Finance and Administration Manager at Marie Stopes Ghana

The Role

• The Finance and Administration Manager (FAM) will report to the COP and will be responsible for overseeing all aspects of budgeting, financial management, logistics, and prime award compliance with terms and condition of the award.
• The FAM will oversee all activity operations.

Key Responsibilities

The successful candidates will be responsible for the following among other duties:

• Oversees the finance and administration functions for the project and ensures compliance with the terms of the agreement.
• Oversees finance, human resource management, logistics, procurement, administration and information technology (IT) support to the project.
• Oversees preparation and submission of financial statements and other cost accounting reports to MSG and USAID.
• Ensure adherence to MSG and USAID financial and accounting policies and procedures.
• Oversee preparation and submission of monthly financial statements.
• Prepare monthly, quarterly and annual expenditures and prepare pipeline estimated for the project.
• Ensure appropriate systems and cost effective, timely procedures such as cash management, vendor payments and budgeting are in place to properly disburse, account, budget and report project funds and have proper internal controls.

Qualification Required & Experience

To succeed in this role, you must have:

• A Master’s degree in business administration, accounting, finance, or other relevant field.
• Certified/Chartered public accountant (CPA) or equivalent qualification is required for this position.
• A minimum of seven (7) years of experience supervising overall financial and administration operations of donor-funded activities (e.g. teams of human resource, logistics, grant/contract and finance staff) of similar dollar value.
• Demonstrate financial management, analytical and computer skills with emphasis on budgeting and financial analysis.
• Experience in risk management and implementation of internal controls.
• Knowledge of USAID policies, procedures, business practices, regulations and reporting requirements essential; direct experience managing the finances and administration for a.
• Experience managing teams; excellent interpersonal skills.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English.