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