Finance Manager

• Period of employment :– Definite (until 31 July 2027)
• Salary:– 1144 USD

Role Purpose

The Finance Manager is responsible for ensuring that the organisation has timely, accurate, and relevant financial information to manage operations effectively. The role leads month-end financial processing and works closely with direct reports, the Dublin-based International Accounting Services function, and the wider Finance team.

The Finance Manager is also responsible for treasury activities, receivables, payables, disbursements, and cash forecasting. The role supports strong internal controls, works closely with auditors, and provides finance support to area and regional offices.

Responsibilities:

The Finance Manager reports to the Deputy Country Financial Controller and is responsible for the following key areas:

1. Financial Management, Reporting, and Controls

• Maintain accurate financial records, ensure timely postings in MGP, run management and financial reports, review foreign exchange transactions, and support annual and revised budget preparation.
• Ensure financial systems, procedures, and controls support accurate reporting, donor compliance, risk management, and effective decision-making.
• Undertake preparation of the internal Financial Reporting Pack ready for review

2. Staff Management and Capacity Building

• Supervise, coach, and appraise finance staff, ensuring high standards of financial management and timely completion of assigned tasks.
• Support staff orientation and training on financial controls, donor requirements, organisational procedures, and relevant regulatory requirements.

3. Month-End Processing and Financial Records

• Coordinate month-end processes, including completion of cash and bank books, journals, payroll postings, reconciliations, cost allocations, prepayments, and balance sheet updates.
• Ensure all adjustments, journals, allocation files, reconciliations, and supporting documents are complete, accurate, approved, and retained for audit purposes.
• Ensure the cessation provision amounts are accurate and in line with payroll records
• Prepare and maintain FX rate analysis on a monthly basis
• Prepare month end reports for review
• Ensure that staff time is allocated in line with timesheets and planned allocations
• Reconcile intercompany transaction accounts and coordinate recharges to other Concern countries

4. Treasury

• Oversee cash, bank, petty cash, bank signatories, and treasury records, ensuring balances are accurate, reconciled, and supported by strong internal controls.
• Undertake and review cash counts and bank reconciliations, including ensuring those undertaken at field offices are complete and accurate
• Prepare and submit required treasury and foreign exchange reporting to HQ in coordination with the finance leadership team.
• Maintain banking records, including ensuring signatories are up to date
• Ensure cash holding levels are appropriate

5. Disbursements and Cash Flow

• Review and process disbursement requests, ensuring correct coding, approval, payee details, supporting documentation, donor compliance, and applicable withholding tax requirements.
• Coordinate cash transfers, monitor accruals and receivables, review cash forecasts, and ensure monthly cash requirements are submitted on time.

6. Budgeting

• Support annual budgets, budget revisions, staff budget files, and staff mapping tools, ensuring alignment with organisational requirements.
• Provide additional finance support during budget preparation periods as required.

7. Partnership Accounting

• Ensure accurate partner coding for partnership journals and support partner financial capacity-building activities.

8. Audits and Compliance

• Support donor, internal, and external audits, coordinate timely management responses, and ensure audit recommendations are implemented.
• Advise finance leadership on financial risks and support continuous improvement of systems, procedures, and controls.

9. Finance Documentation

• Ensure journals, reconciliations, transaction files, monthly working files, and other finance records are approved, complete, properly filed, and easy to retrieve.

10. Other Financial Duties

• Provide general finance support, including field visits, staff training, operational finance tasks, emergency response, and participation in relevant task forces or committees.

All managers are responsible for upholding and promoting Concern’s values, demonstrating leadership on workplace equality, diversity and inclusion, and role modelling a positive safeguarding ethos.

All managers are required to actively participate in any emergency response as and when required.

Role Holder Requirements:

Essential

• Good communication skills.
• Part-qualified accountant (CA, CMA, ACCA, or CPA) or a Master’s degree in Finance or a related field.
• Relevant experience in general ledger management, preferably within an INGO environment. As a guide, this may include more than 3 years for a professionally qualified accountant, 5 years for a Master’s degree holder, or 10 years for a Bachelor’s degree holder in Accounting or a related field.
• Experience in staff capacity development.
• Computer literate, with strong knowledge of Microsoft Excel and accounting packages.
• Fluency in English.
• Ability to work under pressure to meet tight deadlines.
• Honesty and integrity.
• Cross-cultural awareness and sensitivity.

Essential Skills, Aptitude, and Personality Requirements

• Strong management skills and ability to motivate others.
• Strong time-management and prioritisation skills.

Competencies:

Candidates are expected to demonstrate abilities in the following priority competency areas:

We encourage all eligible candidates, irrespective of gender, ethnicity or origin, disability, political beliefs, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, or socio-economic status to apply to become a part of the organisation. Concern is against all forms of discrimination and unequal power relations and is committed to promoting equality.

If this role sounds right for you, please apply with your CV and cover letter. Please be aware we may offer positions before the closing date.

If you have any concerns about our recruitment process and need particular assistance – for example if you have a disability e.g. a hearing impairment – please let us know and we will do our best to respond to your needs.

Due to the urgency of this position, applications will be shortlisted on a regular basis, and we may offer posts before the closing date.

What we offer

• A competitive salary and benefit package
• Excellent medical benefits (100% cover including dependents)
• 20 days annual leave
• 26 weeks (paid) maternity leave, 18weeks (unpaid) parental leave.