Responsibilities

• Lead on developing budgets for grant proposals, ensuring these are done on a full cost recovery basis.
• Finance business partner, supporting budget holders in their financial management of grants, updating them on their monthly expenditure, including allocations, and assisting them with any queries they might have.
• Leading on the monthly and quarterly grant reporting, including consolidating partner expenditure for grants, and ensuring that all internal and donor compliance requirements are met.
• Lead on preparations for and delivery of grant audits.
• Lead on managing grant partners – undertaking due diligence, reviewing documentation, supporting with meeting grants compliance & reporting requirements, and in addressing any queries.

Requirements

• Experienced grants accountant (qualified or PQ), with exposure to full grants cycle management, covering proposal development, compliance, reporting, audit and close-out.
• Demonstrable experience of budgeting and analysis.
• Strong business partnering skills, with experience of working with finance and non-finance staff, and partners/grantees, including undertaking due diligence.
• Strong communication skills – oral and written, including strong report writing skills.
• Intermediate/advanced MSExcel skills.
• French is desirable.

This is a permanent role. It is open to those candidates with the right to work in the UK without requiring sponsorship. The organisation offers hybrid working, with the successful candidate expected to be in the office at least one day/week in London.

Responsibilities

• Travelling internationally to a wide range of locations, on a regular basis, conducting audits or special assignments; working with, and supporting NGOs, public sector organisations & institutional donors such as the United Nations.
• Demonstrate a detailed knowledge of public sector audit issues and techniques and provide guidance to other team members based on previous experience;
• Demonstrate a detailed understanding of public sector structures and the legal and contractual frameworks in which the assignments are performed and provide guidance to other team members based on previous experience;
• Demonstrate a detailed understanding of International Standards on Auditing (ISAs) and provide guidance to other team members based on previous experience;
• Be involved in the assignment process from planning to finalisation;
• Prepare a tailored plan for large or complex assignments based on an understanding of the terms of reference;
• Lead assignment fieldwork teams including locally based staff for large or complex assignments;
• Demonstrate the ability to identify the findings on an assignment and write them up in a detailed, precise and clear way in the assignment report;
• Lead opening meetings and present the audit findings at closing meetings;
• Conduct assignments in a sceptical but constructive manner;
• Draft a report for each assignment on a timely basis;
• Be responsible for completing the audit programme and audit file;
• Be aware of assignment deadlines and work with the team to ensure deadlines are met;
• Monitor the time spent on assignments against budget and discuss with the Manager if budget overruns are anticipated;
• Prepare proposals for specific assignments within a framework contract
• Contribute to drafting tenders;
• Identify potential opportunities for obtaining new work. Take action to follow up such opportunities with a manager/partner;
• Develop internal contacts and demonstrate an awareness of the services offered by other departments in the firm;

Internal development 

• Provide on the job training and guidance to more junior team members throughout the assignment process;
• Contribute to office-based training sessions including development of training material;
• Conduct induction training for new staff members;
• Do job appraisals for more junior team members;
• Check that the staff planner is kept up to date for each assignment;

Please note, if you are not a fluent Spanishspeaker similar opportunities may be available - so please apply. 

For more details on the role and organisation please apply. 

Responsibilities

• Travelling internationally to a wide range of locations, on a regular basis, conducting audits or special assignments; working with, and supporting NGOs, public sector organisations & institutional donors such as the United Nations.
• Demonstrate a detailed knowledge of public sector audit issues and techniques and provide guidance to other team members based on previous experience;
• Demonstrate a detailed understanding of public sector structures and the legal and contractual frameworks in which the assignments are performed and provide guidance to other team members based on previous experience;
• Demonstrate a detailed understanding of International Standards on Auditing (ISAs) and provide guidance to other team members based on previous experience;
• Be involved in the assignment process from planning to finalisation;
• Prepare a tailored plan for large or complex assignments based on an understanding of the terms of reference;
• Lead assignment fieldwork teams including locally based staff for large or complex assignments;
• Demonstrate the ability to identify the findings on an assignment and write them up in a detailed, precise and clear way in the assignment report;
• Lead opening meetings and present the audit findings at closing meetings;
• Conduct assignments in a sceptical but constructive manner;
• Draft a report for each assignment on a timely basis;
• Be responsible for completing the audit programme and audit file;
• Be aware of assignment deadlines and work with the team to ensure deadlines are met;
• Monitor the time spent on assignments against budget and discuss with the Manager if budget overruns are anticipated;
• Prepare proposals for specific assignments within a framework contract
• Contribute to drafting tenders;
• Identify potential opportunities for obtaining new work. Take action to follow up such opportunities with a manager/partner;
• Develop internal contacts and demonstrate an awareness of the services offered by other departments in the firm;

