Full-Time SENIOR MANAGEMENT ACCOUNT
Job Description
Senior Management Accountant
Save the Children is no ordinary not-for-profit.
We’re ambitious, creative, and outspoken. We stand up for children’s rights. We want all children to be educated, healthy and live a life free from abuse and violence. In the Pacific, we deliver programs in Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea, Tonga and the Solomon Islands – responding to natural disaster/emergencies and other long-term projects
Where you come in:
Reporting to the Finance Led, you will oversee the review and reporting of income and expenditure to ensuring deadlines are met, providing support as needed, corresponding with all Save the Children country office programs, at the regional office, Save the Children Australia, and donor partners. Additionally, you will drive improvements in finance processes, assisting in building of staff competence utilising finance and operational systems effectively and efficiently.
You will make an impact by:
- Leading all day-to-day management accounting operations.
- Support the budget, forecast and outlook processes
- Assist Senior Management Team (SMT) ongoing tracking of budgets, proposals and tenders
- Providing Donor Financial reports
- Preparation of business performance reports for the Country Director and Regional Leadership Team monthly, including Pacific Regional group financial reporting
- Support Country Office Leadership and Program Managers with ongoing support of information quality and alignment to the Award Management System (AMS).
- Drive continuous development and improvement in financial processes,
- Able to comply with relevant Save the Children Policies and Procedures.
Does this sound like you?
You have strong financial analytical, accounting and reporting knowledge and skills, strive to engaged for a positive impact where it is most needed. You are self-motivated, flexible, committed and driven to see results. You can work under pressure and meet deadlines.
This role requires:
- Excellent knowledge of cost accounting and reporting, including grant reporting
- Excellent knowledge of budgeting and forecasting
- Experience in financial risk analysis
- Experience in business performance analysis and reporting.
- Demonstrated ability to develop relationships across the organisation.
- Strong influencing and negotiation skills, comfortable holding others to account.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- High levels of attention to detail and commitment to producing quality, accurate work.
- Strong Excel and data extraction skills, including experience developing reports in or from an ERP system or Business Intelligence Tool.
- Proven success in embedding continuous improvement in the workplace.
- Strong time management and organisational skills with an ability to manage competing priorities.
- Fluent Bislama language skills
- Experience in providing insight and support to senior management.
- Advanced Excel knowledge.
- Business Intelligence tool (Power BI or equivalent
- Graduate degree in accounting or other business-related degree
- Studying towards (or already qualified) with a relevant accounting body CA/CPA
Working at Save the Children is more than just a job:
It’s the feeling of knowing that your work is contributing to making Vanuatu and the world a better place for children and working with others who feel the same. Benefits include:
- Opportunity to work alongside diverse and creative teams
- Individual learning plans, and internal development opportunities to assist in your career development
- Child friendly work environment
- Attractive Salary package ranging from 3,000,000 VUV to 3,929,563 VUV + Benefits.
Please refer to this link for more details on how to apply
https://www.savethechildren.org.au/about-us/careers
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