World Vision International is a Christian Relief, Development and Advocacy organization dedicated to working with children, families and their communities worldwide to reach their full potential by tackling the causes of poverty and injustice. For over three decades, World Vision has been working with rural communities in all 10 Administrative Regions of Ghana to provide portable water, promote sanitation and hygiene practices, quality education and enhance food security.

Job Summary

Provide effective and efficient technical and managerial support to the Finance Director in achieving the Finance department’s objectives.

The Package

•   The position is based in Accra with some level of domestic/international travel.
•   The position comes with an attractive salary package.
•   S/He reports to the Finance & Support Services Director.
•   Provides supervision to 6 Finance Officers.

Key Responsibilities

•   Lead the process of forecasting cash flow, preparing monthly request of funds from Regional office and transferring of funds to projects in accordance with committed and available budget.
•   Ensure the generation of monthly reconciliation statements for dollar, Headquarters’ funding accounts and local bank accounts in accordance with World Vision policies.
•   Provide leadership, supervision and coaching to direct finance reports to ensure that work objectives are accomplished.
•   Assist the Finance Director in preparing and presenting the annual World Vision Ghana budget and ensure appropriate monitoring of actual expenditures against approved budget on monthly basis.
•   Administer and update Sun Systems internal controls to ensure data integrity and security and follow up on Sun Systems related audit issues.
•   Design systems/tools to track key cost efficiency indicators.

Qualification Required & Experience

•   At least Masters in Accounting.
•   ACCA or CA.
•   Minimum of 5 years’ experience in similar position, 2 of which should be in leadership role.

Critical Competencies

•   Must have good working knowledge of Accounting Principles.
•   Advance user of Sunsystem.
•   Strong understanding of financial Systems, Budgets/Cash flow monitoring and internal controls.
•   Ability to make timely and informed decisions taking into account facts, goals, constraints and risks.
•   Ability to exhibit financial management skills.
•   Must be able to manage a team in way that improve their ability to succeed on the job and motivates them to achieve organization’s goals.
•   Advanced MS Excel/Word/PowerPoint skills.
•   Advanced MS Excel/Word/PowerPoint user.
•   Must be a committed Christian, able to stand above denominational diversities.

Location: Accra

How To Apply For The Job

Interested applicants who meet the above criteria should send their application letters and CV quoting only the Job Position in the subject line to to:-

Ghana@wvi.org

Closing Date: 07 November, 2014

•   As a Child focused organisation, World Vision is committed to the protection of children and does not employ staff whose background is not suitable for working with children.
•   All employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of all applicable background checks, including criminal record checks where possible.

World Vision is an equal opportunity employer.