Remote Finance Manager

Summary

Join GiveDirectly, a leading nonprofit organization providing cash grants directly to people living in extreme poverty. We're seeking an experienced accounting professional with a solutions-oriented mindset and excellent communication skills to join our team.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance or equivalent practical experience
• 4+ years of professional experience in accounting or finance, with expertise in data analysis budgeting and reporting
• Professional qualification (ACCA or CPA) is required
• Professionally proficient in English and French
• Ability to liaise remotely with a wide range of people at all levels and across different cultures and to act with credibility, tact and diplomacy
• Excellent stakeholder management and strategic influencing skills
• Ability to be proactive and logical in problem-solving scenarios
• Strong time management skills with an ability to plan ahead, anticipate requirements, and obstacles, and an ability to juggle competing priorities successfully, and to work to tight deadlines
• Maintains a calm disposition and positive outlook particularly when working under pressure
• A full appreciation of the value of cooperation, both internationally and within a team environment
• Aptitude to learn quickly new software tools, such as Slack, Intacct, Limelight, and Google Spreadsheets
• Advanced excel skills
• Aptitude for numbers and quantitative skills

Responsibilities

• Prepare and keep track of project and country budgets & spending
• Provide finance inputs for country proposals, policies and projects
• Bookkeeping - pass journals and supporting documentation according to the monthly close calendar
• Review monthly, quarterly and annual spending for accuracy
• Prepare and present budget and actual reports the users of financial information
• Ensure that funds expended are compliant with Donor requirements, national/state regulations and organizational policies
• Create error-free periodic reports, such as balance sheets, profit & loss statements, management reports etc
• Document and update financial policies and procedures in our knowledge management system, Guru
• Implement and adhere to controls for all payments made out of banks and petty cash
• Supporting the finance team as required, to meet the team objectives
• Implement asset management protocols including asset reconciliations
• Lead the management of annual and country audits
• Assist in the preparation and provision of support for the financial statement audits
• Prepare financial statements
• Oversee the preparation and submission of regulatory filings
• Ensure compliance with applicable standards (i.e. iFRS), rules, regulations, and systems of internal control
• Implement payment and procurement protocols, including ensuring proper documentation (both hard and soft copies) and adherence to controls
• Coordinate the submission of statutory payments to the statutory authorities on time and file original receipts
• Implement the Finance and Accounting Service Level Agreement (SLA)
• Perform any other duties that may be assigned from time to time by the Accounting Director and other stakeholders