• Job Description

  Req#: FINAN006315

  Summary

  Save the Children is seeking a Finance and Administration (FA) Director for an anticipated five-year USAID-funded Disaster Risk Management activity in Ethiopia. The program will enable timely anticipatory and early action to preempt crises and reduce the impact of shocks in Ethiopia by strengthening disaster risk management (DRM) planning and preparedness, improving DRM coordination, and enhancing resource mobilization and management. The activity will also strengthen gender in emergencies capacity, increase private sector engagement in DRM, and expand local organizations' capacity to engage in DRM. The proposed program will be an integrated, multi-sectoral development program and will align with other USAID-funded programs in country.

  The FA Director will oversee all aspects of financial and administrative management and other operational duties for this grant funded by USAID in Ethiopia. They will manage the implementation of accounting systems, budgeting, expenditure tracking and financial reporting, and human resources for both the prime recipient and any sub-awards. The Director will also oversee grant management and reporting on program performance as well as provide financial and technical management to ensure the best use of resources by preparing sound budgets, monitoring project expenses, and ensuring timely preparation of donor financial reports.

  This position will report directly to the Chief of Party. They will also ensure that an appropriate structure exists to ensure effective support of field operations and to protect the integrity of the country office financial and administrative operations. The Director will also need to maintain consistent coordination and teamwork with other senior positions and individuals working on this program as well as with donor guidelines.

  Hiring is contingent upon successful award of the project and USAID approval of the proposed candidate.

  Essential Duties and Responsibilities

  Key Functions:

  Monitor budgets to ensure 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.

  Ensure all financial plans, invoices, reports, and other documents are accurate, timely, and consistent with agency and USAID guidelines and regulations.

  In close coordination with the finance staff, maintain and update all the financial documents (reports, plans) and ensure confidentiality of project financial information.

  Review and consolidation of monthly financial reports for distribution to senior management.

  Review and consolidation of monthly sub-office accounts and reports to ensure accuracy and to provide regular feedback to the senior leadership team.

  Works with regional Project Managers and Operations Managers to ensure the project is implemented as planned and with sound program quality.

  Prepare any budget revisions and projections and respond to any questions.

  Confirm availability of funds for all requests for payment or charges to grants.

  Prepare quarterly reports, projections, and any other required donor submissions.

  Prepare a consolidated annual fiscal report, including a cumulative life of project report.

  Ensure that an appropriate segregation of duties exists for effective support of field operations and to protect the integrity of the country office finance and administrative operations.

  Prepare and revise finance and operation guidelines in order that they adhere to SC requirements.

  Ensure compliance with contractual obligations and deliverables in line with USAID regulations and SC policies and procedures.

  Actively participate in all award specific audit and donor assessments.

  Required Background and Experience

  Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business, Accounting or other relevant field is required.

  Minimum of seven years’ experience in financial management for large and complex programs funded by the U.S. Government, of which at least five years were working in the field of international development.

  Demonstrated experience in management of sub awards and strategic partnerships agreements.

  Demonstrated strong analytical and financial analysis skills.

  Excellent interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to lead and work effectively in team situations.

  Proven ability to prepare multi-year budgets, donor financial reports and USAID Audits.

  Demonstrated capacity and prior experience in supervising others as a coach/mentor to train staff and develop financial skills of colleagues.

  Extensive experience working in Sub-Saharan Africa; work experience in Ethiopia highly desirable.

  Excellent written communication and presentation skills in English.

  About Save the Children

  No matter your role when you join Save the Children, each and every day you will challenge yourself to devote your skills, talent and expertise to changing the world for kids. It’s an ambitious goal, and a meaningful one no matter how you see yourself professionally: an accountant, a writer, a data analyst, a teacher, a driver, a designer, or any one of the hundreds of dozens of roles we’re looking to fill every day.

  You see, Save the Children believes every child deserves a future. In the United States and around the world, we give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. We do whatever it takes for children – every day and in times of crisis – transforming their lives and the future we share.

  Our work for children and their families requires that we commit—at every opportunity—to work together to identify and dismantle persistent systemic and structural racism, inequality, and any other forms of discrimination in this country and beyond. As an anti-racist organization, Save the Children will not tolerate discrimination in any form—in our employment practices, amongst our staff, in our leadership or toward the people we serve. We stand in solidarity with all people to fight for equal rights, justice, inclusion, and belonging.

  We provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, ancestry, sexual orientation, national origin, age, handicap, disability, marital status, or status as a veteran. Save the Children complies with all applicable laws.

  Save the Children is committed to conducting its programs and operations in a manner that is safe for the children it serves and helping protect the children with whom we are in contact. All Save the Children representatives are explicitly prohibited from engaging in any activity that may result in any kind of child abuse. In addition, it is Save the Children’s policy to create and proactively maintain an environment that aims to prevent and deter any actions and omissions, whether deliberate or inadvertent, that place children at the risk of any kind of child abuse. All our representatives are expected to conduct themselves in a manner consistent with this commitment and obligation.

  Save the Children is committed to minimizing safety and security risks for our valued employees, ensuring all are given training, support and information to reduce their risk exposure while maximizing the impact of our programs for children and families. Our shared duty, both agency and individual, is to seek and maintain safe working conditions for all.

  Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

  The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

• About the company

  The Save the Children Fund, commonly known as Save the Children, was established in the United Kingdom in 1919 to improve the lives of children through better education, health care, and economic opportunities, as well as providing emergency aid in nat...

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