Project Finance Manager

Project Finance Manager

Job Location: Kusunti, KC Tower, Lalitpur, Nepal

With over 70 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.
Come join our 33,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!

Key Responsibilities:

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES:

Internal controls, compliances, and stewardship

• Provide recommendations on the policies and procedures from perspectives of field and PNGOs.
• Ensure that WVIN Field Offices and Partner NGOs staffs are aware on requirements of financial and compliances of WVIN finance procedures
• Adhere to partnership policies, procedures and guidelines as stipulated in the WVI Financial Manual and Supply Chain Management Manual, including — but not limited to: grant compliance, year-end closing, carry forward, accounting and reporting, PBAS, Horizon, etc.
•  Ensure the financial integrity of the operation with regards to controls, systems, financial reporting, and resource development.
• Provide financial and accounting management and direction in field offices, in compliance with WVIN, grants, donor requirements and Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.
•  Implement and supervise financial procedures and systems to ensure transparent accounting practices across projects
•  Manage appropriate financial systems and controls and ensure they are in place to avoid significant finance audit risk ratings, both at the Field Office and PNGOs level.
• Coordinate management responses to Risk Based Audits performed to the Field Projects; ensure they are sent on time to the Audit Department; and that Finance related audit recommendations are implemented timely.
• Coordinate adequate preparation for GC and external audits.
•  Manage Finance Related Risk developing risk register
•  Implement anti-corruption and fraud strategies.
• Engage in review and investigations activities of PNGOs if needed
• Implement risk based financial monitoring across the project and close all the issues raise from monitoring with appropriate

Project budgeting, Analysis, and Forecasting

•  Coordinate and finalize the budgeting process in accordance with the budget guidelines of WVIN.
•  Responsible for Project budget including all funding sources, cash flow and project funding by providing timely and relevant information to budget holders, in collaboration with the Field Operation & Project Lead.
• Work on Mid-Term Budget Revision and achieve revision; upload Revised Budget on Sun-6 and Horizon working with FP&A team.
•  Provide multidimensional analysis and comments on project spending and burn rate to Project Lead and Field Operation Manager
• Monitor expenditures against plan/budget on a monthly and quarterly basis for Projects/TPs. Monitor the spending level/burn rate coordinating with Field Operation and Project Management Unit.
• Analyze the project budget to ensure that funds are used according to the POA and corrective actions are taken where needed

Recording and Reporting

• Implement and maintain accounting systems in order to provide an appropriate level of security over the project’s resources and operations, in consultation with the Finance Manager/Director
•  Ensure timely and accurate submission of PNGOs, Field and Projects Finance report (including grant and PNS projects)
• Ensure traceability from recording transactions to reporting (invoices, receipts, statements, authorization, etc.) and scanned documents back up
•  Monitor cash flow and funding requests from PNGOs to ensure that sufficient cash is always available to meet operational needs.
• Provide support on set up, maintain, and fully utilize computer accounting system features. This includes setting up of grant accounting, use of the standard chart of accounts, month-end procedures, back-up, etc.
• Constantly evaluate field finance staff including PNGOs and implement correction plans in a close working relationship with budget holders.

Capacity Building

•  Capacitate Field and PNGos Finance team to ensure quality and timely planning, budgeting and analysis
•  Contribute to building the financial skill capacity of field finance and PNGOs staff
• Provide basic orientation on finance and internal control system to new finance and non-finance staffs in Projects
• Support the Finance Manager/Director in identifying, developing and retaining skilled finance staff in projects
• Develop training materials and quick reference guides where necessary and conduct tailored training programs for finance and non‐finance staff.
• Increasing demonstration and understanding of and commitment to WV’s core value in approach to work and relationship.
• Work and life balance.
• Performance review completed and development goal achieved.

KNOWLEDGE/QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE ROLE

Required Professional Experience

• Minimum 5 years of experience in independently handling budgeting, financial accounting, planning and analysis and preferably within WV.
• Demonstrated Mentoring, Orientation & Training Skill
• Good interpersonal, problem-solving & time management skills
• Willingness to work under pressure with tight deadlines and to travel across the project areas.
• Demonstrated experience in the use of MS office Package (Word/Excel/PowerPoint etc.) & Internet
• Experience of working in a computerized accounting environment. (Sun Systems, Vision XL & Executive, others)

Required Education, training, license, registration and certification

• Bachelor Degree of Commerce, Business Studies or Equivalent
• Master Degree in Finance/Accounting or Equivalent, preferred
• CIMA, CFA, ACCA, CA, CPA, preferred

Preferred Knowledge and Qualifications

• General Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
•  Excellent computer literacy & skill of MS office applications (Word/Excel/PowerPoint/internet etc.)
• Good command of English & Nepali languages (written & spoken)
• Practical knowledge of project budgeting, accounting & reporting
• Able to articulate and communicate ideas well verbally and in writing
• Understanding of World Vision Financial System & procedures

“World Vision is committed to achieving diversity, as the diversity of our teams is critical to our overall success. WV welcomes applications from qualified professionals all over Nepal. Women, people with disability, and members from other marginalized groups are strongly encouraged to apply.”

“Children and vulnerable adults who come into contact with WV as a result of our activities must be safeguarded to the maximum possible extent from deliberate or inadvertent actions and failings that place them at risk of abuse, sexual exploitation, injury, and any other harm. One of the ways that WVI Nepal shows this on-going commitment to safeguarding is to include rigorous background and reference checks in the selection process for all candidates, in accordance to its Child and Adult Safeguarding Policy. WVI Nepal has zero tolerance to child rights’ violations, by employees and/or affiliates.”

WVIN reserves all rights to qualify/disqualify applications in any case.

People & Culture Department

World Vision International Nepal

Applicant Types Accepted:
Local Applicants Only