Role Purpose:
- The Commercial Manager func5ons as the role of programme
accountant who supports the sub-contrac5ng of consor5um partners and
Member Associa5ons, budget management, value for money, contract
compliance based on a performance based financial model.
Deliverables:
- To ensure effective FCDO/IPPF project financial management and
reporting systems are in place in member associations (MA) and partners in
order to manage donor compliant and efficient project spends against
budget.
- To collect, prepare and analyse MA and partner project
required reports in a timely manner in order to meet internal and external
deadlines for submission in order to receive payments from the project and
donor.
- To coordinate with the Deputy Team Leader, Finance and
Operations on the oversight of all project financial processes and
transactions, including the disbursements of funds and verification and
approval of financial reports from subcontractors and a defined group of
MAs’.
- To lead the adherence to key financial controls for the
project, including budgeting, management reporting and forecasting,
procurement policy, travel policy, bank reconciliations and treasury
management, to ensure donor compliant project finance management.
- To review programmatic documents and other approval request
documents to ensure budget feasibility, compliance with forward-funding
guidelines, appropriate methods of financing/payment, and adequacy of
financial reporting.
- To review and correct project budgets and reports prepared by
MAs, giving support and capacity building to MA teams to build expertise
and excellence in country.
- To develop methodologies and templates for compiling cost
information and to provide coaching and guidance to technical staff at CO,
ROs and MAs to ensure cost and activity information is correctly prepared.
- To maintain and deliver on all internal financial reporting
requirements as communicated by the IPPF Global Finance team
- To train and advise MA’s and partners in FCDO reporting
requirements and templates.
- To work closely with other commercial advisors, data analysts
and programme teams to analyse and report on the results of the project
and advise where improvements can be made.
- To provide in-house training to staff on financial and
contractual compliance as required; arrange external training as required.
- To travel to MAs as part of evaluation teams and contribute
from a financial perspective, ensuring that appropriate financial
management and systems and controls are maintained in beneficiary
countries.
- To work strategically across country operations to ensure
adaptive management and effective responsiveness to a Payments by Results
contract.
Reporting/Management Responsibility:
- Line management of the Commercial Officers.
Qualification/Expertise/Skills:
- Significant progressive experience in financial management
roles.
- Internationally recognized financial qualification such as a
Certified Public Accountant or equivalent
- Advanced qualification in managing the accounting and finance
component of large donor-funded programmes and setting up the accounting
and finance function for a large restricted funded project.
- Experience of FCDO or institutional donors is essential and
reporting requirements.
- Experience of development issues and/or project implementation
and monitoring.
- Experience in audit and financial control systems.
- A proven track record of financial analysis and commercial
(acumen) experience.
- Financial modelling is desirable.
- Previous not-for-profit experience essential and abilities and
aptitude for coaching and capacity building.
- Fluency in English and French/Arabic (verbal and written) is
essential.
- International experience (particularly developing countries)
desirable.
- Advanced IT skills (including spreadsheet applications,
especially Microsoft Excel, and databases).
- Familiarity with procurement and audit requirements.
- Knowledge of financial reporting systems such as SUN and
Netsuite. A variety of experience advantageous.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and an ability to work
effectively with people from different countries and cultures.
- Strong verbal communication skills required to train staff and
to convey complex financial information in an easily understandable form
to non-financial staff.
- Strong analytical skills.
- Excellent time management and organizational skills.
Your Ethos:
- Demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to safeguarding
in a local and international context.
- Demonstrates ability and willingness to work in a diverse,
multicultural, multilingual and intergenerational environment that is
anti-racist and respectful of others.
- An intersectional (pro) feminist passionate about sexual
reproductive health care rights + justice, including safe abortion.
- Supportive of people’s rights regardless of sexuality or
gender identity/expression and supportive of workers’ rights and access to
health care in sex work.
How To Apply
Interested individuals should submit an application
form in the IPPFARO
CV form and a 1-page cover letter to: wish2recruitment@ippf.org with
the job position you are applying for as the subject of the
email by 29 May 2024
