Director of Finance

ABOUT AMAZI WATER

Amazi Water is a Christ-centered INGO, implementing water tasks in Burundi, with the mission of offering sustainable entry to scrub water in each neighborhood. To be taught extra about our work, go to our web site right here https://amaziwater.org/ for extra info.

ABOUT THE ROLE

We’re looking for a passionate, revolutionary, and seasoned finance skilled to affix Amazi Water and lead the Finance division.

The Director of Finance will likely be accountable for planning, administration, and guiding of Amazi Water’s monetary operations at Amazi Water’s United States workplace, in addition to our operations in Burundi, and help nations of Kenya, and South Africa.

We’re in search of a talented skilled with a demonstrated historical past of efficiently main monetary operations at a world non-profit group, distinctive communications, and cross-cultural interpersonal talents, and a observe report of navigating advanced monetary and Foreign exchange conditions. Duties will embrace supervising accounting and finance employees, overseeing and enhancing inside controls, main the event of a monetary technique and annual budgets, constructing, and overseeing Amazi Water’s monetary methods and insurance policies, monitoring expenditures, overseeing grant financials, monitoring money circulation, managing the group’s treasury, overseeing accounting and tax compliance, and reporting to Govt Director and Board.

The Director of Finance will work carefully with the President, Nation Director, and Finance & Administration to make sure Amazi Water’s monetary operations proceed to evolve to satisfy the wants of the group and its strategic goals. This full-time place studies to the Govt Director and works carefully with Burundi employees and the US Improvement and Advertising and marketing Groups. The Director of Finance can also be liable for selling and making certain an organizational tradition the place Amazi Water’s core values – Integrity, Dedication, Collaboration, Impression, Self-development, and Prayer – are practiced, teamwork is inspired, and all employees really feel valued.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Oversee Amazi Water’s accounting and audit, together with compliance with accounting requirements in USA, Burundi (operations), supporting nations of Kenya, and South Africa.
• Carry out remaining evaluate of month-to-month monetary statements and annual audit for USA and Africa places of work.
• Guarantee Amazi Water’s compliance with USA and Burundi tax laws.
• Carry out common authorizations of funds and wire transfers in Amazi Water’s USA banking system and money circulation upkeep.
• Keep short- and long-term funding methods, and current and future banking relationships.
• Oversee and handle monetary methods, together with Sage, PowerBi, and integrations with different Amazi Water software program, and lead the implementation of future monetary system upgrades.
• Oversee grant and subgrant monetary administration to make sure the environment friendly and compliant use of donor assets.
• Lead the annual budgeting course of with the help of the worldwide finance group and oversee common funds evaluation and re-forecasting.
• Analyze and current monetary studies in an correct and well timed method.
• Supervise the Texas and international finance groups and liaise with the Nation Director to make sure enough monetary capability in Burundi.
• Oversee and collaborate within the documentation of Amazi Water’s monetary insurance policies and procedures, together with common evaluate and enchancment of worldwide inside controls, and guarantee enough orientation and coaching applications for all insurance policies.
• Handle danger, determine, and monitor dangers, with a eager concentrate on monetary danger and reply to new dangers ensuing from inside adjustments (technique, new program, location, and many others.) and exterior adjustments (laws, working environments, and many others.)
• Coordinate USA and Burundi exterior audits; implement corrective motion plans as wanted.
• Establish and evaluate dangers and suggest mitigation with senior administration.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Seven or extra years of expertise main worldwide non-profit monetary operations.
• Prior expertise having remaining accountability for the standard and content material of all monetary knowledge, reporting, and exterior audit coordination.
• Prior expertise in US-based worldwide non-profit, fund, and grant accounting.
• Demonstrated depth of information and expertise of GAAP and monetary laws. Successfully making use of this technical information to resolve a spread of issues and supply steerage to Finance staff.
• Superior proficiency with Sage or related software program.
• Prior expertise with PowerBi most well-liked.
• Capacity to translate monetary ideas to and successfully collaborate with non-finance and cross-cultural colleagues.
• Flexibility and confirmed means to deal with a number of duties, deadline pressures, and complexities of worldwide banking.
• Glorious interpersonal communication expertise, oral, written, in particular person or nearly.
• Glorious interpersonal and cross-cultural expertise, together with flexibility and a humorousness.
• Demonstrated means to construct respectful relationships with colleagues from totally different cultural, linguistic, and academic backgrounds.
• Change administration expertise.
• Minimal of a B.A. in enterprise, finance, accounting or associated.
• CPA or associated superior diploma most well-liked.
• Fluent written and spoken English is required.
• Proficiency in French, Swahili, or Kirundi is very desired.
• Should show a love for Burundi and a love for Jesus Christ.

Working Situations

• Work hours will likely be mentioned based mostly on the situation of the candidate however shall be established to stability an overlap between US Central Normal Time and Burundi time zones.
• The place is USA-based. Authorized permission to dwell and work in USA is required.
• Small workplace within the Dallas/Fort Value space most well-liked, however home-based could also be thought-about.
• Hybrid work schedule if situated inside commuting distance of Amazi Water’s places of work globally or in Africa.
• As much as 4 worldwide journeys a 12 months to Burundi, with a doable stopover in Kenya or South Africa.
• Shall be required to take a seat/stand for as much as eight hours per day.

Compensation

Aggressive base wage commensurate with expertise, in addition to well being/dental/eye insurance coverage, trip, sick go away, annual pay enhance, {and professional} growth advantages.