Millennium Promise’s vision is to end extreme poverty worldwide in our lifetime.  Our mission is to support the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals to halve extreme poverty in Africa by 2015.  Millennium Promise works with impoverished communities, national and local governments, and partner organizations to implement high-impact programs aimed at transforming lives on the continent and engaging donor nations, corporations, and the general public in the effort.  Our work is premised on the belief that, for the first time in history, our generation has the opportunity to end extreme poverty, hunger, and disease.  Millennium Promise was co-founded in 2005 by Ray Chambers, respected Wall Street pioneer, and Prof. Jeffrey D. Sachs, leading international economist.  The CEO is Dr. John W. McArthur.

Our flagship initiative, the Millennium Villages project (MVP), is a collaboration with the Earth Institute at Columbia University. It now operates in 80 villages across 10 countries in sub-Saharan Africa and takes a holistic approach to addressing extreme poverty.  By combining the best scientific and local knowledge, Millennium Villages address major problems holistically — hunger, disease, inadequate education, lack of safe drinking water, and absence of essential infrastructure — to assist communities on their way to self-sustaining development.  Multiple African countries have initiated scale-up programs informed by the MVP’s early successes. Millennium Promise is a nonprofit organization with 501(c)(3) status and has a foundational partnership with the Earth Institute.

Job Summary

•   POSITION: Regional Finance Manager
•   ORGANIZATION: Millennium Promise Inc
•   LOCATION: Dakar, Senegal

Overall purpose of the job
The Regional Finance Manager for West Africa will be responsible for ensuring that all MVP programs in his/her region have effective and fully operational financial management, reporting, and internal control systems.  The individual will be responsible to ensure that Millennium Promise assets are being properly protected, utilized, and reported on.  This position will report to the Regional Operations Manager in Dakar with dotted line responsibility to the Director of Finance in New York and will be based at the Regional Office in Dakar, Senegal.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The Regional Finance Manager is responsible for maintaining accurate books and records of Millennium Promise’s Regional Office and overseeing the maintenance of accurate books and records at the operational site level. He/she shall also be responsible for the following:

•   Coordinating with the Millennium Village sites and assisting in the timely preparation of annual MVP site-level and Regional Office budgets.
•   Preparing monthly reporting package for Regional Director and Millennium Promise NY. Reporting package includes regional level and site level financial analytics of operating results, consolidated trial balance, P&L, balance sheet, and statement of cash flows.
•   Monitoring bank accounts of the regional site locations.
•   Reviewing site-level monthly cash forecasts and expenditures.
•   Providing cash forecasts to the Director of Finance to assure adequate funding of the regional bank accounts.
•   Ensuring that all accounting policies and procedures are strictly adhered to at the sites and Regional Office. Deviations should be reported to the Regional Director and Millennium Promise management.
•   Responding to audit requests.
•   Overseeing technical assistance, training, and skills development support to finance officers, bookkeepers, and administrative staff at the sites as needed to ensure that they are able to effectively perform their jobs.
•   Assisting in providing financial reports for the West African sites to Millennium Promise donors and Board members.

Qualification Required & Experience

•   A professional Finance Manager Qualification equivalent to a Bachelor (Maitrise) degree in Finance, Accounting or Management. A Masters degree is an added advantage.
•   Minimum of 10-12 years of increasingly responsible financial experience. NGO experience preferred, not required.
•   Chartered Accountant or equivalent financial certification preferred.
•   Excellent spoken and written communication skills in English and French.
•   Good understanding of local reporting requirements.
•   Experience with QuickBooks or similar automated financial accounting systems.
•   Excellent interpersonal skills.
•   Experience in managing bank accounts, cash flow, and treasury.
•   Good analytic skills.
•   Experience developing budgets for multi-site organizations.
•   Good Excel knowledge and the ability to use Excel to its fullest in developing models.

Location: Dakar, Senegal

How To Apply For The Job

Applicants should apply by email, sending a current CV summarizing their relevance to this position, a full with names and contact information of three referees knowledgeable about the candidate’s professional qualifications and work experience to:

employment@millenniumpromise.org with a copy to employment@mdgwca.org

Closing Date: 30 November, 2013

"Application for Regional Finance Manager" should be clearly marked on the subject line of the email message.

Only short-listed applicants meeting the above requirements will be contacted.

We invite you to learn more about us at:

www.mdgwca.org
www.millenniumpromise.org,
www.unmillenniumproject.org,
www.mdgwca.org