Finance Director, USAID Learning in Emergencies Project – World Vision Ethiopia
Accounting and Finance
World Vision Ethiopia
About Us
World Vision Ethiopia began its first intervention in Ethiopia in 1971 with relief and opened the Ethiopia office in 1975. Relief, rehabilitation, and small community development projects dominated the decade that followed. During the 1984/85 drought, World Vision Ethiopia participated in a massive relief operation that saved the lives of millions of people.
Starting its operation with emergency intervention in some parts of Ethiopia, World Vision currently operates in 53 Area Programs (APs) implementing effective programmes, such as Education, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), Nutrition, Emergency Response, Faith and Development, Food Security, Economic Development, Climate change, and environmental projects and other cross-cutting programmes.
GEOGRAPHIC COVERAGE
At present registered and licensed by Ethiopia’s Charities and Societies Agency, World Vision Ethiopia operates in 53 Area Programs (APs), coordinated by eight programme offices in eight regional states and one city administration.
Moreover, World Vision carries out emergency response interventions in Northern Ethiopia, Eastern and Southern Somali (Dollo odo and Bokolomaya), Oromia (West Guji, Borena, East and West Wolega, and East and West Hararghe), and SNNP (Gedeo).
OUR GOAL
Contributing to the well-being of 25 million children, 16 million of whom are the most vulnerable, in the five-year national strategy from 2021 to 2025.
Our Vision
Our vision for every child, life in all its fullness; Our prayer for every heart, the will to make it so.
Our CORE VALUES
We are Christian/ We are committed to the poor/ We value people/ We are stewards/ We are partners/ We are responsive
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Job Description SummaryFinance Director, USAID Learning in Emergencies Project will provide leadership to Learning in Emergencies Project consortium, including its constituent members, in financial management and accountability and compliance procedures. She/he will bring a system thinking approach to identifying bottlenecks and improving efficiencies across the program implementation processes and structures. As a strong communicator and collaborator, Learning in Emergencies Project Finance Director will work closely with their counterparts among the implementing organizations to quickly address identified gaps or challenges and share learning and experiences across partners. Both in routine annual budget and mid-year revision processes, she/he will bring a strong analytical skillset to evaluate activity costs, spending trends, patterns and make insightful recommendations based on this analysis. Learning in Emergencies Project Finance Director will also support staff capacity building, structures and processes to ensure compliance with USAID rules, regulations, policies and reporting requirements.
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Consortium Financial Leadership
- Provide leadership and direction for Learning in Emergencies Project Consortium on all financial matters.
- Support Learning in Emergencies Project implementing partner’s systems and build key staff capacity to ensure financial management that effectively supports programming objectives and meets USAID rules and regulations, and individual organizational policies.
- As a member of Learning in Emergencies Project Executive Committee, proactively identify and help find timely solutions to issues that arise over the course of program implementation and communicate specific learning and best practices among and across all Learning in Emergencies Project implementing partners.
Budgeting, Spending Analysis, and Reporting:
- Effectively enable routine budgeting, spending analysis, and reporting processes to inform and support critical decision making at the LEARNING IN EMERGENCIES Consortium and Implementing partners levels.
Financial Management and Communication:
- Assess and improve financial management and communication systems.
Financial and administrative management:
- Manage the project’s operational, financial, and administrative priorities; direct the planning and budgeting processes; design and oversee an annual project cycle in accordance with USAID’s annual planning cycles to ensure sound financial management, compliance with USAID regulations, and accurate reporting. Provide guidance on budgeting, procurement, and contract management.
Sub Awardee Management and Support
- In collaboration with the WVUS Senior Finance Officer, support sub awardee cashflow and advance management processes and quarterly sub awardee financial management review.
Audit support.
- Provide support to audit related services.
Required Professional Experience
- Excellent leadership skills, with demonstrated ability to understand and successfully navigate the interests of different stakeholders and find practical solutions to challenges during the course of program implementation.
- Minimum of five years of experience in financial management of large-scale, complex, donor-funded programs.
- Knowledge of USAID award management, policies, procedures, regulations and reporting requirements strongly preferred.
- Experience applying a system thinking to organizational improvement and adaptive management.
- Excellent analytical, oral and written communication skills.
- Experience building the capacity of staff in a broad range of areas related to financial management, including capacity building of sub awardee organizations and in financial audits.
Required Education, training, license, registration, and certification:
- Master’s or Advanced degree in finance, management, business administration, or related field
Preferred Knowledge and Qualifications:
- Demonstrated knowledge and skills in accounting, financial management, human resources, procurement, and other management support functions.
- Advanced knowledge and MS Excel skills, and other business accounting packages.
USD paid in Ethiopian Birr on prevailing monthly exchange rate as per the National Bank of Ethiopia on the 20th of the month
