Oxfam GB /Finance Manager

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Ref INT3133 Region Middle East, Eastern Europe and CIS Location Jerusalem Division International Department Regional Finance Position Type Open Ended Job Family Finance Closing date for applications
(23:59 GMT) 4 March 2009

TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS POST YOU MUST BE A RESIDENT OF THE OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES OR ISRAEL

Salary: 177,228 ILS gross per annum

Contract Type: Full-time, open-ended

Interviews: TBC

OXFAM PURPOSE: To work with others to find lasting solutions to poverty and suffering.

TEAM PURPOSE: People in deepest poverty in the West Bank and Gaza are able to exercise their rights to be healthy, educated and secure and these are respected, sustained and upheld. To ensure effective financial management and reporting within the Occupied Palestinian Territories & Israel (oPtI) programme.

JOB PURPOSE: To ensure high quality throughout Oxfam's programme in oPtI, including that of partners. To build sound financial management and planning into programme delivery and to develop a strong finance team.

REPORTING LINES: Postholder reports to: Country Director. Staff reporting to this post: Finance Officer, Gaza Administrator.

BUDGET RESPONSIBILITY: Overview of all budgets for oPtI.

Manages smaller department / team and/or resources to achieve defined areas of responsibility.
Control of a day-to-day operational activity.
Contributes to targets and strategies within the department and possibly within the division; influences policies.
Interpretation of financial information; provision of advice to departmental managers and senior manager.
Interprets and analyses reports for their area and for senior managers throughout the division and more widely in other areas of the organisation.
Manages and/or contributes to project work.
Produces reviewed procedures.
Influences managers to work differently / adopt procedures.

Key Responsibilities

To be responsible for the effective financial management of all fund and to ensure that funds are neither under or over spent.
To monitor monthly financial spending and to report in a timely fashion to the Management Team and identify any corrective actions that might be required.
To take a leading role with Country Director and management team, in financial planning both short and medium term.
To ensure that donor financial reporting requirements are met.
To ensure that partners are aware of and fulfil all financial reporting requirements.
To ensure that all financial transactions are properly recorded.
To ensure that all payments are carried out in a timely fashion.
To liase with the Regional Centre on all financial matters.
Performance manage all staff within finance team.
To contribute to management team decision making on all programme and office admin matters.

Skills and Competence

Comprehensive knowledge and experience of relevant areas of responsibility (financial and non-financial).
Knowledge of Oxfam's financial functions.
Good management skills.
Good resource management skills.
Meeting deadlines.
Good planning skills.
Coaching development of team members.
Communication skills.
Analytical skills.
Advisory skills.
Diplomacy.
Responsible, flexible, adaptable, prioritising.
Good team builder.