Regional Finance Manager (National applications) – Senegal

Place Title: Regional Finance Supervisor for the WANALA Area

Supervised by: Regional Head of Help Companies for the WANALA Area

Reporting to: Regional Head of Help Companies for the WANALA Area

Responsibility Station: Dakar, Senegal

Space of Operation: Area of West Africa, North Africa & Latin America

Employment Interval: 12 months (till December 2023)

Sort of contract: Nationwide contract

Wage & Advantages: Administration, Band F

Introduction

The Danish Refugee Council assists refugees and internally displaced individuals throughout the globe: we offer emergency assist, struggle for his or her rights, and strengthen their alternative for a brighter future. We work in conflict-affected areas, alongside the displacement routes, and within the nations the place refugees settle. In cooperation with native communities, we attempt for accountable and sustainable options. We work towards profitable integration and – each time potential – for the success of the want to return house.

The Danish Refugee Council was based in Denmark in 1956 and has since grown to turn into a world humanitarian group with greater than 7,000 workers and eight,000 volunteers. Primarily based in Copenhagen (Denmark) and current in forty nations, the Danish Refugee Council is a non-profit-making, politically unbiased, non-governmental and non-denominational aid group.

Our imaginative and prescient is a dignified life for all displaced. All our efforts are based mostly on our price compass: humanity, respect, independence and neutrality, participation, and honesty and transparency.

1. Background

DRC has been working in West Africa since 1998. The DRC West, North Africa and Latin America Regional Workplace (hereafter: WANALA RO) is predicated in Dakar, Senegal, and covers over twelve nations exterior of Senegal. Led by the Regional Government Director for West, North Africa & Latin America Area (hereafter: WANALA Area), the DRC WANALA RO oversees, helps and supplies strategic instructions for DRC’s Nation Places of work throughout the Area, which at the moment consists of: Algeria, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Colombia, Libya, Mali, Mexico, the Niger, Nigeria, Peru, Senegal, Tunisia and Venezuela.

2. Function

The DRC WANALA RO expects from the Regional Finance Supervisor to be an skilled, highly-qualified and enthusiastic skilled to supply skilled steering and direct assist to DRC operations throughout the WANALA Area, whereas serving to creating regional associated insurance policies and guaranteeing a high-level of monetary compliance.

The Regional Finance Supervisor place is predicated in Dakar (Senegal) however should journey extensively by means of the WANALA Area, doubtlessly in all of the nations talked about above.

This place is a senior managerial one, requiring a robust earlier expertise in finance administration and throughout the humanitarian sector and/or worldwide group, whereas additionally requesting a stable understanding of the totally different procedures and insurance policies in place. This place additionally requires a full skilled proficiency in French and English languages.

3. Duties and Tasks

Below the administration of the Regional Head of Help companies, and following the strategic instructions being established by the Regional Senior Administration Workforce, the Regional Finance Supervisor has a regional focus and supplies the due assist (together with generally direct assist) and steering to every Nation Workplace with a view to be sure that the Area’s nations do financially carry out. By monetary efficiency, we imply that the Nation Places of work will respectively attain their targets and respect their obligations when it comes to monetary reporting, of follow-up of budgets, of value management administration and of monitoring of their monetary commitments.

The Regional Finance Supervisor can obtain these duties with the assist of the Finance Division: the Regional Finance Supervisor is the supervisor answerable for the Finance Division of the Regional Workplace. The Regional Finance Supervisor can be totally accountable of the monetary duties associated to the Regional Workplace (an organizational entity with greater than fifty-five individuals). In further to this position, the Regional Finance Supervisor also needs to oversee the monetary follow-up of the initiatives carried out by the Regional Workplace (specifically initiatives led and owned by the Regional Workplace however that are carried out exterior of Senegal, on the identical instances, by totally different nations inside our Area – as an illustration, a venture carried out on the identical time in three nations within the Sahel Area).