Internal development 

• Provide on the job training and guidance to more junior team members throughout the assignment process;
• Contribute to office-based training sessions including development of training material;
• Conduct induction training for new staff members;
• Do job appraisals for more junior team members;
• Check that the staff planner is kept up to date for each assignment;

Please note, if you are not a fluent Spanishspeaker similar opportunities may be available - so please apply. 

For more details on the role and organisation please apply. 

You’ll be someone who is both comfortable working proactively and managing your own tasks, as well as confident collaborating with others and communicating regularly with senior managers, directors, and business partners to help businesses effectively. You’ll be encouraged to identify and draw attention to opportunities for enhancing delivery and providing additional services to stakeholder organisations. This team within the Advisory group work closely with global institutions such as UN agencies, the European Commission, Foundations and other Development Agencies, particularly those involved in international development. This team of sector experts provide assurance services, including financial and systems audits, certifications, internal control assessments, technical assistance, and consultancy services to international institutions.

You’ll support the Quality & Risk function ensure operational effectiveness embedding and monitoring of Quality & Risk principles and procedures within contract teams across the department. You’ll work closely with Partners and leadership on quality reviews of client assignments, analysing root causes of quality weaknesses and support continuous improvement. You’ll help to review policies and procedures to make sure they are compliant and fit for purpose.

Experience

• Experience in the audit / assurance sector
• A professional accountancy qualification (ACA/ACCA/DEC/CIMA or equivalent);
• Knowledge of professional standards applicable to our work (e.g. ISQM 1, ISRS 4400, ISAs, ISAE 3000)
• No formal risk management knowledge is required, although awareness, understanding or an interest in this area and the impact from the regulatory environment will be beneficial.
• Ability to research, analyse, interpret, apply good judgement and communicate effectively to provide the support of the Quality & Risk processes of the firm
• Ability to think innovatively and creatively to identify ways to improve quality
• Professional level of communication – both verbal and written

Overview

This is a new role with primary responsibility to support IIDA’s Quality & Risk function in the provision of risk management, helping client teams to understand and adhere to the firm’s policies and procedures in carrying out their roles to provide quality audit and assurance services to the donor sector.

Key Responsibilities

• Supporting the IIDA Quality & Risk function ensure operational effectiveness will involve:
• Supporting the embedding and monitoring of Quality & Risk principles and procedures within contract teams across IIDA
• Providing support in responding to IIDA risk management, quality and compliance queries from IIDA partners and staff
• Supporting on quality reviews of client assignments, analysing root causes of quality weaknesses and support implementation of improvements
• Participating in the review of IIDA’s policies and procedures and assisting in drafting policies and guidance
• Coordinating and contributing to the risk communications for IIDA, including email updates, seminars, webinars and intranet pages
• Participating in bi-monthly IIDA Technical Support Group meetings
• Liaising with the wider Quality and Risk (‘Q&R’) community, the central Q&R team and the Advisory Stream Q&R Working Group
• Assisting with ad hoc Q&R projects where required.

