The role is to ensure timely and accurate accounting for SA Programs finances in alignment with USAID rules and regulations and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs)
Key Accountabilities
- Maintain, prepare and submit accurate district financial reports for SA Programs
- Manage district budgets for SA Programs
- Identifying and managing variances between budgets and actuals for districts in the SA Programs
- Program Support - Develop sound relationships with district managers, other depts and the SA Program team to ensure compliance at all times.
- Assist in ensuring that closeouts are timely and well executed
Essential qualifications
- Degree in Accounting or Financial Management
- N/A
- Minimum 5 years in financial management and costing experience in the development sector
- Advanced proficiency in MS Office - including Word, Excel, Outlook
- Exceptional written and verbal communications skills, with ability to adapt to suit different audiences
- Minimum 7 years experience in accounting systems
- Ability to connect the dots, make linkages and collaboratively work across the organization to optimize the client experience
- Be solution focused
- Has a customer centric mindset
- Able to connect with clients at different levels
- Maintain confidentiality
- Results orientation
Winning, Enabling and Delivery of Projects
- Opportunity Development, Capture Management, Proposal Development, Organized, Disciplined, Analytical
- Selections, Development, Delegation, Example, Self-Confidence, Independently responsible, Curiosity, Change Management
- Governance and legal awareness, Financial acumen, Risk management, Strategic perspective
- Institutional Representations, Taking the long view, Building common ground, Mutual respect, Responsiveness, Standing for the other, Engagement