Moreover, The Regional Finance Supervisor ought to guarantee a great and environment friendly cooperation, communication and collaboration with the Finance Division on the HQ (in Copenhagen, Denmark), particularly with the Operational Finance Help workforce.

The principle duties and duties of the Regional Finance Supervisor are the next:

• Administration & Coordination

  • To make sure the environment friendly administration and supervision of the workers members of the Finance Division of the WANALA RO: this consists of day by day supervision of the duties, follow-up of the targets outlined and appraisal of the workers members
  • To observe the respect of the monetary guidelines and laws throughout the WANALA RO and for all its workers members;
  • To contribute as a lot as potential to an environment friendly communication and related sharing of data, with our HQ, our Nation Places of work and our totally different donors in regard to any monetary level, together with potential monetary points, forthcoming audits, monetary reporting and monetary dangers;
  • To ensure the follow-up when it comes to any fee, reimbursement, report back to be completed on the WANALA RO stage;
  • To work effectively and in good collaboration with the others Regional Managers/ Coordinators of the WANALA RO, particularly when it comes to information-sharing with the Human Sources Division and the Provide Chain Division;
  • To go to recurrently the nations lined by the WANALA RO and to supply technical steering to the Finance Managers and Finance Coordinators within the nations lined by the WANALA RO, who report back to a distinct supervisor.

• Finance (Accounting & Reporting)

  • To make sure an environment friendly and robust funds follow-up and price management of the initiatives managed by the WANALA Area (together with well timed closure of the month-to-month accounting, achievement of the shared prices guidelines, well timed reserving of reconciliations);
  • To strengthen the monetary guidelines and laws within the WANALA Area and for every venture managed by the WANALA Area, together with the standard and compliance requirements of the monetary supporting documentation connected to each voucher;
  • To consolidate the monetary details about the continued initiatives for every Nation Workplace lined by the WANALA Area with a view to guarantee their good monetary efficiency, and to cross-check recurrently the BFUs of the nations;
  • To take part within the follow-up of the monetary month-to-month administration experiences;
  • To ensure the standard evaluation of the annual budgets offered by every Nation Workplace of the WANALA Area, together with the coherence, conformity and eligibility of the knowledge offered by the respective Nations for his or her budgets;
  • To verify, if obligatory and if requested, the month-to-month accounting for every Nation Workplace lined by the WANALA RO (in coordination with the Finance Division on the HQ);
  • To assist, if wanted and requested, and solely in full coordination with the Finance Division on the HQ, the Nation Places of work when it comes to monetary closure, monetary reporting and follow-up;
  • To make sure the follow-up of the WANALA RO financial institution accounts and the state of affairs of the liquidity, together with submitting the Financial institution Switch Requests;
  • To contribute to the elaboration of the budgets within the initiatives proposals managed on the WANALA RO;
  • To evaluation the budgets for the initiatives proposals developed by the Nation places of work lined by the WANALA RO;
  • To observe the monetary administration of the WANALA RO, by following-up the budgets consumption and by controlling the funding protection and prices engaged, whereas updating recurrently the Grasp Price range of the WANALA RO;
  • To recurrently analyze the monetary knowledge obtained on the WANALA RO stage and likewise per nation, and supply dependable knowledge to the senior administration.

• Audit & Compliance

  • To take the lead in case of any monetary audit of a venture monitored by the WANALA RO and to doubtlessly help/ assist a Nation Workplace for an audit regarding its operations/ initiatives;
  • To verify and monitor the total compliance of the monetary paperwork of the WANALA RO bills, bearing in mind the inner necessities of DRC but in addition the exterior necessities when it comes to compliance (donors and potential authorized obligations within the related nation);
  • To supply steering to the Nation Places of work for the respect of compliance in every nation, supporting them regarding the inner compliance necessities whereas additionally advising for the exterior compliance necessities;
  • To make sure occasional inner monetary audits of initiatives within the WANALA Area, in good coordination and communication with the Finance Division on the HQ;
  • To determine potential monetary dangers within the WANALA Area not already identified by the Regional Senior Administration Workforce (on the WANALA RO stage).

