Job Overview
The Finance Manager oversees all financial activities, ensuring accurate and timely reporting and compliance with international standards.
Key duties include managing accounting processes, budgets, cash flow, assets, payroll, and audits. This role provides financial guidance, supports staff training, and helps implement financial systems. Strong leadership and financial expertise are essential.
Key Performance Areas (KPA’s)
1. Accounting and Reporting
Supervise the recording, classifying, and summarizing of the financial transactions of Pendjari National Park and ensuring the proper update and maintenance of the accounts to ensure that the accounting system provides the basis for an efficient financial information system for both internal and external users and that it is compliant with internationally accepted accounting principles, legal and statutory requirements of Benin;
Ensure monthly transactions are entered in General Ledger accurately and on a timely basis;
Ensure that all balance sheet accounts are reconciled;
Review and provide guidance and coaching to accounting staff ensuring accuracy, correctness, and completeness of transactions recorded;
Ensure the timeliness of required donors reports to account managers, donors, government partners, etc.;
Prepare periodic reports of financial performance and discuss with the head of departments;
Submit the monthly report to the Regional Financial Controller in line with the monthly reporting checklist and timetable.
2. Treasury and Cash Management
Prepare the monthly cash flow projections and monitors the continued availability of funds to cover the requirements of the project;
Review and ensure that disbursements are adequately supported with relevant evidential documentation; Cash and bank balances are reconciled with the records maintained. Reconciliations are reviewed and signed by the park manager;
3. Planning, Budgeting, and Forecasting
Assist in the planning and budgeting for the project, taking the lead in the financial plans and budgets, and ensuring that the assumptions, parameters, guidelines, and policies in planning are complied with;
Review and monitors the budget performance of the project and provide recommendations;
Provide cost data of the various resource inputs to project personnel to prepare and update Budgets;
Assist the Park manager and other Park staff by providing guidance on compliance with donors’ guidelines and the provisions of donor agreements;
4. Internal Control Environment
Continuously review the adequacy of internal control to ensure the provision of accurate and timely financial information, protection of assets and adherence to policies, systems, and procedures, and the smooth and orderly implementation of plans and activities;
5. Fixed Asset Management
Ensure the identification and proper inventory of fixed assets of the project through the conduct of an annual inventory to determine their location and condition of proper disposition;
Managing depreciation following APN’s policy and that the assets are adequately protected;
Prepare the request for approval to dispose of missing, lost, stolen, damaged, and obsolete equipment;
6. Payroll
Collaborate with the HR Manager ensuring that the systems and procedures are in place to enable accurate preparation and disbursement of the payroll in compliance with statutory requirements;
Sign off on the monthly payroll by reviewing and checking the accuracy of amounts to be paid to the staff;
7. Due Diligence and Audit
Coordinate with the auditors in the external audit of the Pendjari National Park. This includes preparation of the reporting pack and necessary notes to the accounts;
Provide draft responses to the audit management letter, including coordinating inputs from the programme, Human Resources, Administration and other units as necessary;
Ensure the closure and resolution of audit findings;
8. General
Provide leadership and guidance in all matters pertaining to finance (including taxation and other financial issues) and give advice and support to all those needing it;
Provide training to project staff on APN financial policies and procedures, budgeting methods and compliance with donor guidelines;
Where required, assist with writing and maintaining the local procurement policy and be a member of the procurement committee.
9. Report on grants- financial and narrative
Job Requirements
Minimum of 5 years’ experience in a finance team, with at least two years in a
managerial position Qualified ACA, ACCA or CIMA Accountant is preferably
Proven work experience in finance management,
Knowledge of NGO donors and their financial reporting requirements is desirable
Result driven with a strong capacity to work autonomously
Team player with capacity to work with multicultural environment
Excellent computer skills with high proficiency in Microsoft excel
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
Strong ability to be able to manage and prioritize multiple tasks
Experience in training and developing Finance staff
Strong leadership skills
Auditing experience
Compliance oriented
Proficiency in accounting software Navision
Fluency in both English and French
Strong willingness to live in a rural setting and experience living in remote locations
Adhesion to African Parks values.
How To Apply
To apply, please email your CV and cover letter to [email protected] by Wednesday, 19 February 2025.
Please mention the position title + your surname in the subject line of the email.
In case you do not hear from us within two weeks after the closing date, this means that your application was not successful.
We thank you for your interest in working for African Parks.
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