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Handicap International HI
Regional Finance Manager - East Africa Regional Division

Handicap International Hi

Nairobi | Full Time | NGO / Non-Profit Associations

Closing in 1 week from now

Your responsibilities at a regional level

  • Management & Leadership
  • Embodies and promotes the organization’s values, leads and develops local finance teams, fosters innovation and change management
  • Operational Implementation
  • Ensures and coordinates financial and budget management
  • Ensures and coordinates account management
  • Ensures and coordinates the financial management of institutional fundings in compliance with “donor” guidelines and contractual obligations
  • Standards and expertise
  • Oversees the deployment and monitors compliance with all of HI’s financial policies, processes and tools
  • Directs and controls HI's compliance with the legal framework of the country or countries of intervention and monitors changes in standards and case law and in the practices of other stakeholders working in the finance field
  • Ensures the production and filing of financial documents ensuring the legality of HI's operations in the country or countries of intervention
  • Profession facilitation
  • Monitors the dissemination, use and contribution to revisions of standards, monitoring of recommendations for the skills development of the teams
  • Fosters a team spirit and ensures the inclusion of all team members by encouraging regular contributions, especially through practice-sharing
  • Develops a pool of local talent. 
  • Provides briefings and debriefings on financial aspects for the people working within its area of responsibility. 
  • Participates in the training of peers. 
  • Participates in the recruitment and organises the induction of new team members. 
  • Ensures continuity of service within the area of responsibility of his/her team
  • Internal control
  • Identifies risks and contributes to risk mapping within his/her area of responsibility
  • Checks compliance with HI processes and policies
  • Reinforces the rules of internal control according to the context of intervention
  • Financial strategy
  • Contributes to the regional operational strategy within his or her scope of responsibilities
  • Emergency management
  • Leads the emergency preparedness actions in the finance department

Requirements

  • At least 5 years’ proven experience in Finance and team management in an international context, preferably humanitarian or non-profit
  • Strong leadership skills with the ability to work with multicultural teams
  • Strategic thinking and capacity to develop financial action plans aligned with overall strategy
  • Mastery in financial management of institutional fundings and budget management

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