Company Info
WaterAid is an international non-governmental organization, focused on water, sanitation and hygiene. It was set up in 1981 as a response to the UN International Drinking Water decade. As of 2018, it was operating in 34 countries.
Title: International Management Accountant
Location: Nigeria
About the Role:
- As an IMA you will support the regions, country programme leadership, and International Programmes Directorate, to deliver effective financial plans and ensure best practice in monitoring and evaluating performance is in place.
- You will act as a trusted Business Partner of your stakeholders, providing analysis, robust challenge and strategic advice, to support the delivery of WaterAid’s mission.
- This will include helping to build the financial management capacity of stakeholders through developing and championing self service reporting and insights that support optimal and cohesive decision making on all levels of International Programmes Directorate: country, regional and director.
You’ll also:
- Work with Country Senior Management Team to develop business plans for scale up/innovation/new activities for the country programme.
- Support the country programme to implement appropriate financial processes and procedures for sourcing and managing complex restricted funds
- Review and analyse country programme plan and budgets, to provide support and advice to Country Senior Management Teams, Heads of Region and the Head of Management Accounting.
- Consolidate information from country programmes to produce financial analysis and narrative information for regional management accounts on a monthly basis.
- Collaborate with wider organisation and actively build relationships with others, including, programmes support functions, fundraising teams and other finance colleagues as well as a range of direct senior stakeholders
About You:
- Degree level education
- Professional accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CIPFA)
- Experience in the use of Sun, or a similar multi-dimensional accounting system.
- Working knowledge of Business Intelligence tools
- Extensive experience of financial planning, budgeting and forecasting
- Experience of developing financial policies, processes and systems
- Management accounting expertise and knowledge, in order to act as a credible business partner to senior teams
Other Skills
- Experience of leading, influencing and motivating others and driving change.
- Ability to build effective working relationships with finance and non-finance colleagues and work in a collaborative way
- Fluency in spoken and written French is desirable
Our Benefits
- Salaries and benefits for different countries will vary in line with the location of the successful candidate and depending on experience.
Deadline: Apr 5, 2023.
How to Apply: Interested and qualified candidates should Click Here to apply.