Job Title:                        International Finance Manager – Operations & Policy 

Reports to:                      Deputy Finance Director

Terms:                               Permanent, Full time, 50% Hybrid role

Location:                         Head Office, Dublin 2

Salary:                              GB 8: €80,184 - €89,094

Requirements:              Occasional travel to country programs as required

About Concern:              Established in 1968, Concern is a non-profit, non-governmental humanitarian organisation, dedicated to the reduction of suffering and the ultimate elimination of extreme poverty in the world's poorest countries.

Concern's vision, our mission, and our work are all defined by one goal – ending extreme poverty, whatever it takes. Concern strives for a world free from poverty, fear, and oppression.

Our culture is values driven and we believe that our people are central to all that we do and are key to delivering on our goal of Reaching the Furthest Behind First. We are committed to ensuring a workplace where everybody feels valued and are enabled to succeed in their work and contribute to delivering on our mission.

Role Purpose:                  The International Finance Manager is a member of the international finance team, will support the Deputy Finance Director (DFD) to maintain, to a high standard, the financial systems in Concern's overseas country programmes.

This role is primarily focus on supporting the budget process for our overseas programmes, review exiting financial policy and procedures and take initiative to update where improvement is necessary. Also ensuring that Roving and Surge Accountants are deployed timely where the support required.

Responsibilities:

a) Overseas Budgeting

Managing the consolidation of the annual budgets (and budget revisions) from our overseas programmes. This work includes:

• Assisting the Deputy Finance Director to develop budget guidelines and timetables specific to each budget cycle/revision.
• Communicating all budget related information to all country programmes.
• Coordinating the review process of all country programme budget packs and providing feedback on the same.
• Consolidating all budgets for review by the Deputy Finance Director.
• Analysing the budget and preparing the required schedules as directed by the Deputy Finance Manager.
• Updating/improving budget templates as necessary to improve the budgeting process

b) Overseas Financial Procedures in conjunction with the International Reporting Accountant

• Developing and updating financial policies and procedures, related to our overseas programmes. This work includes:
• Responsibility for the updating the Overseas Finance Manuals on a regular basis. Part of this work will involve reviewing sections related to financial systems & procedures where improvements is necessary.
• Development of guidance documents/standard operating procedures, related to overseas activities (of a financial nature), as needed. The key focus of such documents being to improve the internal control environment.
• Support the regional finance team with the development of country specific finance manuals.
• Review draft donor guidelines developed by the Grant Compliance Unit, consult with IFT team, and provide feedback on it.

c) Recruitment and Training

• Being the key person on the International Finance Team for recruiting, inducting and providing ongoing training to our Country Financial Controllers (CFCs), Roving Accountants and SURGE Accountants. This work includes:
• Assisting in the short- listing, assessment and interviewing of candidates for international/roving finance roles.
• Managing the weeklong finance induction for the new recruits.
• Reviewing and updating the finance induction materials/ process for the new recruits.
• Developing training materials for country programme finance staff.
• Developing and organising online training sessions for staff.
• Management of the bi-annual CFC conference.
• Organise and run a finance induction for non-finance staff (in IPD and in our Country Management Teams)

d) Liaison with International Programme Directorate (IPD)

• Strengthen the relationship between International Finance and the Regional Directors, identifying priorities for improvement and alignment.
• Act as the finance focal point in organisational initiatives related to localization and partnership. - Develop partnership related financial policy and procedures including develop partners assessment tool and different monitoring mechanism for various types of partners (National and local civil society and private sector organisations etc.) Also organise training and webinar session to build up the capacity of field finance team on this policy and procedures.
• As a finance focal person in partnership group develop different type of analytical report to meet requirements of different stake holders.

e) Year End Support

• Manage certain tasks related to the year-end process – these include:
• Reviewing and providing feedback on key schedules submitted by our overseas programmes – these include the Regulatory Questionnaire, Lease details, Fixed Assets register, YE Balance sheet forms, Bank Details, Donations in Kind (DIK) etc.) and feedback on them.
• Consolidating and reviewing the Cessation Benefit (CB) and year end Current Assets & Current Liabilities (CA/CL) report produced by the regional accountants and feedback on them
• Assist the Finance Director to carryout testing CA/CL sampling at year-end
• Finalise the CB and CA/CL report for annual audit
• Review draft country programme audit reports and management letters and feedback on them.
• Assist in finalisation of the year end accounts (CA/CL adjustment journal, Partnership and DIK notes)

f) Management of Roving/Surge Accountants

• Manage and provide technical support to Roving and Surge accountants
• Work with the Deputy Finance Director, and with our international programme's directorate, to decide on where the accountants need to be deployed.
• Work with the country management team to develop and agree the ToR for country programme deployment
• Review country programme deployment report and if any issues identified work with regional finance team to resolve it.

g) Other Tasks

• Provide technical / setup support when Concern enters a new country of operation.
• Review certain requests from the country finance teams prior to forwarding them to the Deputy Finance Director for approval.
• Provide cover for regional accountants and the International Finance Manager - Reporting as needs arise.
• Ad hoc analytical work
• Carry out other tasks as appropriate under the direction of the Deputy Finance Director.
• All managers are responsible for upholding and promoting Concern's values, demonstrating leadership on workplace equality, diversity and inclusion, and role modelling a positive safeguarding ethos.
• All managers are required to actively participate in any emergency response as and when required.

Skills and Experience Required:

Essential:

• A recognised professional qualification in accountancy
• Experience of finance and accounting in the not-for-profit sector
• Extensive experience of managing professional staff
• Fluent spoken and written English and ability to communicate clearly and effectively, both orally and in writing
• Strong IT skills

Desirable:

• International experience in a developing country
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If this role sounds right for you, please apply with your CV and cover letter.