Qualifications and skills

Essential:

• Experience in the audit / assurance sector
• An appreciation of the challenges and complexity of the donor sector
• Ability to research, analyse, interpret, apply good judgement and communicate effectively to provide the support of the Quality & Risk processes of the firm
• Ability to think innovatively and creatively to identify ways to improve quality
• Attention to detail
• IT skills (good knowledge of MS Office and Internet)
• Professional level of communication – both verbal and written
• Good time management, organisation skills and the ability to prioritise
• Proven track record of working in professional services
• A professional accountancy qualification (ACA/ACCA/DEC/CIMA or equivalent);
• Knowledge of professional standards applicable to our work (e.g. ISQM 1, ISRS 4400, ISAs, ISAE 3000)

Desirable:

• No formal risk management knowledge is required, although awareness, understanding or an interest in this area and the impact from the regulatory environment will be beneficial.
• Experience in the international development sector
• Experience of interaction with internal and external quality management reviews

Responsibilities

• Provide full financial oversight of the operations in CAR, covering the main office in Bangui and field operations, ensuring that these are properly compliant with local tax & other regulatory requirements.
• Develop, strengthen and implement strong controls, processes and policies in all the offices, ensuring that staff understand these and offer coaching on them as required.
• Lead on the financial accounting and reporting, including the year-end accounts and audit preparation.
• Lead on country financial management, including preparation of management accounts, analysis, developing the organisational budget and cashflow forecasts and re-forecasts.
• Lead on full cycle grants management, including cost recovery, donor compliance, management & reporting, and preparing for donor audits.
• Provide oversight on HR, including ensuring compliance to the local laws & requirements, developing staff policies, and managing staff growth.
• Provide oversight on procurement.

Requirements

• Qualified accountant, or experienced accountant with an accounting/finance degree, with at least 5 years of experience leading the finance function of a growing INGO working in a complex/fragile state.
• Strong experience of developing controls, policies and processes in a complex/fragile state, and in an organisation with HQ and field operations.
• Strong grants management & compliance experience – specifically of institutional grants, including government grants as well as UN agency funding.
• Experience in procurement, HR & administration.
• Strong systems skills (ERP) and advanced MSExcel skills.
• Developed organisational, communication and negotiation skills.
• Resilient and adaptable.
• Bilingual – English & French

The salary is net of local taxes. Additionally, the benefits package is extremely generous, with additional hardship & accommodation allowances, R&R and additional 30 days of annual leave. The successful applicant will be based in Bangui, with some travel to field offices.

Responsibilities

• Monitoring programmatic activity and spend, and maintaining the grants management tracker tool.
• Preparing financial information for internal reporting, and assisting in the preparation of the programmes finance elements on statutory financial statements
• Overseeing the financial administration of programmes grants. This includes reviewing concept notes and proposals, preparing donor and sub-grant agreements, setting up grant codes, and preparing donor reports.
• Supporting on budget proposal development and refinement for new grant proposals; and ensuring that donor and the foundation rules on accounting, procurement and project implementation are adhered to.
• Supporting in reviewing and approving due diligence assessments on potential partners, and carrying out monitoring visits and audits of projects.

Person specification

• Accountant with at least 3 years of experience in programmes financial accounting & reporting; developing and managing administrative systems; and budgeting, forecasting and cashflow monitoring.
• Experience of institutional grant budget proposal development, compliance, monitoring and reporting; this includes experience in managing DfID, EU, ECHO, German government, Swedish government, and USAID funding.
• Excellent numeracy & financial analysis skills
• Intermediate/advanced knowledge of MSOffice, especially MSExcel
• Excellent command of the English language, both in a written and oral capacity.
• Strong business partnering skills, including experience of working with field staff in an INGO setting.
• Ability to work under pressure, prioritise and meet deadlines.

The organisation offers hybrid working with the successful candidate expected to be in the office in London 1-2 days/week. This is a fixed-term contract with an immediate start preferred. 

