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• Prepare and maintain their accounts in
  accordance with Malaria Consortium’s Financial  Policies and Procedures.
• Prepare budgets and forecasts, including the:
• Annual budget and revised forecasts.
• Mapping and phasing of budgets including
  those for multi-country programmes
• Ensure timely and accurate preparation of MCP
  and other external donor financial
• reporting as required

• Monitoring overhead costs and country level
  BvAs
• Reviewing recharge methods
• Improving cost recovery
• Investigating variances
• Review monthly variance and burn rate analysis
  on a monthly for Regional and MCP 
  budget holders
• Review the monthly checklists and
  reconciliations prepared by each country office and Offer summary feedback
  to the AFM and the CFMs.
• Follow up on any issues, working with the
  teams to resolve these.
• Rendering support in the coordination on the
  internal audit of local offices.
• Assisting to clear audit queries and
  preparation of responses

• Conduct support visits to Countries to help
  ensure quality is maintained in all aspects of financial management.
• Ensure all country finance teams are clear on
  the processes and systems of financial management.
• Monitor adherence to Internal controls
• PSF accounting software: 

• Be the focal point and expert user for
  the region.
• Offer training on the PSF accounting
  software.
• Work closely with HQ to resolve any
  issues on the PSF software.

• Review donor reports for small and medium
  sized grants
• Work with Partners to ensure they understand
  our requirements and continue to adhere to them
• Sit on the regional procurement committee to
  ensure compliance to MC policies and procedures, donor policies and
  procedures and most significantly obtain value for money

• Offer finance induction to new CFMs and
  non-finance staff and continue to support them.
• Act as the focal point for CFM queries
• Provide financial accounting support to
  Country Directors and senior non-finance staff.
• Offer technical support to new grants and
  Multicountry projects, to set up new teams, establish the finance systems
  and train new finance staff

• Technically support the countries to prepare
  proposal budgets for low and medium risk projects.
• Assist the Business Development Finance Team
  to prepare proposals and provide cover as required.

• Carry out spot checks, regular and ad-hoc, in
  the local country offices to test the financial controls.
• Review regional fixed asset registers
• Monitor maintenance or regional assets in
  accordance with MC asset management policy.

• Provide a gap fill service for the financial
  management in country programmes as required due to staff absence from
  leave or resignation.
• Cover for the existing AFo FMA position as
  well as some AFM duties as needed.
• Actively support and motivate the local
  finance teams

• The applicant must ideally be a Fully
  Qualified accountant in a 
  recognised global body e.g. ACA, ACCA, CIMA
• The applicant must hold a bachelor’s
  degree from a recognised university
• Knowledge
  of NGO donors and their financial reporting requirements
• At least eight years’ accountancy
  experience, with at least a year in a managerial position
• Past experience of USAID compliance
• Prior experience of reporting to other
  large donors
• Good working knowledge of accounting software
  
• Excellent computer skills with high
  proficiency in Microsoft excel
• Excellent analytical and reporting skills
  
• High level of English, both written and
  spoken
• Excellent interpersonal and communication
  skills 
• Possess a strong ability to be able to
  manage and prioritise multiple tasks
• Past experience in training and
  developing capacity of Finance staff is desired
• Keen attention to detail

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