Country Finance Manager

HI (Handicap International-Humanity & Inclusion) is an independent and impartial aid organisation working in situations of poverty and exclusion, conflict and disaster. The organisation works alongside people with disabilities and vulnerable populations, taking action and bearing witness in order to respond to their essential needs, improve their living conditions and promote respect for their dignity and fundamental rights.

Since its creation in 1982, HI has run development programmes in more than 60 countries and responded to numerous emergencies. Today, we have a budget of approximately 255 million euros, more than 4000 employees worldwide.

At Handicap International-Humanity & Inclusion, we truly believe in the importance of inclusion and diversity within our organisation. This is why we are engaged to a disability policy to encourage the inclusion and integration of people with disabilities.

**JOB CONTEXT**:
**YOUR MISSION**:
You are responsible for leading the finance teams, ensuring compliance with HI’s standards and local rules in the finance field, financial strategy and steering and operational financial management within your area of responsibility.

You are Finance focal point for the Country Director and, as such, advise him/her in your field of responsibility. You are part of the Senior Management Team (SMT) and, as such, collaborate with the other business managers in the country on the operational strategy and the implementation of this strategy within its scope.

You support the Compliance department in their responsibilities towards donors’ and national audits, administrative and legal matter when there’s a link with finance department.

Your main missions are as follows:

- Management of the Finance team
- Strategy and steering: draft, revise and implement the operational strategy (Stratop) within your area of responsibility area, in line with HI's financial policies.
- Standards and expertise:

- Oversee the deployment and monitor compliance with all of HI’s financial policies, processes and tools within your area of responsibility
- Direct and control HI's compliance with the legal framework of the country or countries of intervention
- Internal control supervision in your area of responsibility
- Operational implementation:

- Ensure financial and budget management
- Ensure accounts management
- Ensure the financial management of institutional funding in compliance with “donor” guidelines and contractual obligations
- Ensure cash-flow management.
- Profession facilitation: disseminate standards, ensure the animation of a pool of local talent.
- Emergency preparedness and response

**Requirements**:

- Proven experience of at least 3 years in a Manager/Coordinator position in Finance in a humanitarian environment
- Good knowledge of frameworks and rules
- Confirmed experience in team management
- Team player and collaboration skills

**CONDITIONS**:
At HI, the conditions offered are up to your commitment and adapted to the context of your mission.

The security conditions in our contexts of operations can, of course, spread from very good to volatile depending on the contexts. HI ensures to offer to its staff adequate living conditions and wellbeing and period of R&R to compensate those conditions, considering the limitations in some contexts. Both women and men must respect local culture and norms, which are important for acceptance by the communities were HI provides its services.

**Benefits**

International contract OR national contract if you are resident in the country:

- National contract: local package
- The international contract provides social cover adapted to your situation:
- Unemployment insurance benefits for EU nationals;
- Pension scheme;
- Medical coverage with 50% of employee contribution;
- Repatriation insurance paid by HI;
- Salary upon experience;
- Perdiem and potential hardship
- Paid leaves: 25 days per year;
- R&R: according to the level of the mission
- Depending on the security level of the mission the position can be open to couple or family (as from 12 months of mission) with associated package.

Applications will be processed on an ongoing basis.