Regional Project Finance Coordinator

This Finance Coordinator provides overall advice, coordination, and technical support on finance to the project team.  

This role has a regional focus and ensures compliance to DRC procedures and guidelines within the whole regional area. The role contributes to the development of strategies, which are translated into action plans and day-to-day tasks. The role provides support and/or technical guidance to areas of operation under the project scope.

Your main duties and responsibilities will be:

Support

• Support the development and implementation of financial management capacity building of staff
• Provide technical support and advice to the Finance team

Financial Management

• In close cooperation with the Project Manager, reinforce existing procedures and systems for financial management and control in compliance with guidelines of DRC’s Operations Handbook, internal guidelines and donor requirements
• Support timely delivery of quality financial reports to donors and internal reports to colleagues and HQ
• Ensure compliance with relevant country statutory and other financial obligations such as tax, levies and statutory returns
• Monthly financial briefings to the Project Manager
• Ensure thorough and effective budgetary control in the Project
• Liaise with the Project Manager on key financial issues for the project, including co-funding, financial reporting, key variances and any remedial action
• Collecting cash forecasts from the Project Manager and requesting funds in a timely manner
• Maintain a continuous overview of funding levels and pay particular attention to shared support costs, including staff salaries
• Ensure all required documentation for financial audits in cooperation with Coordination staff and HQ
• Ensure monthly meetings are held with the project manager to discuss key variances, reasons for these, and any remedial action that is required
• Prepare for local audits
• Contribute to the development of proposals with regards to budgeting in cooperation with the Project Manager

About you

To be successful in this role we expect the following:

• Minimum 3-5 years’ of international practical experience in financial management
• Proven experience in managing large budgets
• Competence in providing technical guidance and training
• Proven experience in working with national partners, local/government authorities
• Working experience with relevant donors (e.g. UNHCR, ECHO, OFDA, WFP, DFID or BPRM guidelines)
• Advanced proficiency in Excel
• Full professional proficiency in English
• Master’s degree in Finance/Accounting or Business Administration