Fixed term | 12 months | ASAP

Acted

For the past 30 years, Acted has been working at the forefront of humanitarian action to save lives. Acted supports more than 27 million people in 43 countries, meeting their needs in hard-to-reach areas, while pursuing a triple mandate as a humanitarian, environmental, and development actor. Acted relies on a deep understanding of local contexts to develop and implement long-term actions, in collaboration with a wide range of local and international partners, to collectively build a 3ZERO world: Zero Exclusion, Zero Carbon and Zero Poverty.

Acted South Sudan

Acted has been present in South Sudan since 2007 and is currently operating in Western Bahr el Ghazal, Northern Bahr el Ghazal, Upper Nile, and Western, Central and Eastern Equatoria States. Working along the Humanitarian-Development-Peace nexus, Acted’s strategy focuses on both integrated camp management, border monitoring, WASH and protection activities to support the Sudan emergency response, as well as long-term climate resilience, livelihoods and infrastructure support in line with Acted’s flagship THRIVE initiative.

Acknowledging the importance of engaging in early recovery to transition towards sustainable solutions, Acted reinforces communities’ resilience, livelihoods, and food security through the promotion of climate-smart farming practices, natural resource management, community savings groups and Farmer Field Schools. Acted’s emergency and resilience interventions in South Sudan are anchored in community engagement and local capacity-building approaches.

You will be in charge of

The Country Finance Manager (CFM) is a key member of the Management Team at country level. He/she will be responsible for Acted financial management in-country under the authority of the Country Director and Finance & Administrative Director in HQ. The CFM ensures that national legislation is adhered to, and that Acted’s financial standards are applied in terms of accounting, financial control systems, internal / external reporting processes, in order to ensure an efficient use of resources. He/She leads, provides technical support and capacity building to the country finance and administrative staff. The CFM shall alert the Country Director and Finance Director in case some major problems arise with a potential financial impact on the mission.

Main duties

1. Accounting and treasury Management

• Accounting management – supervise the accounting cycle for the mission
• Treasury management – ensure a controlled and smooth cash management

2. Commitment of expenditures, budget control, & Financial Management

• Commitment of expenditure – guaranty budget availability and compliance to Acted and donor’s procedures before releasing payments
• Project budget follow-up, mission’s cost control, internal & external audits – anticipate and mitigate financial risks ensuring operations are run in a compliant and cost-efficient manner

3. Project financial cycle management

• Develop project budgets and reports – ensure the financial feasibility of projects, respecting Acted and donors’ rules and deadlines

4. Team leadership & other tasks