Senior Finance Officer

ABOUT VILLAGEREACH VillageReach transforms health care delivery to reach everyone. We are driven by a vision of a world where each person has the health care needed to thrive. VillageReach’s goal is to reduce inequities in access to quality primary health care for 350 million people by 2030. We work with governments, the private sector, partners and communities to build responsive primary health care systems that deliver health products, information and services to the most under-reached. As a locally driven and globally connected organization, VillageReach has offices in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique and the United States. Summary VillageReach is seeking to recruit an experienced Senior Finance Officer to support the management of the organization’s product and service supply. The Senior Finance Officer will play a strategic role in ensuring sound and effective financial systems are in place, ensure strong internal control environment, and maintain robust & efficient payment and operational processes. Description Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties, responsibilities, and activities may change or be assigned at any time. (i)            Financial management & reporting ·        Accurate maintenance of financial records i.e. accurate and timely recording of all transactions into the accounting system. • Timely processing of payments for suppliers and staff ensuring proper documentation for backup. • Support program teams with accurate financial data for budget and expenditure analysis • Participate in budget preparation meetings and new proposal development. • Ensure that Sage is up to date and systematically upload documentation to drop box. • Prepare monthly bank reconciliation • Track and reconcile staff advance accounts, ensuring accurate records are always maintained. ·        Generating monthly financial reports and conducting year-end processes in accordance with VillageReach policies and procedures (ii)          Risk management and control ·        Identify financial risks and implement mitigation strategies in line with organizational policies and internal controls. • Coordinating with both the internal and external audit teams and providing sufficient documentation for audit verification. Competencies: VillageReach has ten (10) Organizational Competencies that describe how we work together and get things done that are grouped into three strategic areas of Achieving Great Results, Setting Direction and, Bringing Others With you. For a full description, please download our Organizational Competency document. Achieving Great Results : 1.      Risk Taking and Innovation ·        Key Behaviors : Comfort with ambiguity, curiosity, adaptability, unconstrained and undeterred creativity, resourcefulness. 2.      Business Judgement ·        Key Behaviors: Getting to root causes, understanding environment, navigating complexity and ambiguity, entrepreneurial energy. 3.      Building Strong Teams ·       Key Behaviors: Trust in Subject Matter Experts (SME’s); radical candor to resolve conflict, hold each other accountable as colleagues, focused on results, commitment to mission. Setting Direction: 4.      Compelling Communication ·        Key Behaviors: Clear and evidence-based communication, audience adaptability, curious listener. 5.      Resilient Self Leadership ·        Key Behaviors: Self-aware, plan how one shows up, emotionally intelligent, use one’s own agency and takes accountability. 6.      Stewardship and Personal Alignment ·        Key Behaviors: Take ownership, display ethical conduct, effective at resource management, alignment of personal objectives with organizational goals and mission, focus on continuous improvement and sustainability. Bringing Others with You: 7.      Influencing Leadership ·        Key Behaviors: Cultivate trust, influences to make change, navigate the matrix structure. 8.      Radical Partnership ·        Key Behaviors: Share information and credit, address conflict, increase impact through collaboration, political and contextual awareness. 9.      Cultivates a Growth Mindset ·        Key Behaviors: Seek out diverse input, demonstrate flexibility in thinking and curiosity, embrace challenges, demonstrate persistence, seek learning opportunities. 10.   Cultural Intelligence and Inclusion ·        Key Behaviors: Continuous learning and ally-ship across cultural lines, challenge prejudice and bias, modeled in one’s own behavior. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Supervisory Responsibilities: This position has no supervisory responsibilities. Education & Experience: Required ·        Bachelor’s degree in accounting & finance, Commerce or equivalent ·        At least 2+ years of relevant experience in similar position ·        Membership with a Professional body is desired ·        Practical knowledge of Sage accounting system or similar package ·        Analytical and Numerical Skills – Accuracy and precision in handling financial data. ·        Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Excel) and comfortable in a fast-paced technical environment. ·        Excellent written and verbal communication skills, fluency in English is a plus. ·        Ability to work independently and take initiative. ·        Experience working in team settings, preferably in an international capacity. ·        Ability to work under time constraints and meet deadlines. · Other Qualifications: ·        Comply with VillageReach’s COVID-19 vaccination policy which requires full vaccination for in-person work or travel. ·        Established cultural competency in partnering with racial, cultural and linguis