FCA is seeking a Network Finance Manager to work as part of the Network for Religious and Traditional Peacemakers team in Helsinki. The manager provides finance leadership and manages and ensures timely and effective financial and administrative operations of the Network Secretariat. The Network Finance Manager is the focal point for finance issues within the Network Secretariat.
Main areas of responsibility include:
- Manage Network Secretariat financial planning, budgeting, and monitoring i.e. following expenditures, drafting and updating budgets, getting approval for budget revisions.
- Manage Network financial reporting and contribute to donor compliance together with partnership building manager and FCA Global Grants
- Liaise with FCA controller, finance department and Global Grants
- Lead Network finance functions globally, liaise with FCA Thailand and FCA Americas (New York and Washington DC Offices) on finance, liaise with FCA Country Offices on joint projects
- Complete accurately and timely all financial accounting routines and reports.
- Implement internal controls.
- Plan and monitor overall budget, including NETW HR Salary allocation (monthly report, timesheets supervision), as guided by SOPM, and in collaboration with FOSD and AD.
- Prepare accurate forecasts of cash requirements (Cost recovery report for proposal, CR calculation).
- Carefully track and report project expenses, burn rates, and cash received from the donor on a monthly basis. Alert finance and program supervisors when there is any financial risks for projects.
- Lead Network audits and assist country offices in responding to audit requests from donors, developing financial management tools, and managing close-out processes. To prepare necessary materials for audit (e.g. financial report, agreements and project documents) in collaboration with programme staff and FCA controller
- Perform project variance analysis and provide updated projections to support internal management and/or donor requirements.
- Working closely with the program teams and Finance team, reviewing and preparing annual workplan budgets preparation of budget narratives, invoices and other financial reports to donors; thorough tracking and analysis of program expenditures.
- to carry out daily financial and administrative tasks including facilitation of payments and receivables, invoices and tendering/procurement
Competence, experience, skills, knowledge needed
- Bachelor degree or higher – in Finance, Business Administration, Economics or Accounting
- At least five years of professionally relevant experience
- Fluent in oral and written English, working knowledge of Finnish, French, Arabic is an asset.
- Team leadership skills
- Ability to work independently and proactively manage work
- Proven problem solving skills
- Good attention to detail and highly numerate
- Excellent communication and inter-personal skills
- Excellent organizational skills
- Ability to meet deadlines under pressure
The position is permanent, with six months’ probation period, starting as soon as possible. The compensation is based on FCA Compensation System and depends on prior work experience.
For more information please contact Senior Operations and Program Manager, Matthias Wevelsiep by e-mail matthias.wevelsiep (at) kua.fi. Please apply by using the link no later than on 16 March 2022. Applicants will be short-listed and contacted for an interview on a progressive basis.
Finn Church Aid (FCA) is Finland’s largest development co-operation organisation and the second biggest organisation in Finland working in humanitarian aid. FCA is a founding member of the international aid alliance of churches, the ACT Alliance. We seek positive change by supporting the most vulnerable people in fragile contexts. We specialize in supporting local communities’ right to peace, livelihoods and quality education. Qualified and interested candidates irrespective of age, gender, race, religion or ethnic affiliation are encouraged to apply for the vacancy.
FCA hosts the Secretariat of the Network for Religious and Traditional Peacemakers (Network), a global network that brings together actors to provide support for grassroots to international peacemaking and peacebuilding efforts. The activities of the Network involve more than 80 active organisations around the globe.