Finance Manager – Yemen

Humanity & Inclusion is an independent and impartial aid organisation working in situations of poverty and exclusion, conflict and disaster. The organisation works alongside people with disabilities and vulnerable populations, taking action and bearing witness in order to respond to their essential needs, improve their living conditions and promote respect for their dignity and fundamental rights.

Since its creation in 1982, HI has run development programmes in more than 60 countries and responded to numerous emergencies. Today, we have a budget of approximately 255 million euros, with 4794 employees worldwide.

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JOB CONTEXT:
Since 2015, HI interventions have been adapted to the current context of conflict in Yemen. With the support of different donors, HI has been supporting two hospitals and one physical and functional rehabilitation centre in Sana’a City, building the capacities of their key staff in early rehabilitation care and psychological first aid (including specifically for children), supplying rehabilitation equipment, and directly providing functional rehabilitation care and psychosocial support to war affected people (including through the donation of assistive devices and provision of Prosthesis). Now in 2022, HI is implementing these activities in 6 governorates (Amanat Al Asimah, Hajjah, Al Hodeidah, Taizz, Aden and Lahj governorates) from 14 health facilities and rehabilitation centres.

In parallel, HI is implementing inclusive humanitarian action, by increasingly piloting inclusive interventions and promoting disability inclusive coordination and programming through coordination system and the Inclusion Task Force in Yemen, and through technical support and capacity development to UN agencies, NGO’s and increasingly to networks and focal points of persons with disabilities, and awareness raising activity with communities. In addition, HI has started to implement humanitarian mine action activities in the south of Yemen from 2022.

In 2023, the volume of budget was 7-8 million Euros and there are around 130 staffs in the mission. Our mains donors, external partners are ECHO, SDC, GFFO, YHF, CDCS, GIZ.

YOUR MISSION:
The Finance Manager (FM) is responsible for leading the finance teams, ensuring compliance with HI’s standards and local rules in the finance field, financial strategy and steering and operational financial management within his/her area of responsibility.

She/he is the focal person for the Country Director and as such informs him/her of any problems and suggests solutions within his/her scope of responsibility. She/he supports the Compliance department in their responsibilities towards donors’ and national audits, administrative and legal matter when there’s a link with finance department.

The missions are the following :

·       Management

·       Strategy and steering

·       Standards and expertise

·       Operational implementation:

o Ensuring financial and budget management

o Ensuring accounts management

o Ensuring the financial management of institutional funding in compliance with “donor” guidelines and contractual obligations

o Ensuring cash-flow management.

·       Profession facilitation

·       Emergency preparedness and response

 

CHARACTERISTICS OF THE POSITION:

The position is based in Sana’a – Yemen. In the four locations, shared guesthouses well equipped with a safe room, most of the work is done at the office but there are some possibilities to go out for work purposes. Outside movements are possible for some extra-professional activities in Sanaa and Aden. All movements are done by car. HI has set up a curfew. The situation is relatively calm in Sana’a and Hajjah nowadays. However, the security is volatile in southern areas.

The mission has put in place adequate security rules and processes to allow teams to work in a safe environment. Despite the country’s situation, the risk for expatriates remains limited and no critical incident happened over the past period.

Local medical capacity remains a concern for the person with fragile health, ongoing treatment and that needs close medical follow up.

Dress code: Men will be required to wear long pants and at least a short-sleeved shirt. Women are required to wear the abaya and hijab (headscarf) outside of the compound. For female staff in the office, appropriate attire includes long pants and long sleeve shirts..

Qualification & experience:

• Diploma in Finance or similar field
• Proven experience of at least 3 years in a Manager/Coordinator position in Finance
• Confirmed experience in team management
• Experience in change/transformation management

Knowledge:

• Accounting, financial and tax management skills
• Donor frameworks and rules

Know- How:

• Experience of working in finance professions in a humanitarian environment
• Analytical and writing skills
• Team leading and mobilisation

Interpersonal skills and attitudes:

• Ability to adapt to the context
• Able to manage stress
• Excellent interpersonal skills

At HI, the conditions offered are up to your commitment and adapted to the context of your mission. https://hi.org/en/join-the-team

• 18 months International contract starting from mid-December 2024;
• Position based in Sana’a
• The international contract provides social cover adapted to your situation:
• Unemployment insurance benefits for EU nationals;
• Pension scheme;
• Medical coverage with 50% of employee contribution;
• Repatriation insurance paid by HI;
• Salary from 2870€ gross/month upon experience;
• Perdiem: 596 € net/month – paid in the field
• Hardship: 500 € net/month paid with your salary
• Paid leaves: 25 days per year;
• R&R: according to the level of the mission 5 days every 8 weeks => + possible transport/package support;
• Position: Unaccompanied
• Payment for travel costs (air ticket & visa) and transport of your personal effects;
• A child allowance of 100€ per month, per child (from the second child) paid in the field;
• Housing: Collective taken in charge by HI;
• If you are resident in the country: local package.