Associate Director of Finance at Nature Conservancy

The ideal candidate should have exceptional communication and collaboration skills and experience in management of data and personnel. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the ongoing mission of conservation by directing and shaping the work of our team! 

Roles & Responsibilities

• Manage the day-to-day functional activities and personnel in the Africa Business Unit's Accounting, Treasury, Audit and Compliance, budgeting, and reporting areas and provide financial analysis to senior management.
• Responsible for managing, maintaining, and reporting financial data, and monitoring management controls and processes to ensure compliance with TNC policies and procedures, relevant legal and regulatory frameworks, and financial/management best practices.
• Co-lead the fiscal year budgeting process, ensuring the accuracy of budgets and their completion within set deadlines with a focus on developing budget templates, alignment to proposed activities, and staffing plans as well as ensuring requisite cost recovery.
• Manages overall financial activities to achieve the Africa program's strategic goals.
• Work toward meeting the program's strategic priorities by developing and coordinating plans and related tactics and overseeing day-to-day tasks in the various areas of the finance function.
• Lead and support budget development for proposals, private award management, cost assignments, and award modifications and ensure proposal compliance check, adequate coverage of operational costs, and alignment to donor requirements and TNC policies.
• Provide high-level financial analysis to senior organizational leadership, on budgets, financial performance, and other specific areas.
• Support finance team in periodic financial reporting and annual key tasks – Council, Leadership reports, and annual revenue allocations - to ensure accuracy, completeness, and timeliness.
• Co-lead the fiscal year budgeting process with the Conservation Director by overseeing preparation and maintenance of BU multiyear operating budget; ensures cost coverage for operating costs and oversee updates to the operating budget actions, and changes regularly
• Engage cross-functionally with other business development activities, which includes tracking business forecasts, and budget performance to ensure alignment with annual strategic plans
• Highlight any key challenges or opportunities influencing the BU’s performance against goals
• Ensure programmatic commitments, TNC policies and procedures, financial standards, and legal requirements are met and managed for compliance.
• Manage, support, and monitor new financial initiatives in the Africa Business unit.
• Reinforce consistency in the organization's policies and procedures and provides support related to the relevant field.
• Supervise professional and finance staff and build their capacity.

What You’ll Bring:

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, Business Administration or related field and 7 years related work experience.
• MBA and CPA(K) or ACCA qualification.
• Experience working with computer and information management systems, Excel spreadsheets and databases for financial analysis, fiscal management, and financial reports.
• Experience recruiting, supervising, and developing staff.
• Experience in developing, managing, and implementing multiple projects.
• Experience managing a large finance department in the not-for-profit organizations.
• Experience working in complex contexts and dealing with complex situations.
• Experience developing budgets, performing high level financial analysis, and recommending corrective action as appropriate.
• Experience acting as an advisor to senior executives.
• Experience with GAAP and not-for-profit accounting principles, practices, and regulations, including government grants accounting and reporting.
• Experience working with major public donor regulations and local regulations.