ActionAid International promotes diversity and welcomes applications from all section of the community.Responsible for managing the long term and operational financial planning and reporting for the Federation and the International Secretariat, including aggregated financial reports for the organisation on a quarterly and annual basis and for the review of these reports. The role is responsible to deliver excellent customer support for users of Finance Consolidation and Reporting systems.
Key responsibilities include but not limited to:
- Responsible for working with all Finance functions worldwide to ensure accurate consolidation of data.
- Development and production of Federation Reports
- Develop and maintain training materials, providing end user training to users at both the International Secretariat and country offices
- Liaise with Technical Support teams across IT to resolve technical issues.
- Work together with IT Technical teams, GFS team and Finance teams to plan, manage and support implementation of new systems.
- Systems Development and Implementation
- Coordinate the Planning ,budgeting , forecasting and Reporting processes
- Systems development & process Improvements Ensure that the financial data in the GFS system is regularly maintained and secured
- Lead the quarterly and Annual aggregation reporting process and audits
- Monitors developments in technical accounting standards and practices; responsible for providing guidance to all stakeholders on technical accounting issues to meet AAI and international reporting standards
- Conducting probationary reviews with staff and annual performance reviews (performance management) to support staff development.
Desired Skills & Experience
The successful candidate will have:
- B.Com Degree or Honors Degree and professional accounting qualification such as CA,CIMA, ACCA.
- At least 7 years accounting experience of finance department management, including financial planning and reporting
- Experience of working in an international environment.
- Previous system development experience of a Financial Consolidation System within a large multi-currency Group reporting environment.
- Strong analytical and management skills, with track record in management and motivation of staff
- Strong influencing skills – able to positively build peer working relationships and be effective without having to rely on authority
- Able to demonstrate excellent communication and influencing skills. Fluent spoken and written English.
- Commitment to ActionAid’s vision, mission, values and ways of working
- Proven experience in report writing, financial consolidations, and use of aggregation packages Advanced SUN systems skills are essential.
- Experience of varied accounting environments with a proven track-record of process improvement and implementation of best-practice
- Good understanding of databases, data uploads, interfaces with other systems, data extraction and manipulation
- Highly numerate and analytical, with ability to interpret & present data clearly
- Ability to work well on own and within a team environment
Application Procedures
Applications should be sent with your CV, motivation cover letter by no later than 11th November 2016. You are requested to highlight in the motivation letter how specifically you meet the criteria for this role. Please clearly indicate which position you are applying for with the REF No: V055
All applicants must be able to provide proof of eligibility to work in the South Africa.
External Applications send to:
Due to high volumes of applications received, we can only correspond with short listed applicants. Should you not have received feedback on your application within two weeks of the closing date, please consider your application unsuccessful. ActionAid International will not consider candidates from recruitment agencies. We reserve the right to withdraw any of our vacancies at any time.
ActionAid International promotes diversity and welcomes applications from all section of the community.
CTIONAID INTERNATIONAL
DIRECTORATE: Finance and IT
Position: Financial Planning and Reporting Manager
Location: International Secretariat hub offices (Johannesburg)
Duration: 1 year Fixed Term Contract
Grade – E
Salary: £45 489