Regional Finance Advisor at Marie Stopes Tanzania

Application Deadline: 02 Feb 2015
Regional Finance Advisor POSITION DESCRIPTION:

Job purpose
Reporting to the Deputy Regional Director (Region) the post holder is a member of IPD with dotted line reporting to the Global Financial Controller. The main purpose of this role is two-fold: to build the finance capacity of MSI Country Programmes including Partner Programmes to adequately support the delivery of their work; and secondly to support the timely management reporting and analysis of Country finance reports to MSI support programmes including the International Programmes Department (IPD).The post holder will provide support to a number of designated countries to build capacity across a range of areas including Financial Accounting & Reporting, Business Planning, Financial Management Systems, Financial Controls, Business Processes, Financial Leadership and Risk management.

Key Responsibility
• Provide capacity building and ongoing technical support to country programmes
• Support the timely and accurate delivery of country management reports, provide critical analysis for the purpose of effective management
• Business planning process, budgets& audits

Minimum requirements
• Educated to degree level or equivalent (Accounting or Business degree desirable)
• Full or part CCAB qualification;
• Business experience either in a commercial or not-for-profit environment;
• Project Analysis & Reporting experience, preferably with restricted funding experience;
• Experience in multi-currency accounting and reporting;
• Experience of finance capacity building;
• Experience reporting on and analysing family planning indicators;
• Experience of working in multicultural environment
• High level of numeracy
• Analytical approach to information gathering and distillation
• Excellent organisational skills;
• Attention to detail;
• Effective communicator with high standard of written English;
• Experienced and competent user of Excel or other spreadsheet applications;
• Familiarity with Sun Accounting and Vision Reporting Tools;
• Ability to work constructively as part of a team;
• Results oriented approach to work;
• Ability to read, write and speak French Highly Desirable;
• General knowledge of development and/or reproductive health issues;
• Pro-choice with a genuine commitment to the values and ethos of Marie Stopes International

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: Mode Of Application
If you feel that you are able to meet the requirements and you are motivated enough to be part of the team, please send your applications including a cover letter detailing your suitability and why you are interested in this post to the address below. Please indicate the work station of your interest.

Director of Human Resources and Administration
Marie Stopes Tanzania
P.O.Box 7072, Dar Es Salaam.
Telephone: +255 22 277 4991
Email through the apply now button below
Only short listed candidates will be contacted.