Global Finance & Administrative Officer at Lively Minds Ghana

​Main duties and responsibilities
Transactional Recording & Reporting

•  Responsible for accurate financial transaction entry and record keeping, including balance sheet reconciliations;
•  Support the Director of Finance in preparing consolidated monthly, quarterly and annual reports to the Management Team and Board of Trustees to agreed deadlines;
•  Perform variance analysis against budgeted costs and communicate implications on forecasts and cash flow;
•  Provide information for annual audits, interacting and liaising with auditors;
•  Assist with processing payments within the organisation’s banking system;
•  Assist in the preparation of annual budgets and project reconciliations;
•  Support the Director of Finance to create budgets and develop tools to track and control expenditure;
•  Support the Director of Finance to coordinate the provision of information for feeding into financial proposals and reports for funders, ensuring mechanisms to track and report against restricted income are robust;
•  Support with other administrative duties as required such as data entry.

Financial Management

•  Ensure that Lively Minds financial systems, policies, procedures and internal controls and audits are robust, compliant and support current activities and future growth;
•  Ensure strict financial control policies are followed and conduct internal audit work to review adherance;
•  Work with the Director of Finance to ensure processes and controls are in place to overseethe day-to-day operation of financial systems and resources, including cash flow monitoring, bank reconciliations, invoicing, banking, payroll;
•  Support purchasing and procurement activities and ensure value for money.

Experience and skills
To succeed in this role you will need:

•  to be innovative and results driven. You will need to develop high-quality financial information based on a sound understanding of different stakeholders and their priorities and requirements. Though we have clear goals, we are constantly problem solving and coming up with new approaches and solutions.
•  to be a team player and a good communicator. You will need to work closely with our SMT, global team, in-country teams, and other stakeholders.
•  to be able to work to a high standard at pace. We have a very busy workload and tight deadlines. You need to be organised, proactive and have excellent attention to detail.
•  to be resilient, persistent and proactive. You must be comfortable working with limited supervision and managing a complex, varied and potentially challenging workload.

Technical abilities

• Essential
•  Minimum AAT Level 4 Qualification or Part-qualified ACA, ACCA, CIMA
•  Experienced user of Excel and comfortable with other Microsoft Office applications to communicate complex information to both finance and non-finance audiences
•  Experience delivering a range of financial and accounting services required by a charity or small business
•  Knowledge of accounting principles and maintaining strong financial controls
•  Ability to manage a complex and varied workload and to work under pressure

Desirable

•  Experience working with remote teams

Please download an Application Form and send the completed form to [email protected] before the deadline.