Job Vacancies at Nature Conservancy

Director of Finance, Africa at Nature Conservancy

We’re Looking for You:

• We’re looking for someone with strong experience leading a diverse, multi-disciplinary team to serve as a Finance subject matter expert on our team. The ideal candidate should have exceptional communication and collaboration skills and experience designing, organizing, and directing complex projects. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the ongoing mission of conservation by directing and shaping the work of our Finance and Operations team.  

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic direction and leadership for all finance functions for the Africa Program and TNC Africa related entities.
• Responsible for the financial management and fiscal sustainability of the Africa Program.
• Oversee the day-to-day functional activities and personnel in the Africa Program’s Accounting, Treasury, Audit and Compliance, budgeting, and reporting areas.
• Manage complex programs and projects and develop practices and processes to improve finance operational efficiency and effectiveness.
• Facilitate and lead strategic dialogues with senior-level stakeholders, identify key issues, requirements, operating efficiencies to develop actionable solutions.
• Co-lead the fiscal year budgeting process, ensuring the accuracy of budgets and their completion within set deadlines with a focus on developing budget templates, alignment to proposed activities, and staffing plans as well as ensuring requisite cost recovery.
• Prepare and present financial analysis and management report to the TNC Leadership Teams, and the Africa Council.
• Responsible for managing, maintaining, and reporting financial information, and monitoring management controls and processes to ensure compliance with TNC policies and procedures, relevant legal and regulatory frameworks, and financial/management best practices.
• Serve as the sponsor for the enhancement of financial function and tools used by the Africa program. They will manage priority vendor relationships.
• Ensure programmatic commitments, TNC policies and procedures, financial standards and legal requirements are met and managed for ethical compliance
• Work closely with central finance for TNC wide initiatives and compliance needs
• Manage the development and implementation of a strategic, integrated, and collaborative approach to maximize success, including organizing communications.
• Provide consultation, guidance, and oversee training programs related to the Business Unit.

What You’ll Bring:

• Over 10 years of progressive experience leading Finance functions at a senior leadership level within international NGOs or multinational organizations, with regional or global operations in Africa.
• Advanced Accounting or Finance degree and professional certification.
• Experience conceiving, developing, and managing multiple projects and strategic goals.
• Management experience of a large multidisciplinary team, including planning and delivering budgetary responsibilities
• Experience in developing and presenting business strategy, marketing, and financial plans.
• Experience generating financial reports and analyzing and interpreting data.
• Experience developing and administering departmental budget or equivalent.
• Experience working in a large, complex organization.
• Experience handling confidential information.

​​​​​​​DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Non-profit GAAP accounting experience.
• Experience in developing and enhancing diversity and inclusion recruitment, retention, and workplace culture.
• Multi-lingual skills, multi-cultural and/or cross-cultural experiences are appreciated.
• Advanced understanding of financial best practices in non-profit management.
• Persuasive and effective communication via presentations, conversations, and documents.
• Experience managing a geographically dispersed team.
• Expert knowledge of current and evolving trends in finance
• Proficiency in synthesizing materials from multiple sources into a coherent and accurate summary.
• Proficiency in working independently as well as jointly with colleagues on a team

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Financial Compliance Officer Job at Nature Conservancy

RESPONSIBILITIES & SCOPE

• Ensures programmatic commitments, TNC policies & procedures, financial standards & legal requirements are met & managed for compliance.
• Responsible to lead and coordinate external, internal, country, donor, tax, statutory and government regulatory audits to ensure responsiveness, accuracy & timeliness of audits, monitoring and completion of corrective action plans and submission within timelines as required by local laws.
• Lead person for audit engagements, planning and managing auditors to ensure they carry out audit activities promptly; guide audit implementation, and support in development and signing of audit reports.
• Provides audit and financial preparation support to the Africa Region by reviewing financial statements and audited reports.
• Promote and monitor a complete audit trail culture in the support documentation of all financial transactions.
• Maintain register of audit recommendations from financial audits, follow up & keep track of implementation of audit recommendations until they are closed. Anticipate & identify financial compliance risk issues & challenges and the most appropriate solutions to address them. Lead and support region and country programs to implement these solutions.
• In collaboration with management, plan and perform regular transaction processing reviews, other control reviews, fraud allegation reviews, and compliance assessments. Analyze results and provide recommendations.
• Reinforces consistency in the organization’s financial policies & procedures and provides support related to relevant field. Regularly performs spot reviews to ensure these are adhered to.
• Occasionally support in the review of accounting transactions such as journal entries and adjustments in line with internal guidelines and ensure proper procedure and support documentation for such entries are maintained.
• Ensure tax and statutory filings, regulatory compliance requirements, other regulatory certifications and internal financial certifications for the region are made timeously.
• Liaise with regions accounting vendors, Operations Administrators and Finance Specialist on audit, tax & regulatory filings and financial compliance certifications.
• Maintains current knowledge of local government requirements related to finance and align with tax & other legal/regulatory requirements.
• Provide advisory support and training to staff and partner organizations on financial compliance aspects e.g., Standard Operating Procedures, tax & statutory matters, regulatory matters and updates in accounting reporting framework.
• Collaborate with World Office finance, audit, technical accounting and compliance leads and the regional level leadership in implementing and strengthening systems and continuous programmatic and process performance improvement. Participate in implementing finance initiatives rolled out to international BUs, on ERPs and accounting processes.

WHAT YOU’LL BRING

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration or related field and 4 years’ related experience or equivalent combination.
• Experience with relational databases especially MS Excel and accounting packages.
• Experience using accounting and financial reporting systems.
• Experience in manipulating, analyzing & interpreting data.
• Technical experience of spreadsheet programs, general ledger reports and other financial management tools.
• Experience in supporting multiple projects in various locations and/or countries.
• Experience with government regulations related to Not-for-Profit Sector, tax, reporting framework, grants and contracts.
• Professional certification such as a CPA, ACCA or CIA, or an equivalent for the same.
• Experience in auditing and tax matters.

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Multi-lingual skills and/or multi-cultural experience appreciated.
• Advanced expertise in Microsoft Excel.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Non-profit accounting experience preferred.
• Excellent verbal and written communication and reporting skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills, cooperative team player with the ability to multi-task.
• Knowledge of current trends in finance, accounting and regulatory environments.
• May require fluency in a foreign language to support global operations.
• Technical expertise on complex accounting/financial issues with attention to detail and keenness for accuracy

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