Primary Purpose
The Regional Financial Management and Compliance
Manager will be responsible for ensuring effective implementation of financial
management, compliance, and anti-fraud measures across all CWS RSC Africa
operations. The Regional Financial Risk and Compliance Manager will develop,
analyze, and support implementation of systems, processes and controls that
enhance CWS RSC operational efficiency. This role involves filling identified
financial management gaps, supporting Country Offices in responding to audit findings,
developing, and delivering tailored training programs, and conducting forensic
audits or investigations as assigned. The Regional Financial Management and
Compliance Manager will report to RSC Africa Deputy Director Administration and
Operations.
Key Relationships
Internal to CWS
- Regional Representative
- RSC Africa Director
- RSC Africa Deputy Director Administration and Operations
- Deputy Director, RSC Program Implementation
- RSC Program Development and Quality
- RSC Africa Senior Management Team
- Internal Auditing Coordinator
- Procurement Coordinator
- Country Representatives
- Finance Coordinator
External
- Service providers, PRM and other agencies.
Working Environment
- Office environment. Periodic travel to other CWS Africa
offices may be required
Responsibilities
Leadership and Management (20%)
- Responsible for ensuring that existing policies support
accountability, transparency, and efficiency of CWS RSC while ensuring
compliance with all donor requirements and CWS policies.
- Providing solicited and unsolicited advice to CWS RSC
Leadership and department staff on internal controls and improvement
actions as well as working together with teams to implement such
improvement actions.
- Conduct strategic situational analysis and benchmarking
against best practice and what other players are doing to assess
appropriateness of CWS RSC Africa’s risk management framework.
- Establish and communicate clear expectations to staff to
foster a predictable and consistent work environment.
- Develop and integrate risk management strategy within the
organizational strategy.
- Participate in the development and alignment of CWS strategy.
Capacity Building (20%)
- Contribute to strategic knowledge sharing and capacity
building so as to raise awareness and importance of risk management within
CWS RSC.
- Develop and deliver tailored finance and operations anti-fraud
training programs to all relevant CWS Africa staff members.
- Develop and manage the implementation of a capacity building
plan; sensitizing staff on the need to manage risks.
- Work with Learning & Development Unit to deliver necessary
training to staff to address identified areas of improvement, ensuring
comprehensive coverage across all operational aspects.
- Work with Learning & Development, Program Integrity and
Internal Audit units to develop training content to address specific fraud
risks and prevention strategies related to finance and operations,
relevant to the organization’s operations and regions.
- Promote a culture of risk-awareness and control across the
organization through sensitization and training.
- Responsible for addressing specific training and development
needs to fill compliance gaps.
- Act as an objective source of guidance and advice for teams.
Audits, Investigations and Reviews (15%)
- Responsible for carrying out forensic audits, accounting
reviews, fraud investigations, compliance assessments as assigned, analyze
results and provide recommendations ensuring thoroughness and adherence to
established protocols.
- Work closely with relevant stakeholders to gather evidence,
analyze financial data, and prepare detailed reports outlining findings
and recommendations for remedial actions.
- Conduct regular reviews to assess the compliance of
departments and individual employee.
- Responsible for performing risk based and compliance audits on
CWS RSC policies, procedures and donor requirements.
Risk Management and Compliance (15%)
- Work with RSC Africa Deputy Director Administration and
Operations, Finance Coordinator and other stakeholders to review existing
accounting and financial controls and other legal compliance processes in
place and make any necessary revisions or additions.
- Work with other members of the Leadership Team to identify
strategic gaps that may give rise to future risks.
- Provide strategic advice on risk management implementation and
measurement, risk management standards and best practices.
- Anticipate and identify risk issues and challenges and the
most appropriate solutions to address them as well as supporting different
department heads to implement these solutions.
- Research and share any emerging trends in risk management and
compliance globally.
- Review colleagues work to identify compliance issues and
provide advice or training.
- Advise on opportunities for improvement as well as potential
risks for CWS RSC.
- Follow up with management, on actions taken to address the
risks identified.
- Conduct Operational risk assessments and develop a risk
register.
Audit Findings Implementation and Compliance (15%)
- Support Country Offices in responding to audit findings by
identifying specific areas of administration and operations in need of
improvement.
- Work with all operations units of the Country Office or RSC to
document areas requiring enhancement, beyond solely financial management.
- Responsible for testing findings from audit exercises,
facilitate the remediation of control gaps, and escalate possible critical
issues.
- Identify and address financial management gaps within CWS
Africa operations, leveraging previous experiences.
- Responsible for coordinating development of action plans to
close out audit findings.
Reporting (5%)
- Analyze and evaluate accounting documents, preparing reports
that reflect the audit results and document the proposed process.
- Maintain an up-to-date issues log and action or follow up on
all outstanding issues until they are closed.
- Preparing and presenting regular risk management reports to
the senior
Representation/Engagement (5%)
- Foster effective engagement with Country Office Leadership and
regional leadership on issues of effective financial management,
compliance, implementation of audit action plans and filling audit gaps.
- Demonstrates and champions CWS policy, procedure, and
organizational culture to operations staff, and contributes to Operations
Division strategies for ensuring staff fully understand and abide by CWS
policies.
- Keep abreast with external events which could have a negative
impact on the organization and advise management with appropriate control
measures.
Additional Responsibilities (5%)
- Execute special projects and other duties as assigned by
CWS/RSC Africa Leadership.
- Escalate issues as needed to colleagues.
Qualifications
Experience:
- A minimum of ten (10) years’ professional work experience in
accounting, finance, auditing or related field.
- Proven experience in financial management, compliance, audit,
investigating fraud and financial crime particularly within the context of
international NGOs or similar organizations.
- Knowledge and ability to analyze financial data, identify
trends, assess risks and make strategic recommendations to management.
- Previous working experience with USG funded projects is
required.
- A minimum of five (5) years of direct supervisory experience.
Skills:
- Strong organizational and management skills, with particular
attention to detail
- Computer literacy, with a strong emphasis on Microsoft Excel
and Outlook.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and analytical skills.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to
effectively liaise with diverse stakeholders and deliver training
sessions.
- Strong analytical abilities and attention to detail, essential
for conducting forensic audits and investigations.
- Comprehensive understanding of financial regulations,
compliance standards, and anti-fraud measures.
Education & Certifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, Business
Administration, or related field is required.
- Master’s degree in business administration, finance,
accounting or related field is preferred.
- Professional certification (e.g., CPA, ACCA, CIA, CFE) is
preferred.
Abilities:
- Work and make decisions independently and contribute to
overall operations of CWS.
- Exercise good judgement and seek guidance as appropriate when
confronted with unanticipated problems.
- Maintain a high-performance standard with attention to detail,
completing tasks within set timeframes.
- Actively participate in the implementation of the U.S. Refugee
Admissions Program (USRAP).
- Ability to work independently, prioritize tasks, and manage
multiple projects concurrently.
- Work independently and contribute to overall operations of RSC
Africa
- Analyze and solve complex problems and make sound decisions.
- Maintain a high-performance standard with attention to detail.
- Maintain the integrity of official records.
How To Apply