About The Role

Finance, Compliance and Risk Manager
Location: Antananarivo, Madagascar
Contract: 36-month fixed term contract, renewable
Salary: £38,781 DOE + £1,368 monthly allowance

Could you manage the financial systems, processes and procedures relating to the running of a funded multi-hazard preparedness and resilience programme in Madagascar, ensuring financial compliance with all BRC and FCDO requirements with emphasis on high quality, timely financial reporting?

About the Role

The Finance, Compliance and Risk Manager will be the lead in all finance aspects for a FCDO funded multi-hazard preparedness and resilience 3-year programme in Madagascar, and jointly responsible (with the Programme Manager) for ensuring timely risk management of the programme, monitoring and updating the risk register where necessary, with specific attention to the financial risk.

The position is responsible for managing the financial systems, processes and procedures relating to the running of the programme, ensuring financial compliance with all BRC and FCDO requirements with emphasis on high quality, timely financial reporting.

The Finance, Compliance and Risk Manager will be entrusted to:

• Lead the coordination of all financial processes for the FCDO funded programme, including the delivery of timely financial reporting and variance analysis in line with FCDO requirements.
• Have oversight of the financial status of the programme in relation to spending, forecasting, planning and ensure compliance with the financial policies and procedures agreed to under the terms of this project.
• Design, develop, schedule and deliver financial training to programme staff, and carry out financial induction for new starters, to train partner finance staff where appropriate.
• Provide close support to the PM in grant due diligence processes, ensuring these are managed appropriately with FCDO and with RCRCM partners
• Support with the coordination and management of internal and external stakeholders to ensure that teams and partners meet their obligations within FCDO agreements, minimise programme risks and develop solutions to deliver on donor requirements within partner reporting solutions, procedures and capacity.
• Maintain oversight of the specific financial risks related to the FCDO programme within the Country Risk Register ensuring buy-in from relevant internal and external stakeholders and recommend mitigation measures in collaboration with the Programme Manager.
• Support the Programme Manager in working closely with IFRC and MRCS risk management team to ensure risk policies and processes are followed related to the FCDO programme.

What we are looking for

You will be a qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, FMAAT, CCAB) or qualified by experience, have a broad understanding of financial controls and processes to be applied in a humanitarian programme and a good understanding of grant management controls and processes. You will have a robust experience in managing multiple and sometimes competing donor interests and demands in an international context, including strong financial business partnering skills including management accounting, while successfully managing finance systems and processes, including familiarity with MS Office Suite.

You will be fluent in French for professional use (reading, writing and speaking) and have an excellent English written and verbal communication.

It’d be useful if you have knowledge and experience working within the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, as well as knowledge and experience working in Madagascar.

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