The Finance Coordinator will be responsible for leading the financial and administrative management of the mission, overseeing teams across all locations, and ensuring that all processes comply with AAH-Spain rules and applicable local laws.
Objective 1: Mission Financial Management: Process Project execution / Contract management
- Follow up of mission execution, signature and cashflow objectives, through OTF meetings and financial tools..
- To follow the financial planning of the mission through the standard financial management tool (FMT) and update it on a monthly basis
- To carry an exhaustive control of the coverage plan (CCP: Cost Coverage Plan) and monitor the cost structure of the mission.
- Assure the monthly delivery of updates of monthly budget follow ups (BFU) to the coordination team, Head of Bases and administrative teams. Ensure the full involvement of all departments monitoring of the accuracy of forecasts
- Coordinate and support the different departments on the budget elaboration for the proposals or reformulations of the signed contracts, as well as the financial reports of the missions, assuring timely submission to donors.
- Provide strategic financial advice to CD, DCD and Heads of Bases to support decision-making on funding gaps and resource allocation.
- Supervise the control on local partner expenditure (based on their contracts / budgets) in coordination with Head of Projects/Program Managers.
Objective 2: Mission Treasury and Accountancy Supervision: Process Financial follow up / Accounting closing
- Supervise and validate the monthly closing of the accountancy, ensuring the correctness of the invoicing, use of analytical accountancy and complying to deadlines (within 5 working days of next month) established.
- Ensure the administrative and financial procedures established by AAH-S and the donors are respected
- Define the treasury flows in the mission Cash Management Policy and supervise its correct implementation.
- Control the treasury level to ensure minimum operational amounts available all the time.
- Assure the correct and punctual delivery of treasury forecast.
- Prepare the treasury advance requests for all contract not yet signed (Z2).
- Follow up and control all payments receivable at mission level
- Manage relationship with banks.
Objective 3: Administrative management of the mission: Process Maintenance and functioning
- Verify and control the respect of the expenditure authorization procedure.
- Update the financial data in GESPRA in a regular basis or whenever is necessary,
- Control and supervision of the respect of any rule regarding the quality and archiving of all administrative and financial documentation according to AAH and donor guidelines.
- Represent the mission in front of the administrative representatives of other international and national organizations in-country.
- Assure the respect of local law and any tax obligation by the mission, ensuring thethe on-time submission of tax reports to local authorities. Follow up of all tax-related issues concerning specially VAT and NRT.
- Initiate and/or develop relationships with local authorities for any financial related matter.
- Plan and follow up of internal and external audits in coordination with headquarters.
Objective 4: Relationship with counterparts : Process Stakeholders management
- Ensure a proper training of partners on AAH accounting and financial procedures.
- Supervise the recording of transactions of partners in Agresso
- Consolidate financial reports sent by partners and update the budget follow up considering their forecasts
- Follow up of any treasury request by any partner.
Objective 5: Management of the mission Administrative and Finance teams
- Plan, develop and assure a correct team structure for the Finance department in the mission.
- Assure the motivation, communication and coordination within the Finance team.
- Solve any possible interpersonal conflict if needed.
- Conduct the evaluations of the team under his/her responsibility and assurer that all evaluations of the Finance team are done.
- Contribute to the draft and follow up of any individual action plan of the department.
- Identify the needs of training of the Finance team in coordination with HR department.
- Process Management of Security
- Respect the security plan and follow up of the respect of these rules by the Finance team.
- Communicate to the security focal point any security-linked information if needed.
Objective 6: Financial Risk Management, Internal Controls and Audit follow ups
- Support in identification, assessment and monitoring of financial risks affecting the mission with special focus on co-funding risk.
- Develop and monitor mitigation plans for identified financial risks.
- Ensure effective implementation/updates of financial internal controls as per internal and external audit recommendations.
- Identify recurring control weaknesses and propose corrective/preventive measures.
- Promote awareness of fraud and corruptions risks within financial processes and immediately escalate suspected cases through established channels.