The Financial Services Volunteer Corps (FSVC) is seeking a Senior Finance and Administrative Manager to successfully and effectively ensure the execution of an expected 4-year, US$10 million USAID-funded program to increase transparency and accountability mechanisms in the mining, oil, and gas sectors for better revenue management and distribution in Senegal. The proposed program will focus on 1) improving extractive revenues management; and 2) strengthening influential civil society and media.

FSVC is a not-for-profit organization that helps build sound financial sectors in developing countries. The premise of FSVC’s work is that sound financial infrastructure is essential to support private entrepreneurship, promote job creation, attract foreign investment and create conditions that promote lasting economic opportunity.

The anticipated program in Senegal focuses on increasing government accountability and public financial management, core areas of work for FSVC. FSVC has worked with ministries, Parliament, supreme audit institutions and civil society organizations across Africa and the Middle East to improve public financial management, and government accountability and transparency. Other core areas of FSVC’s work include developing central bank capabilities, strengthening commercial banking systems, building capital markets, improving access to finance for small businesses, and combating money laundering and the financing of terrorism. FSVC has regional field offices in Albania, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, eSwatini, Iraq, Lesotho, Jordan, Niger, Tajikistan and Tunisia. More here: www.fsvc.org.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Under overall guidance and direct supervision of the Chief of Party (COP), the Senior Finance and Administration Manager (SFAM) will: ensure effective execution of financial, procurement and administrative services and processes transparent utilization of resources; review relevant documents and reports; identify problems and issues and bring the attention of the COP with proposed actions; and liaise with relevant parties, identify and tracks follow-up actions.

The major Duties are as follow:

• Participate in the project work plan preparation with particular emphasis to the administrative, procurement and financial functions, i.e., prepare the budget and monitoring the project expenditures according to the budget and the work plan as approved by appropriate authority.
• Review systems and internal controls.
• Ensure promotion of optimal and soundest use of financial resources for project effective delivery and meet the standard of periodical /annual audit (internal and external); and advise Sub-grantees staff and counterparts on financial management and promote awareness of financial budget toward project delivery.
• Ensure the overall coordination of the Program on Finance and Administrative operations.
• Carry out actual to budgeted variance analysis on monthly, quarterly and annual basis; prepare and submit monthly, quarterly, periodic and year-end closer financial reports for submission through the COP.
• Ensure accuracy, coding and prompt settlement by projects in quarterly advances; review accounting transactions to ensure compliance with policies and procedures.
• Participate in project monitoring meetings with USAID team, manage risks and assess on an ongoing basis the availability of funds for activities implementation, elaborate proper mechanisms to eliminate gaps in budget management.
• Oversee the financial and administrative management of sub-grantees.
• Provide support to the organization of review meetings, seminars/workshops/policy dialogues/consultation meetings/capacity building activity, logistics, monitoring missions and prepare inputs with budget estimation and program reports.
• Conduct inventory management, vehicle management, store management.
• Ensure transactions are in accordance with financial rules and procedures; and maintain the internal expenditure control system to ensure that vouchers are processed, matched and completed, transactions are recorded correctly.
• Ensure timely, accurate and relevant financial reports to management and USAID.

Competencies:

• Strong customer-service skills with demonstrated ability to effectively interact with technical and non-technical end users in a pleasant, cooperative, and helpful manner.
• Demonstrated ability to solve problems and work independently.
• Ability to read, analyze, interpret and apply general technical instructions and procedures.
• Leadership and Self-Management.
• Consistently approaches work with energy and a positive, constructive attitude.

Education:

Master’s degree or equivalent in business administration, Finance, Accounting, or other relevant fields or at least required experience for this position.

Experience:

• Minimum ten (10) years of experience in financial and administrative management and

  procurement in national and/or international development organizations in similar position.

• Good knowledge of development work, Civil Society and community-based organizations.
• Computer skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint…); Ability to work or use new software (quickbook, sari…) as financial management tools.

Languages:

• Fluency in French-speaking and writing.
• Good understanding and speaking of English language.

How to apply:

For consideration, please email a cover letter and resume to [email protected] and include “Senior Finance and Administrative Manager – Senegal” in the subject line. Submission Deadline: January 7, 2022. Please note: Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.