Turame Finance Manager

Philadelphia, PA, United States

Turame Finance Manager | HOPE International Turame Finance Manager Apply now Role Description Application deadline : July 02, 2023

The finance Manager is responsible for overseeing the finance department. The finance director is responsible for the integrity of the organization’s entire financial systems, by ensuring the security of organizational assets, generating external reports and interfacing with local regulators, auditors, and advisors, providing management with financial data, reports, and analysis, and assisting management in decision making.

Location: Bujumbura, Burundi, Burundi

Level: Executive

Type: Full-time

Department: Operations

Reports to: Managing Director

Position supervises: Chief Accountant, Management Accountant

Responsibilities Promote and fulfill the mission and vision of HOPE International.

Management and Leadership

Set a culture within the finance department for meeting Turame’s standards of Christian behavior, compliance, honesty, trustworthiness, and reliability. To be an example to the team of the Christian model of leadership following Turame’s kingdom principles.

Recruit high quality staff and build a team that is committed to Turame’s vision and mission.

Establish goals, conduct periodic reviews and annual assessments of all direct reports and to determine plans for their training and development.

Participate as a member of the senior management team and support the Managing Director with the general management of the Turame Community Finance.

Financial Management

Modify or develop procedures, forms, and tools to reduce organizational risk and increase organizational efficiency. Update finance-related manuals and documents as needed.

Ensure all financial policies are fully implemented and staff in full compliance with and the integrity of the control structure and procedure manual.

Review branch activities, ensure that all branch level practices are in accordance with the finance manual and report any inconsistencies immediately.

Ensure financial manuals and procedures are aligned with other organizational manuals.

Receive and provide financial training on a regular basis; ensure that employees have sufficient financial knowledge. Responsible for training all staff on financial procedures.

Assist human resources department in the preparation and execution of monthly payroll.

Monitor and ensure sufficient liquidity for operations. Review branch cash management.

Ensure the security of all organizational funds and assets.

Manage all financial transactions and develop banking relationships.

Secure sufficient external funding to meet all organizational and budgeted needs.

Budgeting and Financial Reporting

Develop, maintain, and analyze the organization’s budget, compare budget cost with actual cost to create reports on a regular basis.

Create, prepare, and present all financial reports as required by management, the Managing Director, the Board of Directors, and United States based headquarters.

Accounting and Management Information Systems

Supervise and check all financial transactions. Conduct regular reviews of the accuracy and integrity of information in the accounting and loan/savings tracking systems.

Maintain and manage financial and operational databases; recover database records when financial data has been maliciously modified. Ensure the security of historical financial and operational data.

Ensure that paper files and computer files are properly organized such that information can be referenced quickly and efficiently.

Assist the managing director in fully delegated duties specific to the finance director regarding regulation and Taxation.

Act as the primary point of contact and liaison with external auditors.

Update and maintain all source documents in accordance with country laws including all documents used to substantiate financial transactions.

Ensure that the organization’s financial system and policies are in conformity with Burundi’s national laws and regulations.

Responsible for all external financial reporting to the central bank, government ministries and authorities

Ensure that all taxes are prepared and paid on time in accordance with local tax laws and schedule.

Performing all other tasks as assigned by the Managing Director in order to accomplish the mission of the institution.

Qualifications Personal confession of Christian faith and commitment to Turame’s 3M’s – the mission, method, and motivation of Turame Community Finance.

Experience using accounting software to prepare internal and external reports

Knowledge of and experience in external reporting to local and national government bodies including but not limited to preparing the annual external audit, taxes, etc.

Trustworthy, motivated, and flexible

Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite; Expert in Microsoft Excel and Word

Professional working proficiency in English and French languages required

Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, or related field. MBA degree is strongly preferred

At least 5 years of finance, accounting, and/or other relevant work experience

At least 2 years of management experience in a similar role, ideally in a cross-cultural or international setting

Accounting licensing such as CPA or ACCA strongly preferred

Special application instructions Application should include motivation letter, updated curriculum vitae, copies of diploma/certificate or anything that can confirm your competencies.Physical application files can be sent to the following address:The Human Resources and Administration DirectorTurame Community Finance S.A.P.O. Box 2893 ; 33, Avenue de la RévolutionBujumbura-Burundi.ORSend electronic application documents by e-mail to: [email protected]

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