Your main duties and responsibilities will be:

• To ensure efficient management and supervision of the staff members of the Finance Department of the RO
• To monitor compliance of the financial rules and regulations within the RO
• Provide quality assurance of budgeting activities in the country operations, paying attention to compliance and adherence to the regional program and financial strategies.
• To produce donor, internal and statutory reporting as required for the regional office entity
• To accommodate and support donor financial audits of projects at the EAGL Regional Office
• To accommodate and support internal financial audits of projects in the EAGL Region
• To check and monitor the full compliance of the financial documents of the EAGL RO expenses
• To identify and document potential financial risks in the EAGL Region
• To ensure a functioning of ERP System at expert user level
• To contribute to the development and elaboration of new learning materials for the Finance staff members in the EAGL region

About you

• To be successful in this role, we expect you to have at least 5 years’ experience as Finance Manager in an INGO setting. Moreover, we also expect the following:

Required

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting and finance, master’s degree or above will be considered as an asset
• Expert level experience working is ERP 365 System is Mandatory.
• Advance skills in managing large and complex data analysis and Power BI;
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and influencing skills with a well-developed ability to motivate and persuade at high levels;
• Proven track of technical training skills and mentorship.
• Proficiency (written and spoken) in English;
• Experience of working in countries under East Africa and Great Lakes Region is Mandatory.
• Excellent Computer Skills (MS Office, Internet) and an advanced proficiency in Excel are required.