One Acre Fund Operations and Finance Associate Job Vacancy in Rwanda

Organization
Description

Most of the world’s
poor are farmers, representing the largest and most uniform group of poor
people in the world. One Acre Fund is a successful, rapidly growing NGO in
Kenya, Rwanda, and Burundi that is innovating a new way of helping farm
families to achieve their full potential. Instead of giving handouts, One Acre
invests in farmers to generate a permanent gain in farm income. We provide
farmers with a “market bundle” that includes education, finance, seed
and fertilizer, and market access. Our program is proven impactful – every
year, we weigh thousands of harvests and measure more than 100% average gain in
farm income per acre. We have laser-like focus on generating better lives for the
people that we serve.

We are growing
quickly. In five years, we have grown to serve 130,000 farm families with more
than1000 full-time field staff. In three more years, we will at least quadruple
in size, while adding several new countries. Our approach has won widespread
validation, winning grants from the highly competitive Echoing Green and Skoll
Foundations, and the global Financial Times/ IFC award for “basic needs
financing” in 2010 and 2011. Website: www.oneacrefund.org

Job
Description

As a young
organization, we are ready to hand over significant responsibility for
specific, well-defined strategic initiatives as well as day-to-day management
of our financial systems and team-members. Your primary task will be to manage
the operations of the finance team in the country you work. Your objectives
will be to improve operational efficiency and financial sustainability by
leveraging the bookkeeping and internal audit staff. You will increase the quality
of service provided by the finance team to other departments and ultimately to
the farmer through performance management and systems improvements. We are
seeking an exceptional professional with 2-4 years work experience, and a
long-term career interest in international development. They will serve in a
career-track position that combines financial and operational analysis with
management experience in Africa.

Typical tasks will
include:

– Managing Financial Operations
and Developing Staff. The Operations and Finance Associate will
manage the team of bookkeepers who do data entry for our financial and client
management systems. Managing and developing the talent of the finance team will
be your most important role. You will also collaborate closely across with
field operations to create tools and procedures, and will develop training,
that ensures financial procedures are efficiently integrated with operational
processes. The Operations and Finance Associate will work closely with the
Associate Controller to ensure the accuracy of monthly financial information.

– Internal Audit Processes.
The Operations and Finance Associate will manage the local internal audit team.
The role of the internal audit team is to monitor all of our systems to ensure
compliance with operational processes, from farmer level repayment to
procurement. You will need to have an intimate knowledge of the field
operations, and regularly monitor performance of your staff through field
visits.

– Financial Analysis &
Metrics. The Operations and Finance Associate will provide reports
on district, country and organization wide budget performance, and will oversee
the measurement of Financial KPI’s and ensure appropriate action. The Associate
will provide analysis and recommendations for improved efficiency and cost
effectiveness.

Qualifications

We are looking for
truly extraordinary candidates that will help take our organization to the next
levels of impact and scale. This is a competitive posting for a career-track
role with minimum initial commitment of two years. Candidates who fit the
following criteria are strongly encouraged to apply:

Strong
work experiences. Examples include a demanding professional work
experience in a finance or operations function (e.g. implementing a new
procurement process, managing a logistics system, working as a business or
finance analyst).
Confidence
with numbers.
Leadership
experience at work, or outside of work.
Top-performing
undergraduate background (please include GPA and test scores on your
resume).
A
willingness to commit to living in rural
areas of East Africa for at least two years – this is a
long-term, career-track position with potential to grow into a US-based
management role.
The
ideal candidate will have at least one year demonstrated experience
working in the developing world, although this is not a strict
requirement.
Rwanda
– French required.
Ability
to cook/ laugh/ extraordinary patience – all desirable

Location:
this job will be located in rural Burundi with frequent travel to Kenya

Preferred
Start Date:
Flexible

Compensation: Modest starting salary +
significant benefits. This is a career-track role with meaningful salary
increases and long-term placement with One Acre Fund for high performers.

Benefits: Health cover, immunizations,
flight, room and board.

Career
development:
One Acre Fund will make significant ongoing investments in your career
development through real-time mentoring, quarterly career reviews, and
opportunity for increasing responsibilities that will challenge you and help
you grow.

Sponsor
International Candidates:
Yes