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Accounting & Financial Management

• Supervise daily accounting operations, ensuring accuracy and completeness of entries, vouchers, invoices, payroll, and reconciliations in line with GAAP, WCS policies , and donor requirements.
• Lead preparation and submission of monthly and year-end financial files, ensuring timely and accurate balance sheet reconciliations with complete documentation.
• Manage treasury functions, including cash and bank reconciliations, cash counts, liquidity monitoring, and verification of authorisation and documentation for all expenditures.
• Maintain and strengthen internal control systems to safeguard assets and ensure the integrity of all financial transactions.
• Ensure all accounting files are properly organised, documented, and auditable.

Compliance & Audit

• Ensure compliance with WCS financial policies, donor agreements, procurement rules, tax laws, payroll regulations, and national statutory requirements.
• Conduct weekly petty cash verification for the country office.
• Coordinate and support annual audits, internal audits, and grant-specific audits, ensuring timely provision of documentation and implementation of audit recommendations.
• Maintain an accurate, organized filing system for financial documents to ensure full audit readiness.

Financial Reporting & Support

• Review and validate financial data in SAP (or equivalent ERP), ensuring correct coding for grants, projects, accounts, and cost centers.
• Provide accurate, timely financial data, reconciliations, and analyses to the Country Finance Director for internal and donor reporting.
• Contribute to donor financial reports by providing high-quality financial inputs and ensuring consistency with project records.

Team Leadership & Capacity Building

• Supervise and mentor accountants, cashiers, and finance assistants; assign responsibilities, review work quality, and conduct performance appraisals.
• Train finance staff on WCS policies, internal controls, donor compliance, and financial system use to ensure accuracy and timely delivery of financial tasks.
• Promote a culture of accountability, transparency, and continuous improvement within the finance team.
• Foster effective communication and collaboration with program, grants, logistics, and HR teams.

Field Office Support

• Provide regular guidance and oversight to field office finance staff, ensuring proper application of WCS financial procedures.
• Conduct periodic field visits to review transactions, provide training, strengthen internal controls, and ensure compliance with WCS, donor, and statutory requirements.
• Ensure consistency of financial practices between the country office and field offices