Emergency Response Roster - Accounting Manager

The Accounting Manager is responsible for overseeing and managing the accounting operations in an emergency response, ensuring financial compliance, accuracy, and efficiency in all financial processes. This role includes cash management, accounts payable oversight, financial reconciliations, and audit preparations. The position ensures that financial operations align with both World Vision International (WVI) financial policies and globally accepted accounting standards. The Accounting Manager plays a critical role in supporting financial decision-making, internal controls, and risk management in a high-pressure, fast-paced emergency setting.

1. Lead and oversee the comprehensive functionality and operations of Cash Management, Accounting, and Reporting for the Response, ensuring compliance with governmental regulatory requirements.

2. Ensure accurate and timely submission of monthly financial reports to the Field Financial Reporting database.

3. Oversee the analysis of balance sheet accounts and reconciliation processes.

4. Facilitate seamless coordination with GC Shared Services (R2R and P2P) regarding accounting and reporting.

5. Foster a customer-oriented approach in all interactions, ensuring timely and efficient responses to queries and concerns.

6. Liaise with the Grants finance team, ensuring alignment in all accounting processes.

1. Monitor internal control systems to safeguard financial assets of the organization and ensure accurate financial statements.

2. Periodically review and assess the effectiveness of internal controls, recommending improvements and modifications where necessary.

3. Collaborate with internal and external auditors to ensure effective audits and address any identified deficiencies.

1. Provide strategic directions to the finance officers, leading day-to-day operations of the Accounting Team.

2. Cultivate professional growth within the team, emphasizing performance reviews, skill development, mentoring, and succession planning.

3. Champion interdepartmental collaboration, ensuring the Accounting Team works cohesively with other departments to achieve organizational objectives. 4. Engage in professional networking with the Regional/GC finance community, promoting knowledge exchange and best practices.

1. Oversee the process of fund transfers to local partners, ensuring adherence to organizational and donor-specific guidelines.

2. Implement robust financial controls for funds transferred to local partners, conduct regular financial audits and reviews and oversee all donor audits performed on local partners’ books.

3. Work with local partners on capacity-building initiatives, focusing on financial management, record maintenance, and reporting.

4. Foster consistent communication with local partners on financial expectations and reporting requirements.

5. Address financial discrepancies with local partners, guiding them towards compliance.

6. Coordinate inter-departmentally to ensure partnering processes align with broader organizational and donor requirements.

C. Risk management

1. Lead(finance) in institutional/global/government audit preparation to provide required information, ensure follow up actions and implementation of audit recommendations related to finance, addressing common audit findings and disallowed costs.

2. Assist Finance director in managing financial risk and implement anti-corruption strategies

Minimum 5 years’ experience in finance position with medium business/medium NGO/government agency

Minimum 5 years’ experience in finance and accounting management position

Experience in major donor regulations (US, UK, Canada Governments, ADH, BHA, UN agencies) is a must.

Practical knowledge of financial systems, internal financial controls & procedures and staff management skills.