Job Title: Assistant Financial
Controller
Location: Malawi, Blantyre Office
Reporting
to:
GOAL Malawi Financial Controller
Liaison
with:
GOAL Malawi Team Members
State Date: June 2016
General
Description of the Programme:
GOAL has been
working in Malawi since 2002. The current GOAL programme focuses on four main
sectors: HIV, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), livelihoods/food security
and disaster management in Nsanje and Balaka districts. GOAL has established
programme offices in Nsanje, Chiklwawa and Balaka; a liaison office in the
capital Lilongwe, which also houses the Country Director; and its main office
in Blantyre.
General
Description of the Role:
The Assistant
Financial Controller to support the Financial Controller in managing the donor
finances, ensure proper budgetary preparation, control and monitoring, and
improve existing work practices within Finance Department and with other
country programme departments/units, with particular emphasis on the
understanding and application of financial procedures.
Duties and
Responsibilities:
- Liaise
with programme and support staff to help ensure accurate expenditure
forecasting and budget monitoring through the monthly production of Budget
Management Tools (BMTs) - Ensure
timely preparation of donor reporting for review by the Financial
Controller and Country Director prior to submission to Dublin and
ultimately the donors - Assist
the wider team, including Programmes and Operations departments, in the
preparation of donor budgets and annual rolling budgets - Review
and update cost apportionment basis to donors and ensure supporting
documentation is reasonable and appropriately filed - Assist
with timely preparation of monthly, quarterly and annual management
accounts for review by the Financial Controller
In
the absence of the Financial Controller, day to day responsibility for managing
Finance with the support of the Assistant Country Director for Systems and/or
Country Director
Any
other duties as may be assigned by the Financial Controller or the Assistant
Country Director for Systems and/or Country Director
Required
Qualifications:
- A
qualified Accountant (Chartered, Certified or Management) - Two
years post qualified experience - Experience
with management of donor grants, for example OFDA, USAID, ECHO, DFID, EU,
etc. - Work
experience in busy, changing environment - Excellent
written and spoken English, with excellent communication and training
skills - Ability
and willingness to work in a remote areas - Excellent
computer skills including proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Word - Knowledge
of SAGE or a similar package desirable - Ability
to implement effective projects with limited supervision - Team
player, flexible and capable of working with a multinational country team.
GOAL has a
Standards of Integrity and a Child Protection Policy, which have been developed
to ensure the maximum protection of programme participants and children from
exploitation. GOAL also has a confidentiality policy ensuring the
non-disclosure of any information whatsoever relating to the practices and
business of GOAL, acquired in the course of duty, to any other person or
organisation without authority, except in the normal execution of duty. Any
candidate offered a job with GOAL will be expected to adhere to these policies
any job offer made is also subject to police clearance. GOAL is an equal
opportunities employer.
This Job
Description only serves as a guide for the position available. GOAL reserves
the right to change this document. Any published closing dates are estimated.
Due to the nature of GOAL’s work we aim to fill vacancies as quickly as
possible. This means that we will close adverts as soon as we have found the
right candidate and this may be before the published closing date. We would
therefore advise interested applicants to submit an application as early as
possible.
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