Goal NGO Job, Assistant Financial Controller Operations

Goal NGO Job, Assistant Financial Controller Operations

GOAL NGO
Closing date: 22 Oct 2010
Location: Sudan (the) Juba with periodic travel to field sites

General Description of the Programme:

GOAL South Sudan (SS) started working in Twic County in 1998, running an emergency relief project due to a famine throughout Bahr el Ghazal state. GOAL SS now runs public health programmes in the states of Bahr el Ghazal, Upper Nile and southern Blue Nile State. Public health activities include curative primary health care, based on the management of primary health clinics; preventative health care including HIV/AIDS messaging, malaria control and hygiene promotion; nutrition and food security, water and sanitation engineering and clinic construction/rehabilitation.

General Description of the Role:
Support the Financial Controller in managing the GOAL South Sudan Finance Department and under the supervision of the Financial Controller ensure proper budgetary control and improve existing work practices with particular emphasis on the standardization of procedures.

Duties and responsibilities:
- Ensure timely preparation of monthly management accounts for review by the Financial Controller prior to submission to GOAL Head Office, Dublin;
- Responsible for day to day cash management in South Sudan including daily / weekly cash counts, weekly cash reporting and inter-office cash transfers
- Responsible for consolidating funds requests from field sites and requesting funds from Dublin to ensure adequate funds are available and sent to all field sites
- Financial training and capacity building of locally recruited accounts staff in the Juba office. Assist Roving accounting staff to identify training needs for field based finance, HR and logistics staff.
- Line manage all finance staff including all field based finance / administration staff;
- Review of payroll and statutory returns to ensure timely submission to relevant authorities.
- Preparation of documentation to facilitate in the annual external audit, donor audits, internal audits and revenue audits;
- Support Financial Controller in implementation and review of systems of financial control;
- In the absence of the Financial Controller, day to day responsibility for managing Finance with the support of the Country Director and Assistant Country Director.
- Any other duties as may be assigned by the Financial Controller/Head of Finance & Administration or the Country Director.

Requirements:
- A qualified Accountant (Chartered, Certified or Management)
- Three years post qualified experience
- Work experience in busy, changing environment
- Excellent written and spoken English, outgoing personality with excellent communication and training skills
- Ability and willingness to work in a remote areas.
- Excellent computer skills
- Advanced excel skills
- Ability to implement effective projects sometimes with limited resources.
- Good team player, flexible and capable of working with a multinational country team.
- NGO experience is a distinct advantage
- Patience, resilience, flexibility.

This Job Description only serves as a guide for the position available. GOAL reserves the right to change this document. Unfortunately GOAL cannot contribute to financial costs incurred when attending interviews.

How to apply
email applications@goal.ie

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