Responsibilities

• Lead in the preparation of the organisational budget, and in monitoring the budget, working with regional heads of finance.
• Lead in monitoring the pipeline of funding, forecasting grant and other income flows, cashflows.
• Advise senior leadership on managing changes in cashflow and income, in allocation of surpluses/deficits, and cost savings.
• Lead on reviewing new funding opportunities, ensuring the accuracy of funding calculations, and in the contacting process for core funding.
• Lead in undertaking analysis and creating reports, and in the continual streamlining and improvement of reporting.
• Support in the year-end accounts preparation.

Requirements

• A chartered accountant, or with a masters degree in accounting/finance/equivalent with over ten years of experience in leading the budgeting, forecasting and reporting functions of a complex international organisation.
• Experience of developing and implementing improvements.
• Strong analysis and financial modelling skills.
• Experience of working and managing an international and decentralised team.
• Strong leadership and people management skills, able to motivate a team.
• Strong systems skills, and advanced MSExcel skills.

This role has management responsibilities. The role offers hybrid working in the UK.

Responsibilities

• Finance business partner to project teams and partners, offering financial management support.
• Prepare project budgets, monitor expenditure and cashflows, and prepare management accounts, including variance analyses and supporting narrative reports.
• Grant management, compliance and reporting – preparing financial reports to donors, ensuring that these meet their requirements.

• Ensure the integrity and operational effectiveness of project accounting procedures, developing, and maintaining these as required.
• Supporting the broader finance team, including junior finance staff, in any ad hoc analysis, reporting and project work as required

Person Specification

• Accountant, qualified or QBE, with at least 5 years of experience in accounting, an understanding of accounting & finance principles and management accounting & reporting.
• Experience of project accounting, grant compliance & management is desirable; an understanding of the grant compliance & reporting requirements of the EU and German government grants is desirable.
• Strong IT skills, including advanced MSExcel skills. Competence in SQL an advantage.
• Strong communication (verbal and written) and interpersonal skills, including ability to communicate financial matters to non-finance staff.
• Quick learner, organised and flexible, able to meet tight deadlines.
• Fluent in English, with excellent spoken and reporting writing skills. Working knowledge of French or Spanish is highly desirable. Knowledge of German is not essential or required.
• Culturally sensitive

This is an excellent opportunity for an accountant looking to get good grounding in project accounting & grant management within a large, complex For the right candidate, the organisation will offer sponsorship For those candidates outside of Germany, some relocation costs, including the cost of obtaining a permit (if required) will be covered.

The UK office is responsible for raising funds from institutional donors and governments across Europe, and works with partner organisations around the world to identify, apply for and manage these grants.

Key Responsibilities

• Designing and strengthening financial systems, procedures and controls on grant management and compliance, regularly reviewing and updating these; and training staff as required
• Monitoring programmatic activity and spend, and maintaining the grants management tracker tool.
• Preparing financial information for internal reporting, and assisting in the preparation of the programmes finance elements on statutory financial statements
• Overseeing the financial administration of programmes grants. This includes reviewing concept notes and proposals, preparing donor and sub-grant agreements, setting up grant codes, and preparing donor reports.
• Supporting on budget proposal development and refinement for new grant proposals; and ensuring that donor and the foundation rules on accounting, procurement and project implementation are adhered to.
• Supporting in reviewing and approving due diligence assessments on potential partners, and carrying out monitoring visits and audits of projects.
• Supporting in the preparation of and implementing the recommendations of donor grant audits.
• Undertake overseas travel (around 2-3 trips a year)

Person Specification

• Accountant with at least 3 years of experience in programmes financial accounting & reporting; developing and managing administrative systems; and budgeting, forecasting and cashflow monitoring.
• Experience of institutional grant budget proposal development, compliance, monitoring and reporting; this includes experience in managing DfID, EU, ECHO, German government, Swedish government, and USAID funding.
• Excellent numeracy & financial analysis skills
• Intermediate/advanced knowledge of MSOffice, especially MSExcel
• Excellent command of the English language, both in a written and oral capacity.
• Strong business partnering skills, including experience of working with field staff in an INGO setting.
• Ability to work under pressure, prioritise and meet deadlines.

