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OVERALL DESCRIPTION
General Description of the Programme:
GOAL has been in North Sudan since 1985.
Its current activities are in the capital Khartoum, Kassala
State in Eastern Sudan, El Fasher in North Darfur and Abyei
Province, Western Kordofan. GOAL implements a multi-sectoral
programme, including health, water and sanitation, informal
literacy and emergency relief components.
General
Description of the Role:
The Financial Controller will be in over all charge of the
programmes’ finance department and will be responsible
for ensuring all activities are coordinated, carried out correctly
and completed on schedule.
The Financial Controller as a key member
of GOAL Sudan’s senior management team will be expected
to contribute to the overall development and running of the
Country programme.
Key
Duties:
- Prepare monthly management accounts
for approval by the Country Director and submission to Dublin.
These include: Monthly Accounts, Donor Status Reports, Fixed
Asset Register.
- Preparation of project financial
budgets for submission to donors.
- Preparation of timely financial
reports and information to donors
- Preparation of the annual financial
budget and quarterly Rolling Budget with Country Director
for submission to Dublin
- Monitor and ensure all spending
is in line with agreed budgets. Highlight as appropriate
under and over spends and agree actions required.
- Ensure GOAL Sudan is compliant with
all Donors who fund the programmes and maintain all donor
files and month end finance files in line with GOAL standards
as recommended by Head office.
- Responsible for cash management,
cash flow, funds transfer from Dublin and liaison with banks.
- In coordination with Logistics Dept
monitor purchasing and stock control ensuring correct procedures
are in place.
- Ensure all internal controls are
in place in accordance with GOAL guidelines.
- In coordination with Logistics Dept
maintain and improve IT systems.
- Ensure adherence to GOAL ‘Accounting
and Finance Manual’ and donor requirements and the
safe keeping of financial records.
- Prepare year-end financial statements,
arrange and ensure timely completion of year-end audit.
- Ensure GOAL Sudan maintains appropriate
payroll records including timesheets and ensure that all
relevant statutory deductions are made from employees salaries
and paid over to the appropriate authorities.
- Ensure that all costs GOAL Dublin
incurs in relation to GOAL Sudan activities are recharged
in accordance with Field accountants’ manual.
- To ensure completion of action points
recommended from Head Office Internal Auditor and develop
an awareness of internal audit at field level.
- Visit field offices to ensure field
staffs are complying with all GOAL procedures.
- Develop the capacity of local financial
staff in financial management.
- To work at all times in a manner
that promotes teamwork with in GOAL and assists in the achievement
of GOAL’s programme aims.
- Other duties as requested by the
Country Director.
Requirements:
- A Qualified Accountant (Chartered,
Certified or Management)
- Three years post qualified experience.
- Experience in GOAL or a similar
NGO as a Financial controller is preferable.
- Excellent written and spoken English,
with excellent communication and training skills.
- Management experience with a demonstration
of analytical and conceptual skills to plan projects, timetable
agreed activities and manage a finance team.
- Good team player, flexible and capable
of working with a multinational country team.
- Ability to implement effective projects
sometimes with limited resources.
- Ability and willingness to travel
to locations outside Khartoum and live in sometimes-basic
conditions.
- Good computer skills, particularly
with experience in Microsoft Excel and Word and experience
in Sage or a similar accounting package would be desirable
This Job Description only serves as a guide for the position available. GOAL reserves the right to change this document. |
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