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LMA (Leadership + Management = Accountability)

• Establish clear direction and objectives, providing a compelling vision, and ensuring each team member understands how their role supports the organisation’s broader mission and goals.
• Provide essential resources and support ensuring team members have the resources they need—including training, tools, and personnel support—to perform effectively and grow in their roles.
• Empower through delegation and development delegating responsibilities thoughtfully, allowing team members to take ownership while encouraging their professional growth and advancement.
• Lead with integrity and organisational alignment by modelling behaviours that reflect the organisation’s core values, making decisions and taking actions that prioritise organisational needs and align with core principles.
• Maintain effective communication and reporting by fostering regular, transparent communication to keep expectations clear, provide timely feedback, and ensure accurate reporting of performance metrics and goal progress to support accountability and team effectiveness.

Budgeting, budget management and resource mobilization

• Provide technical support to project staff in preparation of budgets in line with ForAfrika and donor requirements.
• Work with the ForAfrika funding team to develop project proposals for donors and advise ForAfrika management on financial implications.
• Conduct monthly finance and grant review meetings with project staff.
• Responsible for budgeting, monitoring and control of project budgets and administrative expenditure, ensuring all transactions are in line with policy.
• Prepare monthly BVA Reports, assist in monitoring the burn rates and, advising management on matters arising.

Financial reporting

• Prepare accurate, complete and timely financial reports for different stakeholders that include management, statutory bodies and donors as per stipulated timelines.
• Prepare annual accounts for external audit purposes.

Risk management and compliance

• Facilitate all audits in collaboration with the GSO Finance and Audit, Risk and Compliance (ARC) departments.
• Respond to audit findings and lead the implementation of audit recommendations.
• Preparation and update of the risk register.

Financial operations including bank and cash management

• Prepare monthly cash forecasts to support country office operations, ensuring receipts are processed per the laid down procedures that include proper coding and posting into the accounting system.
• Perform bank reconciliations on time and clear all reconciling items in a timely manner
• Control and receipt of business advances accounting documentation by staff for adequate supporting documents. Check the information presented for budget availability, correct coding and, follow up of any queries.
• Support the project teams in executing the project related procurement functions as per the laid down policies and procedures.
• Provide training and technical support to the project staff in respect of their financial responsibilities and functions.
• Ensure that project assets and inventory systems are accurately recorded in the accounting system.
• Manage subgrantee portfolio by reviewing monthly financial reports, discussing any variances, ensuring compliance with donors and ForAfrika policies and with any legal & regulatory provisions, build capacity and follow up on any review action plans.
• Review transactions posting on an ongoing basis, making sure they meet all donor and ForAfrika standards.
• Ensure timely withholding and payment of income taxes, withholding taxes, VAT and, file the necessary returns as required by local authorities.
• Perform all month-end processes including balance sheet reconciliations, within stipulated timelines.
• Ensure there is a proper filing and archiving system that is running efficiently.