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Aug 17, 2016

Head of Finance Job in Nairobi, Kenya



Norwegian

Refugee Council
 


Regional

Head of Finance – Region Horn of Africa

 


The

Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is a non-governmental, humanitarian

organization with 60 years of experience in helping to create a safer and more

dignified life for refugees and internally displaced people. 

NRC

advocates for the rights of displaced populations and offers assistance within

the shelter, education, emergency food security, legal assistance, and

water,sanitation and hygiene sectors.

The Norwegian Refugee Council has approximately 5000 committed and competent

employees involved in projects across four continents. 




In

addition, NRC runs one of the world’s largest standby rosters -NORCAP, with 650

professionals, ready to be deployed on 72 hours notice when a crisis occurs



NRC’s Horn of Africa operation comprises of large-scale multi-country

humanitarian and early recovery interventions spread across eight countries

(Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia, Djibouti, and Yemen), and most recently Eritrea,

Uganda and South Sudan.


NRC’s

overall strategy in the region is to ensure a greater number of vulnerable

people in hard to reach areas get access to humanitarian assistance, become

resilient to future disasters and find durable solution.


The

regional office is based in Nairobi and works with country programmes to ensure

standardisation of programmatic and operational approaches, promote multi

country programming and ensuring quality and coordination.



The role of the Head of Regional Finance Unit (HRFU) is to deliver strategic

analysis and direction to NRC’s management. 


It is

also to strengthen regional finance management capability to provide maximum

support to humanitarian assistance delivery.


The

main focus of the position is to further implement financial systems and tools

that safeguard and bolster organisational accountability; ensure consistency in

resource allocation and utilization, in compliance with NRC and donor

regulations and procedures; and enhance the capacity of NRC finance and

programme staff to integrate financial dimension into project planning and

delivery.

  • Financial

    compliance monitoring and control

  • Strategic

    development and planning of NRC HOASSY financial structure in relation to

    CO needs and HO requirements

  • Technical

    development and support to NRC Country Offices

  • Capacity

    building and training of NRC staff in the HOASSY region

  • Management

    and coordination of financial support resources to NRC Country Offices

  • Active

    contribution to the overall work of the Support Functions Team

  • Ensure

    that adequate financial management routines and systems are in place.

  • Ensure

    that NRC’s budgeting, accounting practices and standards are adhered to,

    timely and in accordance with requirements from NRC, donors, auditors and

    authorities.

  • Coordinate

    the system for the development and monitoring of the regional grants.

  • Maintain

    overall budget control in the region. Advise the Regional Support Director

    spending and deficit analysis.

  • Provide

    guidance to regional leadership on strategic development of NRC’s

    financial structure in the HOASSY region to ensure effective support to

    NRC country offices.

  • Maintain

    regional financial forecasting tool and systems.

  • Create

    assessment tools and coordination/communication protocols to enhance the

    interaction of Finance with other NRC departments, including Programme,

    Logistics, HR and Admin.

  • Act

    as the regional focal point for NRC Global Finance at Head Office in Oslo.


  • Manage

    the regional grants, including administration, regular follow-up with the

    country offices, monitoring of exchange rates and compliance to donor

    rules and regulations.

  • Review

    and develop operational finance tools.

  • Review

    the findings of finance controller visits along with key audit

    documentation to inform and tailor support change plans for country

    offices.

  • Develop

    a tool for mapping country offices’ finance structure (strengths and

    weaknesses) and develop change plans that ensure country offices’ finance

    units throughout the HOASSY are adequately structured and trained to

    comply with financial rules and regulations.

  • Manage

    the members of the regional finance unit in line with the unit’s ToRs to

    ensure that the unit is accountable for results.

  • Coordinate

    financial support resources to country offices, including through the line

    management and deployment of the Roving Finance Manager.

  • Liaise

    with country offices’ Heads of Support and Finance Managers to ensure

    effective and constructive communication between the regional financial

    unit and country offices.

  • Create

    synergies between country offices with regard to financial management.

  • Carry

    out other duties upon request by line manager.

  • Plan

    for the annual closure of accounts and responsible for coordinating audits

    within the region.

  • Relevant

    university degree, preferably business administration/financial management

  • Experience

    of developing financial reporting and management systems and creating

    user-friendly financial tools

  • Minimum

    7 years finance management experience in a large organisation/business,

    preferably from the humanitarian sector

  • Documented

    responsibilities for/successful implementation of staff

    development/capacity building/coaching programmes

  • Understanding

    of financial management issues in complex emergencies and crisis contexts

  • Solid

    experience of work with Windows based computer software and modern

    accounting-systems

  • Ability

    to plan for different sets of scenarios in relation to budgets and plans

  • College

    / University, Bachelor’s degree

  • Proven

    communication skills and inter-personal skills

  • Ability

    to communicate complex technical issues clearly and simply

  • Fluency

    in English, both written and verbal, is essential; fluency in Kiswahili is

    an asset

  • Knowledge

    of the HOASSY region is an asset


Language: English

We offer


Duty station: Nairobi
 




Contract

period is for 12 months with possibility of extension. 


Salary/benefits: According to NRC’s general directions.

The candidate will observe NRC’s code of conduct and working hours for the NRC

Office in Nairobi

Search criteria:



  • Location:

    Kenya

  • Industry:

    Emergency Relief

  • Special

    field: Finance

  • Role:

    Senior executive

How to

Apply




Visit www.nrc.no to apply online

Deadline for application: 23/08/2016 





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