Finance Coordinator - MEC

Company: Save the Children International

Company description:

Save the Children is the world's leading independent organisation for children.

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Save the Children is the world's leading independent organisation for children. It is a dual mandate organization and focuses on development and emergency response. We are currently working in 120 countries around the world touching the lives of 125 million children. Our mission is to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children, and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives.

Save the Children has been working in Myanmar since 1995. Our programmes include Maternal and Child Health, Nutrition, HIV/AIDS, WASH, Education, Food Security and Livelihoods, Child Protection and Child Rights Governance and Humanitarian Responses across the country.

Save the Children offers attractive salary including non-salary benefits which consists of paid medical benefits, various leave benefits, accident insurance, severance and other allowances.

Good Environment and Good Teamwork

• Work closely with the partnership and programme teams to prepare and provide advice on partners’ budget proposals, ensure all budgeted cost are in line with donors’ guidelines, templates, funding strategy and SCI guidelines.
• Ensure cost eligibility of confirmed budget, line items flexibility and application, and provide continuous monitoring and follow up on implementation line with proposal budget.
• In discussion with the partners and Awards team, prepare appropriate internal control requirements and capacity strengthening plans for the partner organisation.
• Ensure partners understand donor financial guideline and reporting requirements.
• Supervise finance staff in all aspect of their work & provide the necessary technical and professional support
• Assure the system of continuous follow up and monitoring on timeliness, accuracy & completeness of financial information, to comply all donor specific requirements and proactively prevent disallowable expenses.
• Consolidate details proposal budget calculation to respective SOF and donor funds in accordance with DEA and DRC
• Follow up on spending compliance throughout Implementation stage, including in the office and out in the field oversight.
• Prepare and provide guidance to finance officer to prepare monthly, quarterly and annual donor financial reports in timely manner.
• Maintain all donor specific reporting guideline and templates up to date and coordinate with respective partnership team member and partners’ finance focal persons on financial and narrative information requirements.
• Support partners’ finance staff and budget holders to be fully aware of details on actual expenditure data, BvA, monthly, quarterly financial reports requirement.
• Play leading role on adherence of feedbacks mechanism for monthly errors, line item flexibility, selecting correct DEA line, correctness of unit cost and balance spending etc..
• Make final review of all financial reports prepared for completeness, accuracy and quality that meets reporting requirements.
• Write narrative sections of financial report and review the variance explanation by budget holders and partners.
• Ensure to update all final financial data in timely manner
• Responsible to update financial capacity building package (Interdepartmental coordination) and make sure supervisee finance staff are addressing donor compliance issues of partners
• Ensure supervisee finance staff review partner financial report and supporting documents in details in line with donor and SCI requirement and follow up on issues before uploading.
• Participate in partner monitoring visit and provide the technical input as required
• Engage in detailed planning with supervisee finance staff for Audit. Eg, Timing, Field visit involvement, audit sampling method, auditor selection on transitions, Readiness of all documents such as payment Vouchers, payroll, Distribution list, Policy documents etc. before audit starts.
General Administration
• Ensure all financial related information and documentations are maintained systematically including all final approved version financial proposal and monthly and quarterly financial Reports.
• Make sure to comply with all relevant Save the Children policies and procedures in all aspects to health and safety, security, equal opportunities and other relevant policies and to have clear audit trail.
• Perform others relevant duties assigned by the Partnership & Programme Support Director Finance Director/Deputy Finance Director and Relevant Managers.
• Carry out the responsibilities of the role in a way which reflects Save the Children's commitment to safeguarding children in accordance the Child Safeguarding Policy.
Child Safeguarding Responsibilities
• Implement approaches to increase awareness, commitment and interest in child safeguarding amongst staff members.

• B.Com or Bachelor Degree in relevant financial management field or equivalent certification. (Professional qualification in Accounting – added advantage).
• At least 5 year experience in related financial management field
• Intermediate English communication skills, both written and verbal
• Excellent personal organisational skills, including time management, and ability to meet deadlines and work under pressure
• A hands-on all round person (being able to get into details, share the task and work closely with the team to get the job done) with a can do attitude
• Willingness to travel to field offices and work in difficult environment
• Excellent people management skills/experience and proven ability to create an environment which encourages team-working and motivates a team across various geographical areas.
• Ability to work collaboratively with colleagues across the organisation developing effective working relationships to deliver outstanding results for children
• Commitment to and understanding of Save the Children’s aims, values and principles.
• Willingness and capability to comply with all relevant Save the Children policies and procedures with respect to health and safety, security, equal opportunities and other relevant policies, including the Child Safeguarding Policy

• Male/ Female
• Salary is negotiable

No. 126 A, Damazaydi Road, Bahan Township, Yangon,Yangon
State/District: Yangon Region

Job Category: Financial Management Jobs
Company Industry: INGO
Employment Type: Other
Full time: YES
Job posted: 26/3/2020

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