Finance Manager

Tearfund is looking for a dynamic individual to fill the position of Finance Manager in Burkina Faso, Finance Manager will be responsible for all aspects of finance management for Burkina Faso Country program in accordance with Tearfund policies and guidelines, and maintain a system of sound internal controls, mitigate risks of any probable financial loss and fraud, conduct budget analysis and finance reporting for various donors; and comply with statutory audit requirements as per the rules and regulations of the government of Burkina Faso. The person will ensure maintenance of financial accounting records, book-keeping, cash management, banking transactions, which are compliant with Tearfund standards and donor requirements.

Are you able to:

• Assist partners in developing proposals (including budgets and activity schedules/plans) and subsequent revisions in accordance with Tearfund guidelines and, where necessary, external donor requirements.
• Maintain a set of complete and accurate financial records, including all relevant supporting documentation for each project; ensure digital copies of all the vouchers are saved in the Tearfund google drive.
• Overseeing the treasury management of the country operation including cash management. 
• Monitor, and supervise the preparation of all interim financial statements/completion reports to donors to ensure compliance with contractual and legal requirements. Support partners in the preparation of financial reports where required.
• Develop and integrate all Burkina Faso programme funding sources and expenditure into a single Burkina Faso programmatic budget and reporting system, updated monthly.
• Ensure the timely preparation and communication of monthly financial reports for Burkina Faso Leadership, providing them with meaningful financial information to enable them to manage project and core budgets effectively. This should include advising on significant variances against budget and making recommendations for corrective actions to ensure expenditure does not exceed available funding.
• Conduct periodic visits to project sites and partner offices to monitor compliance with financial procedures and assist the Country Director to review the progress of activities versus budget utilization.  
• Induct and orient Burkina Faso team and partner's staff on finance norms, standards and best practices.
• Advise the Country Director on the cost implications concerning the selection, lease and management of appropriate offices, residential and other buildings as required and the cost implications of fleet management, and procurement of goods and services.
• Facilitate visits by, and meet the requirements of, external and internal auditors.
• Set up and maintain appropriate accounting systems and procedures as prescribed in accordance with standard Tearfund policies and donor requirements.
• Monitor procedures to prevent/mitigate against fraud as per the Fraud Prevention and Response Plan.
• Assist Country Director to ensure compliance with all host country contractual and statutory financial requirements. Assist and support the team, ensuring compliance with Tearfund's Global Process System (GPS).
• Assist and support the team, ensuring compliance with Tearfund's Global Process System (GPS) and other relevant compliance requirements including General Data Protection Regulation (GPDR), Tearfund's Whistleblowing and Safeguarding Policies and related guidelines. 
• Build the financial capacities of selected Tearfund partner organisations by providing relevant financial advice and guidance, as well as more in-depth support when invited by the partner.
• Liaison with the banks, external auditor and relevant government department if necessary. 

 PERSON SPECIFICATION 

• Do you have a Degree, Qualification in Accounting or an appropriate finance related qualification?
• Do you have Management experience and work experience in Burkina Faso?
• Do you have Extensive post-qualification experience in use of PSF accounting software, capacity building of both finance and non-finance staff, experience of developing financial systems, budgeting and budget management? 
• Do you have experience in donor financial reporting?
• Do you have 10 years work experience in supporting programme teams in project design and management in a direct implementation model?

Successful applicants must be committed Christians who are willing to sign up to Tearfund's evangelical statement of faith.  

Applicants must be committed to Tearfund's Christian beliefs.

Please note: The candidate should have the  right to live and work in Burkina Faso. The candidate should have excellent written and verbal communication skills in English , good interpersonal skills to work in a cross-cultural setting.  Proficiency in French Language is required.

The recruitment process will include specific checks related to safeguarding issues. In addition, personal identification information will be submitted against a Watchlist database to check against criminal convictions as a counter-terror measure.

Documents

• Finance Manager - Burkina Faso - Job Profile new - Google Docs.pdf (0.76 MB)