• ERP System (DRC Dynamics)

  • To make sure an environment friendly assist for every Nation Workplace when it comes to the implementation of DRC Dynamics for the Finance Observe;
  • To contribute to the event and elaboration of recent studying supplies for the Finance workers members within the WANALA area (in good cooperation with the Finance Division on the HQ);
  • To observe that DRC Dynamics is used or will likely be used at its full capability on the WANALA RO;
  • To verify that the monetary procedures on DRC Dynamics are well-respected in every Nation lined by the WANALA RO and to supply recurrently dependable knowledge about using DRC Dynamics within the all WANALA Area.

• Capability-Constructing

  • To coach the workers of the Finance Division on the WANALA RO in regards to the DRC procedures and using the ERP System;
  • To contribute to the capacity-building of the Finance workers members within the Nation Places of work lined by the WANALA RO throughout subject visits in every nation;
  • To advise on and promote understanding and software of DRC insurance policies, procedures and ideas.

All of the duties talked about above will likely be primarily completed from DRC WANALA Regional Workplace however travels throughout the Area (within the nations of intervention) can signify a big period of time, doubtlessly equal on common to fifty per cent (50%) of the working time monthly. Along with the above, the Regional Finance Supervisor could also be requested to hold out different duties requested by the Regional Head of Help Companies or the Regional Government Director.

4. Required {Qualifications}

• Minimal 4 (4) years of senior management expertise in operations administration roles with a minimum of two (2) years of expertise in the same position in a world NGO;
• Diploma diploma/College diploma (Grasp) in Worldwide Improvement, Economics, Political Science, Public Affairs, Enterprise Administration or Administration, or one other related subject is required;
• Confirmed management abilities and a competence in folks administration;
• Confirmed operational administration expertise and functionality;
• Vital expertise of grant administration and understanding of institutional fund-raising;
• Confirmed important monetary administration expertise;
• Glorious communication, interpersonal and influencing abilities with a well-developed capacity to encourage and persuade at excessive ranges;
• Full skilled fluency in French language (80% of the skilled communication on this place will likely be completed in French, together with virtually all of the communication throughout the WANALA Regional Workplace);
• Proficiency (written and spoken) in English;
• Working data of Spanish and different languages native to the WANALA area is an asset however not a requirement;
• Vital understanding of the totally different contexts of the WANALA Area;
• Glorious Pc Expertise (MS Workplace, Web) and a sophisticated proficiency in Excel are required.

5. Required Expertise & Qualities

• Core Competencies of DRC:
  • Striving for excellence
  • Collaboration
  • Taking the lead
  • Communication
  • Demonstrating Integrity
• Skill to work in a multinational and multicultural surroundings
• Proactivity, with a sound dedication to teamwork and with a spirit of real collaboration
• Glorious communication abilities, in addition to endurance and politeness, are required
• Multi-tasking and Organizational abilities is a should
• Adaptable and Versatile
• Confirmed analytical and demanding pondering abilities
• Exemplary sense of ethics within the office
• Workforce-oriented & good humorousness

6. Normal Rules

• The worker shall observe DRC directions on security, confidentiality and moral pointers, together with the Code of Conduct and the Humanitarian Accountability Framework. The worker is anticipated to know the Code of Conduct and can’t fake not to concentrate on any of the Code of Conduct requirement and disposition.
• The worker shouldn’t interact in some other paid exercise through the DRC contract interval with out prior authorization.
• The worker shouldn’t interact in any exercise that would hurt DRC or the implementation of any venture through the DRC contract interval.
• The worker shouldn’t give interviews to the media or publish project-related images or different materials with out prior authorization.
• The worker shall return all borrowed tools for the venture to DRC after the tip of the contract interval or upon request.