Finance Manager – Projects

Background/IRC Summary:

•  The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives.
• Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC offers lifesaving care and life-changing assistance to refugees forced to flee from war or disaster.
• At work today in over 40 countries and 22 U.S. cities, we restore safety, dignity and hope to millions who are uprooted and struggling to endure.
• The IRC leads the way from harm to home.
• IRC has been working in Pakistan for over 39 years, and manages and delivers large, complex programs to meet the needs in health, education, protection, environmental health and livelihoods for displaced, poor and disaster affected communities.
• IRC works in partnership with local government and non-governmental organizations and currently works in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Baluchistan and Sindh provinces.

Job Overview/Summary:

• Finance Manager - Projects will be responsible for the financial management of various donor grants.
• This position will assist the Finance Coordinator - Projects in effective financial management of project grant to facilitate smooth implementation of the projects.

Major Responsibilities:

The incumbent is responsible for ensuring the financial management, operations and reporting of projects in accordance with IRC policies and donor regulations. Specific responsibilities are as follows:

• Collaborate with Program, Operations, Award Management Unit and Partnership teams for strategic program-finance linkages by providing timely analytics and guidance about financial policies.
• Assist Finance Coordinator in monitoring Projects budgets to ensure that spending occurs as planned and that variances are anticipated, noted, and corrected through financial reports and BVA analysis.  
• Review all Project related Personnel request and Purchase Requests for proper coding and budget adequacy before approval.
• Review funding allocations to enable proper guidance to programs and proper coding.
• Assists with the preparation and revision of program and grant proposals and budgets. Prepare Budget entries and adjustments, also ensuring to upload in organization’s Accounting System on timely basis.
• Review of actual vs. budget results with individual program managers, to ensure maximum utilization of budgeted amounts and to provide recommendations for realignments as required.
• Perform grants and expense trend analysis and prepare spreadsheets, graphs and charts to help illustrate financial trends.
• Provide financial analysis on a regular basis to drive strategic decisions and drive organization initiatives through budgetary goals.
• Assist in reviewing the preparation of monthly funding requirements and ensure that all programs receive the funds as per their requirement in a timely manner.
• Stay informed of and ensure adherence to IRC and donor procedures and policies in relation to Supply Chain, Finance, HR and Programs as set out in relevant IRC manuals and guidelines.
• Assist in timely submission of accurate and quality periodic donor financial reports, by keeping track of all donor financial reporting requirements and deadlines.
• Production of required monthly and ad hoc re

Key Working Relationships:

Position Reports to:  Finance Coordinator - Projects

Position directly supervises:  None

Other Internal and/or external contacts: All levels of IRC staff and Tax authorities

Job Requirements:

Education: University degree in accounting, finance, or business administration. Master’s degree in accounting, Finance or accredited certification (preferable)

Work Experience:  

• Demonstrated ability to prepare financial / accounting reports including with reconciliation process.
• At least 7year experience in accounting and financial management or at least 5 years’ experience in the manager position.
• Experience with accounting system, ERP and other related system.

Skills

• Computer Literacy (Excel, Word)
• Good English communication skills
• Analytical skill
• Management skill

Language Skills:  English, Urdu

Others: 

The IRC Core Values and Commitments.

• The IRC and IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in IRC Way - Standards for Professional Conduct.
• These are Integrity, Service, and Accountability. In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Adult Safeguarding , Child Safeguarding, Anti Workplace Harassment, Fiscal Integrity Anti-Retaliation and Combating Trafficking in Persons.
• IRC is committed to ensuring that IRC staff is suitable to work with children and have the knowledge s/he needs to uphold and abide by the IRC’s Child Safeguarding Policy.
• Level of interaction with children: Less Frequent direct contact with children
• IRC ensures that its staff must actively practice the roles and responsibilities related to client responsiveness, accountability to people in affected communities and must have competencies to solicits and listens to feedback and other’s perspectives, responds to feedback with maturity and sensitivity and takes appropriate decisions and makes changes to behavior or actions in response to feedback.
• IRC recognizes that gender equality is fundamental to the achievement of our organizational mission.
• As such, IRC is committed to the promotion of gender equality in all aspects of our operations and programs. Our organizational policies, procedures and actions demonstrate this commitment.
• Women candidates and differently able persons are highly encouraged to apply.