The International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) is the leading global NGO in the field of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR). It is currently working in more than 170 countries in the world. The Africa Regional Office (IPPFARO) is one of IPPF’s six regional offices.
The WISH1 Project (Women’s Integrated Sexual Health – Lot 1) is a programme funded by DFID, aimed at delivering sexual and reproductive health services across a range of West African countries. The project is led by Marie Stopes International and subcontracted to IPPF to implement the project in 6 countries of the programme.
The WISH2Action Project (Women’s Integrated Sexual Health – Lot 2) is a programme funded by DFID, aimed at delivering sexual and reproductive health services across a range of Southern and Eastern African and Asian countries. The project is a six-member consortium led by IPPF and subcontracted by DFID to implement the project in 15 countries of the programme. The WISH2Action project management and technical support team is based in the Nairobi Hub office hosted by the Africa Regional Office.
Job Details
The role of the Finance Officer for Lot 1 will be to support the Senior Finance Advisor (and the broader WISH Lot 1 management team) in the lead on the delivery of all financial monitoring and control aspects of a large-scale, DFID funded payment by results contract to deliver sexual and reproductive health services (and related deliverables) across a range of countries and contexts. The post holder will also support all of the financial transactions and payments of the WISH Lot 1 project, incurred at the ARO. The project will be implemented through an existing network of IPPF Member Associations (MAs) as well as other delivery partners working within the context.
The role of the Finance Officer for Lot 2 will be to support all the financial transactions and payments of the WISH2Action Project which are carried out by the ARO financial operations team to ensure correct and timely finance function to support the activities of the Hub.
Key Tasks
- WISH Lot 1
- Manage the programme finances’ tracker, ensure that it is updated
- Prepare financial documentation: proofread, review, collate written materials in French and English
- Ensure that financial programme documentation is managed and filed on SharePoint and available to all users as required
- Ensure financial transactions and payments relating to Lot 1 are carried out with precision and in a timely manner
- Ensure preparation of good quality PowerPoint presentations, manuals etc. as required
- Support the financial reporting to MSI for 6 MAs and project management
- Support the review of project budgets and reports prepared by MAs.
- To remain abreast of the latest DFID financial and compliance requirements and best practices, maintain an overview of relevant key developments in the sector.
- WISH Lot 2
- Ensure all Lot 2 costs incurred by ARO are coded correctly and timely in NetSuite
- Ensure all Lot 2 payments via ARO finance department are paid within 30 days of presentation
- Support banking requirements for WISH Lot 2 including ensuring per diem (cash payments), payments to local vendors and other requirements as necessary
- Working with colleagues in ARO Operations team and CO Finance team prepares Lot 2 inter-company payments and reports in Netsuite in order to ensure correctly and timely payments to ARO
- All other duties as identified and agreed with supervisor to fulfil WISH2 Hub support costs and transactions.
EDUCATION & QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor’s Degree in commerce/ Business or related discipline
- Part qualified or qualified ACCA / CPA or equivalent.
- Competitive remuneration will be negotiated with the successful candidate.
- IPPF is an equal opportunity employer. Closing date Friday 5th June 2019.
- We regret only shortlisted candidates will be acknowledged.
- Check the job profile at www.ippfar.org
“Applications are particularly encouraged from candidates openly living with HIV.”
IPPF has been made aware of various fraudulent vacancy announcements circulated via e-mail from websites falsely stating that they are issued by or in association with IPPF. These correspondences, which may seek to obtain money from the recipients of such correspondence are fraudulent and IPPF does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process (application, interview, meeting, processing, training or any other fees).
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