Finance Manager

GGateway Background 

Accounting and Financial Management:

Accountancy:

• Supervise accountancy procedures: filing of documents, allocation of expenses, vouchers registration, balance checking, etc..;
• Make reliable and complete financial information available on time for the upper management and/or donor(s) as requested;
• Communicate accounts on a monthly basis to the upper management including the board of directors, respecting the company and/or donor and/or clients procedures and deadlines;
• Manage the presentation, circulation, filing and archiving of accounting and financial documents in conformity with the company’s procedures.

Financial Management:

• Supervise the company’s in their financial management and provide follow up on their accounting processes according to GG’s internal rules and local regulation;
• Set the financial policy and direction of GGateway while also contribute to the organization overall strategy;
• Lead all financial administration, and budgeting;
• As a member of the leadership team, the Finance Manager works closely with the Business Director and Impact and Partnerships Director and the governance committee of the board of directors.
• Provide financial reports and interpret financial information to managerial staff while recommending further courses of action;
• Maintain the financial health of the organization;
• Analyse costs, pricing, variable contributions, sales results and the company’s actual performance compared to the business plans;
• Develop trends and projections for the company’s finances;
• Conduct reviews and evaluations for cost-reduction opportunities;
• Oversee operations of the finance department, set goals and objectives, and design a framework for these to be met;
• Manage the preparation of the company’s annual budget;
• Liaise with auditors to ensure appropriate monitoring of organization finances is maintained;
• Correspond with various other departments, discussing organization plans and agreeing on future paths to be taken.

Treasury:

• Open/close bank accounts on the authority of the Board of Directors;
• Oversee the management of bank accounts: follow transfers, check balances, check authorized visas;
• Supervise the management of safes and cash: available amount, balance checks, security instructions; 
• Assess monthly cash-flow needs for projects and communicate cash needs to the upper management;
• Manage money transfers, cash-supply and amounts in circulation, whilst defining payment procedures (bank transfer, cheque, cash etc.).

Commitment of expenditure: 

• Set up and formalize procedures for the commitment of expenditure, conform to GG procurement guidelines;
• Ensure that procedures are adhered to in terms of contracts and payments; 
• Ensure that proofs of purchase are valid (contracts, orders, bills, invoices, delivery receipts etc); 

Budget Management:

Ensure budget follow-up: 

• Develop tables necessary for financial monitoring and for budget follow up within the mission; 

• Analyze gaps between planned budgets and actual expenses; 

• Anticipate financial risks;

Develop project budgets:

• Develop budgets for project proposals according to project needs and Donor constraints;

• Draft financial reports (mid-term and final) respecting contractual deadlines;
• Guarantee the respect of Donor procedures for each financial contract. 

Department Follow-up 

Team leadership: 

• Update the organization chart and ToRs of the finance department according to the mission development;
• Oversee the team and undertake appraisals of directly supervised colleagues;
• Ensure training and capacity building for finance team members in order to increase the level of technical ability and skills within the department; 

Internal Procedures and Information Flows: 

• Develop relevant management procedures within the team; 
• Improve information flows within the department and with other departments and projects.

• University degree in Accounting or Finance is required.
• Advanced degree in Business Administration or another field related to the Enterprise’s work.

• 5+ years of solid experience in financial management and monitoring systems, preferably of large development programs, possibly complemented by academic expertise;
• Excellent financial and analytical skills;
• Excellent communication and drafting skills for effective reporting on company financial performance;
• Ability to manage a financial/monitoring team and demonstrate leadership;
• Ability to operate Microsoft Word, Excel and Project Management software
• Excellent project and people management skills, including social project design and delivery;
• Language:  Excellent English and Arabic.

• Excellent project/people management skills, including advanced project management.
• Ability to communicate clearly and professionally to assure quality delivery.
• Ability to produce timely, detailed outputs, exercising sound judgment/analysis.
• Initiative, ambition, patience, perseverance, discipline, and self-directed learning Energetic, initiator and motivated person

• Email Subject: “Finance Manager (FM)”
• A one-page cover letter, summarizing the candidate’s experience in English (Name your cover letter as: ( FM_ Cover Letter YOUR FULL NAME)
• A CV, including any related degrees, certifications and experience (Name your CV as:  (FM_ CV_YOUR FULL NAME)
• Three professional references.