Save the Children - USA Finance and Award Manager Jobs in Rwanda
Save the Children - USA Finance and Award Manager Jobs in Rwanda
What You’ll Be Doing (Essential Duties)Management & Oversight Provide day-to-day leadership, management, and oversight of the project’s finance team.
Review and consolidate monthly financial reports to ensure accuracy and to provide regular feedback to senior management.
Ensure all financial plans, invoices, reports, and other financial documents and transactions are accurate, timely, and consistent with Save the Children and USAID guidelines and regulations.
Budget Management
Prepare and monitor budget implementation to ascertain that spending occurs as planned and that variances are anticipated, noted, and corrected; ensure that key program personnel are aware of budgetary resources and are able to monitor their budgets respectively.
Perform financial review of purchase requests, purchase orders, and payment requests to ensure compliance with Save the Children’s policies and procedures and donor grant requirements.
Oversee sub grant monitoring and compliance including organizational assessments, review of financial reports/advance requests, and financial tracking; develop sub grant monitoring plans; perform and document compliance visits.
Prepare contract agreements and amendments for sub recipients.
Supervise the finance staff including performance evaluation and revising job descriptions as necessary.
Develop the capacity of the team and facilitate their professional growth.
Monitor burn rates, advise on spend projections and maintain and up-date the status of obligated funds.
Prepare budget revisions and projections to respond to the needs of the program, donor requirement and Save the Children’s management structure.
Track, report and ensure proper documentation of match funding.
Financial Reporting
Prepare and revise finance and operation guidelines in order that they adhere to SC and USAID requirements.
Prepare quarterly reports, consolidated annual fiscal report, cumulative life of project report, and any other required donor submissions.
Manage the reporting component of the award
including reconciling timesheets with financial reports; oversee administrative duties as needed.
Track the cost share of the project and advise on its documentation and reporting.
Administration
Close follow up of the status of VAT claims and refund for both partners and Save the Children.
Follow up for the recording and reporting of project assets on quarterly basis.
Prepare close-out documentation at end of funding cycle in compliance with donor regulations.
Provide monitoring and training to partners’ staff in management of USAID grants and other requirements of the donor.
Required Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in finance, business, accounting or other relevant field; professional qualification in Accounting desired, CPA or equivalent degree (CA, ACMA, ACCA) strongly recommended.
Minimum five years’ experience managing finance for USAID-funded projects; in-depth knowledge of USAID financial management rules and regulations.
In-depth knowledge of US Government rules and regulations including 22 CFR 226.22 CFR-145 OMB Circulars A-122 and A-133.
Proven ability to prepare multi-year budgets, donor financial reports and USAID audits.
Strong analytical, leadership and interpersonal skills; demonstrated ability to lead and work effectively in team situations.
Experience as a coach/mentor to train staff and develop financial skills of colleagues.
Excellent oral and written communication skills in English.
Fluency in spoken and written English required.
Expert computer skills in Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.
Preferred Qualifications
Master’s degree.
Ten years’ progressively responsible experience in financial management for large and complex programs funded by international donors, including the U. S. Government.
Knowledge of local taxation laws is preferred.
Experience in managing inter-agency consortiums is preferred.
Written and verbal fluency in English and in Kinyarwanda.
How to Apply
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