POSITION TITLE: Finance Manager LOCATION: Auki, Malaita, Solomon Islands UNIT: Agriculture, Resilience and Water Unit REPORTS TO: Finance and Operations Team Leader PROGRAM SUMMARY: Winrock International (WI) is currently recruiting for the position of a Finance & Administrative Services Coordinator in its Auki project office to support the five-year, USAID-funded Solomon Islands Strengthening Competitiveness, Agriculture, Livelihoods, and Environment – Natural Resource Management (SCALE-NRM) Program. The SCALE-NRM Program will foster conservation economies at a community scale that provide opportunities for income generation from NRM and drive provincial and national government commitment to natural resource governance. As USAID’s flagship NRM initiative in the Solomon Islands, SCALE-NRM will pave the way for future USAID investments in promoting competitive, sustainable, and inclusive economic development. SCALE-NRM has three objectives: Promote a people-centered approach to resource governance, which will leverage the traditional connection among Solomon Islanders and a track record of communities organizing themselves around specific opportunities Strengthen markets for conservation through provincial and community-driven schemes that ensure communities have options to pursue alternative livelihoods and participate in diversified economic opportunities from environmental conservation Build the capacity of government in implementing a holistic, ecosystem-wide approach to NRM, which includes ecosystem health, land-use, climate change adaption, and economic development ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES: The Finance Manager will oversee the project’s day-to-day financial transactions and reporting, ensuring that internal controls over the receipt, disbursement, and management of resources are maintained. The Manager will be accountable for ensuring timely, accurate and compliant processing of financial transactions. This position will also be responsible for preparing payroll and other vouchers and related statements, ensuring accuracy in accounting records. A successful candidate will be highly motivated and ambitious, and have the following combination of essential skills and experience: (a) Experience working with organizations with a strong culture of financial discipline and compliance, with strong financial systems and processes in place.(b) 6 to 8 years of experience providing supervision and quality control to accounting teams. (c) Ability to coordinate efficient workflows between departments for finance related tasks (d) Experience maintaining internal controls, and recommend improvements whenever necessary KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:• Responsible for maintaining internal controls over the receipt, disbursement, and management of Winrock resources in compliance with Winrock and USAID rules and regulations. • Administers and monitors the financial system to ensure the Project’s finances are maintained in an accurate and timely manner.• Responsible for the day-to-day processing of financial transactions.• Verify accuracy of accounting records, including all travel advances and all invoices, and assure proper allocation of expenditures to funding source and expense categories.• Complete payments of vendors and other services or goods in accordance with USAID and Winrock policies and procedures.• Prepare accurate payroll computations and its supporting documentation and ensure timely distribution of payslips to staff.• Manage data entry in Quickbooks and Field Office vouchers on day-to-day basis; prepares journal, receipts, and disbursement vouchers, and accumulates appropriate documents in support of the voucher and seeks proper approvals.• Coordinate with field staff to monitor advances and process expense reports.• Monitor development of budgets with the program team in coordination with the Finance and Operations Team Leader to ensure compliance with the approved workplan budget.• Work with the Finance and Operations Team Leader and program staff to manage cash and cash requirements and affect the transfer of project funds to field accounts based on forecast and funds request to ensure fund availability at all times.• Coordinates with the bank on deposits, online payments, wire transfers from home office, and enrollment of new employees in payroll account.• Lead the timely preparation, analysis, and submission of weekly and month-end financial reports.• Coordinate and provide assistance related to the statutory, funder, or operations audit to ensure its completion within the set timeframe.• Management and oversight of Finance Coordinators. • Performs other duties and tasks at the request of management. QUALIFICATIONS AND BACKGROUND: Education: Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or closely related field Work Experience: A minimum of 6 to 8 years experience providing supervision and quality control to accounting teams. Experience maintaining, recommending, implementing, and enforcing internal controls Supervisory experience, including coordinating and maintaining efficient workflows between departments for finance related tasks Expert-level understanding of bookkeeping and accounting; and strong understanding of local labor and taxation laws, local compliance and reporting requirements. Experience working with organizations with a strong culture of financial discipline and compliance, with strong financial systems and processes in place. Experience in managing accounts for donor funded projects strongly preferred. Skills: Proficient user of Quick Books or similar accounting platforms Strong communication and organization skills Good Microsoft Office skills (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint) Analytical and problem-solving skills Ability to write accurately in English Winrock is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all people and value diversity and inclusiveness. Winrock recruits, employs, trains, promotes and compensates regardless of race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, family care status, or any other basis protected by law. At Winrock we have a clear mission: Empower the disadvantaged, increase economic opportunity and sustain natural resources through unwavering dedication to accountability, equity, innovation, integrity and transformation. 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