The Foundation For Tomorrow Finance And Administration Coordinator Jobs in Tanzania

The Foundation For Tomorrow Finance And Administration Coordinator Jobs in Tanzania


Job Summary

  • The Finance and Administration Coordinator is responsible for the organization and coordination of TFFT’s office operations, procedures, and resources to facilitate organizational effectiveness and efficiency.

  • The ideal candidate will ensure TFFT’s financial and administrative policies, systems, processes, and procedures are implemented and developed including handling a wide range of administrative tasks.

  • The Finance and Administration Manager will report to the Country Director. The position is based in Arusha.

    Duties and Responsibilities

    • Ensure that the country office adheres to TFFT’s policies, donor, and auditor requirements.

    • Implement TFFT’s financial systems, routines, and procedures.

    • Management of financial and administration team

    • Training of managers and staff with financial responsibilities

    • Provide regular analysis and reports and asset inventory

    • Lead on the financial monthly closing of accounting books

    • Close monitoring of all levels of expenditure and allocation of expenses to existing projects, providing monthly budget versus actual reports to the Country Director and program staff

    • Ensure effective cash flows, preparing forecast of expenditures, and submitting monthly cash requests to Head Office

    • Support on the elaboration of budgets for new proposals, ensuring budgeting tools are correctly used, and ensuring support costs are properly budgeted.

    • Provide financial verification of purchase and payment requests up to his/her authorization limit including filing and monthly scanning and upload onto our secure organization drive of financial documents

    • Review and update Standard Operating
    Procedures in Finance if relevant changes in Operations happen

    • Lead on preparation and assistance on internal and or external audits and other financial documentation revision from any external body

    • General office maintenance: planning logistics, performing upkeep and leasehold improvements, liaising with building management, manage office orders, maintaining office filing system, and performing upkeep and scheduling regular servicing of office equipment.

    Essential Skills & Experience

    • Strong experience (minimum of 5 years) working in a senior finance role in the non-governmental/governmental or business sector

    • Degree in Accounting, Business, and Administration or finance-related fields

    • Accounting data and administrative management practices and procedures

    • The capacity of relationship with different actors (donors, finance and program staff, partners, beneficiaries)

    • Excellent interpersonal and team-building skills including delegate responsibilities

    • Exceptional time management skills and ability to multi-task and prioritize work

    • Problem-solving attitude

    • Ability to build/elaborate new budgets, annual financial plans, costs-sharing, etc.

    • Proficiency in English and Swahili as working languages

    • Must be detail-oriented

    How to Apply

  • The Contract duration is a performance-based 2 years, starting as soon as possible. The compensation system is based on TFFT’s compensation system and commensurate with experience and appropriate for a non-governmental organization of TFFT’s size.
    Please apply via the email address provided no later than 08th January, 2021. Applicants will be shortlisted and contacted for interviews on a progressive basis.

  • Email resume and cover letter to:

  • jobs@thefoundationfortomorrow.org with the subject line: FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION COORDINATOR.

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