Job title: Finance and Support Services Manager
Salary: Local terms and conditions apply
Location: Guinea, Conakry
Contract: 12 month Fixed Term Contract (renewable)
Hours: Standard office hours – 35 hours per week
Responsibilities
About the role
Sightsavers are currently seeking an experience Finance and Support Services Manager (FSSM) to join the Country Officer Senior Management Team to oversee and supervise the development, co-ordination and management of Sightsavers finance and support services in our Guinea office.
Responsibilities
The FSSM will be responsible for a number of specified areas of the overall finance and support services function, through close collaboration with colleagues, partners and others, and will identify areas for growth and improvement.
The FSSM duties include:
- Ensuring financial control and managing risk.
- Ensure the conformity to the organisational Financial Framework.
- Financial Management & Controls.
- Financial Planning and Budgeting.
- Financial Monitoring & Audits.
- Monitor and Retain financial record.
- Ensure compliance to local regulations and governance requirements.
- Lead?in facilitating the implementation of administrative organizational policies and procedure.
- Manage logistics, supplies and purchases as per procurement policy and procedures.
- Support, administer and strengthen financial management, accountability and capacities of partners in accordance with Sightsavers Partnership Development Policy.
- Support collaboration between finance and programme teams for joint review of project/programme reports, planning and analysis.
- Develop and provide grant management support (Restricted and unrestricted funding).
This is a highly varied and involved role and the above is not an exhaustive list of duties or required professional skills. Please see the Job Description for full details.?
Skills and Experience
As the successful candidate you will possess a relevant experience and/or a professional qualification in Finance/Accounting, extensive working experience in a similar role, ideally within an INGO environment, and experience of financial management, programme & project management and administration.
Further requirements include:
Essential
- Project Financial management and data analysis skills??
- Excellent communication skills (both oral & written)?
- IT skills – Excel, MS Word, an accounting package?
- Ability to understand and work with project budgets, forecasts and reports.?
Desirable
- Audit experience
- Experience of working with or for a government organisation
Candidates are welcome to demonstrate their ability to match the person specification by expanding on how their experience, training and/or qualifications might have provided them with the knowledge or skills required for the role. Successful candidates will be appointed on merit.
Next Steps
To apply for this exciting new opportunity, please your CV via our recruitment portal and answer the application questions in full. We are particularly interested in learning of your motivations for applying.
We anticipate that interviews will take place in person during the week of 18 November 2024, and the evaluation process will include a 2 stage process to be completed by shortlisted candidates.
Closing date: 10 November 2024
As a global equal opportunities employer, Sightsavers is committed to embracing diversity throughout our workforce by creating an inclusive environment that reflects the many cultures and locations where we work. Our workforce will be truly representative of all sections of society and we will actively promote the inclusion of individuals with a disability. Sightsavers is a Disability Confident Leader and qualified people with a disability are particularly encouraged to apply.
Sightsavers is an employer that does not tolerate any form of harassment and has zero tolerance for sexual exploitation and abuse. All potential candidates will be subjected to rigorous background checks and controls.
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