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Position Description:

The Adviser will oversee and ensure coherence between DACAAR’s contractual obligations and its financial procedures. Also, the Adviser will ensure adherence to established financial procedures. This includes review of all existing policies and procedures as well as advice on improvement of existing systems and a continued development and streamlining of regulations, procedures and systems in DACAAR. The Adviser will have a special focus on the financial management procedures and systems of the organization and compliance with donors’ rules and regulations.

As member of the DACAAR Senior Management (SMT) the Finance Adviser reports to the Director and will have strong advisory relationship towards all Departments including in all matters relating to financial procedures. In addition, the Finance Adviser will maintain close collaboration with DACAAR Head of Secretariat in Denmark

Responsibilities:

General Responsibilities:   

The general responsibilities of the Finance Adviser:

• Provide leadership, budget and implement activities’ concerning the Finance Department in line with DACAAR’s Strategic Programme Framework and approved procedures.
• Provide strategic advice on matters related to Finance to the Director and members of the SMT, this also includes specific information required to support SMT discussions and decision making as requested and quarterly board meeting support documentation.
• Represent DACAAR and manage external relations with relevant government authorities, donors, partners, UN agencies and international and national NGOs as delegated by the Director.
• Ensure close coordination with other departments with respect to preparation of proposals and writing of reports to meet requirements of the Governing Board, donors and government authorities.

• Maximize internal synergy between the cash, bank & tax functions and the audit, budget & reporting functions and external synergy between the Finance Department as whole and other departments.

Specific Responsibilities:

Specific responsibilities of the Finance Adviser include, but are not limited to, the following:

• In close coordination with other Department, Finance staff led on the preparation of annual operations budget. 
• Conduct regular budget monitoring and ensure corrective action is taken as required.
• Ensure full compliance with tax regulations.
• Ensure timely preparation of DACAAR annual financial statements and project accounts.
• Advice the management in case of any modifications required to financial manual and other related documents.
• Ensure strategic financial management practices are followed, including management of cash flow and bank accounts in several foreign currencies, in accordance with individual donor contracts.
• Prepare short and long-term financial forecasts of financial performance for use with internal management and external parties.
• Ensure that organization financial systems are robust, compliant and support current activities and future growth.
• Develops annual operational budgets for the review and approval of the Director / Governing Board members.
• Support the financial aspects of the Strategic Planning Process.
• Provide overall direction for financial management, accounting, and budget functions. 
• Oversee all financial and accounting activities; ensure reporting requirements are met.
• Ensure that the organization meets its budget targets for operational income and expenses.
• Participate in risk prevention and risk management with other SMT members and show the way forward for the financial component.  
• Continuously review, evaluate, develop and implement an internal control system to maintain the financial integrity DACAAR.
• Coordinate with Grants Team and produce on an annual basis a forecast of income for the following period.
• Develop the finance skills of the finance and non-finance staff of DACAAR.
• Ensure that DACAAR funds and assets are being put into good use and for the purposes the donors intended them to be.
• Ensure that financial statements are prepared for internal or external auditors as required.
• Ensure that a sufficient audit trail is maintained for all transactions at the Main Office and the Secretariat Office.
• Coordinate with internal audit function and develop a systematic internal audit program covering all of DACAAR-operations to ensure that adequate control systems are being maintained.
• Any other tasks assign by the Director.