The organisation offers hybrid working with the successful candidate expected to be in the office in London 1-2 days/week.

• Evaluating the skillset of the finance function; they are seeking the successful candidate to undertake a structure review, assess the skillset of the team, and work with a key member of the senior leadership team to create a new structure and ensure that it works well.
• Review and strengthen their processes and controls. Specifically, they need support around establishing proper reporting tools, covering the production of management accounts & cashflow forecasting. These challenges have always been there, but were only brought to their attention during an audit.
• They have implemented a new system and have been going through processes to embed it ensuring that all the finance team are using it. The current Head of Finance has gone through most of the transition, however, it is anticipated that some more work will be needed to fully embed the software.

Requirements

• Qualified senior accounting/finance professional with experience in working through period of change within an organisation; specifically experience of reviewing & strengthening controls, processes, leading on creating reporting tools, and in systems implementation.
• Strong influencing, negotiating skills.
• Able to manage a varied workload.

They are seeking someone able to make a 6 month commitment. This is part-time contract, with the individual working 3-4 days/week. Due the scope of the projects, specifically, the evaluation of skillset of the finance staff, they would like someone to be in the office at least 2 days/week. They know this is a big ask and are willing to offer a higher day rateto compensate. This role is only open to candidates with the right to work in the UK without requiring sponsorship.

Responsibilities

• This role will oversee the core finance function, covering AP, AR, group reporting, tax and treasury functions.
• Lead on month-end management accounts and group reporting
• Lead in the preparation of the annual budget
• Managing cash and cashflow, including cashflow forecasting.
• Preparation of statutory accounts for the UK, and reviewing statutory accounts produced in overseas country offices, ensuring that these are legally compliant.
• Lead in the annual audit for the UK and country offices.
• Work with the senior leadership on driving improvements within the organisational processes, controls and systems.
• Managerial responsibilities for a number of direct and indirect reports.

Requirements

• Qualified accountant with experience of working in an international group finance function, and covering management accounting & reporting, financial accounting and audit. Experience of this within an international development organisation is preferred, not essential.
• Dynamic individual, with experience of driving improvements with a group finance function.
• Strong business partnering and influencing skills.
• Strong IT and systems skills, including advanced MSExcel. Familiarity with using MSDynamics is preferred.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Experience in managing a team, and building a strong team culture.

This role offers hybrid working with the successful individual expected to be in the office 2 days/week; more time in the office might be required during busier periods. This role is only open to candidates based in the UK, and with the right to work in the UK without requiring sponsorship.

Key Responsibilities and Duties.

Financial accounting

• Responsible for ensuring financial transactions are recorded accurately and in a timely manner, and that all accounting entries are properly classified and reconciled.
• Required to use NetSuite (NS) Cloud Based Accounting software to record all financial transactions and automate all France financial reports in NS system.
• In order to ensure compliance with the France Chart of Accounts standard, the European Accountant would need to map the organization's chart of accounts to the standard.
• Managing intercompany balances for France entity in EUR currency. Review monthly receivables and payables to US and UK from France entity.

Reporting

• Responsible for preparation of financial statements in accordance with the relevant regulations, including any specific disclosure requirements.
• Collaborate with other finance staff members globally to ensure consistent financial reporting practices across the organization for France Projects. This could involve regular communication with other finance staff members, sharing best practices and providing guidance on accounting standards and regulations.
• Work closely with the Global Director of Finance and Accounting to provide regular updates on financial performance in France, including financial statement preparation and audits

Experience and skills required for the role.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance and/or a related discipline, Diplôme d'Expertise Comptable, or equivalent work experience.
• Practical experience of operating accounting ledgers under Plan Computable General
• Practical knowledge of nonprofit organizations accounting process in EU , UK and USA
  and other countries
• Extensive experience with accounting procedures and systems with problem-solving
  skills.
• Strong IT experience with cloud based accounting platforms
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Word, Outlook, PowerPoint and especially Excel
• Skilled in remote management and working across time zones
• Fluent French speaker
• English speaker