financial management activities for grants implemented by AFR AO and in the region (50%)
• Monitoring of financial performance against approved budget and deliverables
• Develop and manage a consolidated grants schedule for the AFR AO and individual AFR Countries
• Coordinate financial reporting with partners and sub-grantees
• Ensure compliance with donors’ requirements including procurement procedures
• Ensure proper coding and timely recording and reporting
• Perform desktop/onsite monitoring of financial and grant compliance
• Support Global Compliance and Donor Reporting (GCDR) function in donor reporting
• Perform donor reporting for grants not managed by GCDR
• Engage external project audits required by donors
• Support internal audits of the grants
• Participate in the capacity assessment, selection and engagement process of external implementing partners and Lead firms
• Review financial terms and budgets of subgrant agreements
• Review and approve the financial reports from subgrantees and other external implementing partners
• Provide capacity building of subgrantees and external implementing partners related to donors’ requirements

Finance Operations of AFR AO (35%)
• Provide overall management of AFR AO financial operations
• Provide strategic financial input to decision-making for all program areas
• Supports SD Business support in AO Budgeting
• Ensure adequate, timely and accurate reporting of financial activities for AFR AO and National Offices to senior management
• Ensure compliant local reporting for regional office
• Ensure compliance with local tax legislation (corporate tax, VAT, WHT, PAYE)
• Draft the annual financial statements of AFR AO
• Plan and coordinate the annual external audit of AFR AO
• Coordinate the internal audit of AFR AO
• Oversee AFR AO procurement process, ensure compliance with HFHI Procurement policy
• Oversee implementation of internal financial controls and procedures including timecards, contractor management, inventory management, etc.
• Oversee office operations and related administrative staff
• Support the AVP and the AFR program function in planning and budgeting efforts for AFR National Offices and branches, including project-based budgeting, pipeline evaluation and match funding requirements at both country and regional level.

Business Development (10%)
• Support the Go/No Go process for new opportunities including the evaluation of financial management capacity at regional, national and project levels, implications on match funding requirements and multi-year financial health of the entities involved
• Support budgeting and planning efforts for new bids including template development, budget reviews and workforce deployment/planning to allow for adequate capacity in the field and full cost-recovery

Talent Management and Capacity Building (5%)
• Manage the finance team including performance management, job planning, coaching and day to day oversight in line with Habitat standards
• Support the recruitment and selection of key financial management talent at national and project levels

Minimum Requirements:
• 8-12 Years of related experience, preferably within an INGO or international organization
• A university degree in Finance or a related field of study
• Robust knowledge of the East African and broader sub-Saharan African context
• Experience with budget preparation/compilation
• Experience within a federated network, preferably within a regional office
• Grant management and experience with large institutional donor funding (e.g. USAID, DFID, World Bank)
• Strong technical/system skills including enterprise scale accounting packages (Sun, SAP, Navision or equivalent), advanced Excel and designing financial reports
• Fluency in English; working knowledge of French preferred