Senior Finance Manager - Ethiopia

About the role

Palladium, a global consulting and implementation company, is hiring a full-time Senior Finance Manager for its Ethiopia America First Global Health Strategy project, based in Addis Ababa. The role manages project finances, accounting and financial administration, including budget administration, banking and cash management and financial reporting. It reports daily to the Director of Finance and Operations, with specific financial reporting to the Director of Finance and Administration in Washington, DC, and may supervise finance and administrative staff in Addis Ababa.

Key responsibilities

• Budgeting and forecasting: maintain financial accounts, prepare annual budgets, projections and monthly cash forecasts, track spending against budget and prepare variance and burn-rate analyses.
• Accounting and reporting: keep accounts and records in QuickBooks, approve entries and vouchers, close each month, submit accruals and monthly reports, track tax withholding and prepare tax filings, administer VAT exemptions and reimbursements, and apply revenue recognition under the results-based payment model.
• Payment review: check payment requests, payroll, travel expense reports and advances for documentation, budget availability and donor compliance before authorisation.
• Banking, cash and internal control: manage the project bank account, prepare monthly bank reconciliations, carry out petty cash counts, and help set up financial policies and procedures.
• Compliance, audit and assets: meet donor financial requirements and U.S. Government and Palladium policies, coordinate internal and external audits, carry out annual physical asset verification, and implement fraud mitigation practices.
• Communication and mentoring: share timely financial information with HQ, join regular meetings with Washington, DC staff, and mentor finance staff.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree (minimum) or master's degree (desirable) in Accounting, Business Management or a related field.
• At least 8 years of experience in finance and administration management for an international organization, including office management, HR, finance, IT and logistics.
• Demonstrated experience with U.S. government-funded programs, including their policy, procedures and reporting requirements.
• Experience managing multi-million-dollar budgets and results-based or milestone-based awards, with cash-flow forecasting and revenue recognition.
• Experience directly managing finance and administration staff.
• Proven ability to identify and resolve budgeting, forecasting, banking, tax and foreign exchange issues, and to stay within budget.
• Must be legally authorized to work in Ethiopia.

Required skills

• QuickBooks, Costpoint and other accounting and budget monitoring tools.
• High level of computer literacy.
• Excellent financial, analytical and communication skills.