MSF

Project Finance Manager

Date de clôture 30 mars 2023

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international, medical, humanitarian, and independent organisation that provides assistance to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, exclusion from health care and natural disasters. MSF provides assistance to people solely on the basis of their needs and without distinction of origin, religion, sex, gender, or political affiliation. Present in over 70 countries, MSF relies on diverse teams (with different profiles, experiences, nationalities, etc.) throughout the world, to implement its social mission.

Your Responsibilities

The Project Finance Manager is responsible for coordinating and supervising the implementation of the Finance procedures and ensuring the correct use of Financial Resources at project level according to MSF protocols, standards and procedures in order to provide quality, reliable and transparent information to the organization on the use and allocation of resources in the project.

The main responsibilities include:

  • Implementing processes and workflows (management of cash boxes, transfers, advances, purchase procedures, payment validations, follow up of regular payments, bank reconciliations) in order to anticipate expenses at project level and to optimize cash needs and its security.
  • Implementing and supervising transactional procedures and systems in order to ensure transparent accounting practices and full traceability (invoices, receipts, bank statements, etc.), according to MSF guidelines and rules, and using the respective software in place.
  • Ensuring the timely execution and control of the monthly and yearly accountancy closure, with due quality.
  • In close collaboration with the Project Coordinator and the Finance Coordinator, defining, analysing and following-up the project budget, in order to ensure that funds are properly used and proposing corrective action if needed.
  • Ensuring financial reporting of the Project using the field financial software. Manage or contribute to the reporting on monthly closure, sitreps, external donors, etc.
  • In close collaboration with the FINCO, following up all service contracts in project site (premise and vehicle rental contracts, deposits, rent payments, etc.) Ensuring that MSF staff who have financial responsibilities are aware of and comply with local finance procedures, including those related to security.

Depending on our activities and needs, your responsibilities may be adapted and evolve according to the specificities of each project.

You will not be facing these challenges alone—other MSF team members, both international and locally hired staff, will provide technical support, including extensive guidelines and protocols.

Your Profile

Requirements:

  • Degree in accounting, finance, management, business administration or any other relevant field
  • Minimum of two years’ relevant work experience in finance management
  • Previous experience in NGOs, preferably in field-based positions
  • Good IT skills (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
  • Fluency in English
  • Strong team player
  • Willingness to work in all kinds of contexts worldwide, including unstable areas
  • Adaptable and eager to work in a multicultural team
  • Flexible and able to cope with stress
  • Self-driven with a solution-oriented approach
  • Ability to train others
  • People-oriented and diplomatic approach
  • Available for six months mission
  • Commitment to MSF’s work and values

Assets:

  • Good command of French or Portuguese
  • Experience working with MSF
  • Experience working in developing countries
  • People management experience

MSF offers

MSF is looking for people residing in the country. You will receive:

  • An exciting work experience as your skills will make a difference to the people around you
  • Initial training before your first mission
  • Detailed briefing on identified project
  • Contract for the duration of the mission
  • Remuneration (indemnity salary based on previous work experience and country of residency)
  • Welfare coverage, such as medical care and vaccination package, accident insurance, including repatriation
  • Food and accommodation
  • Perdiem (calculated according to local cost of living) to cover daily expenses
  • Travel costs and visa administration
  • Debriefing and personal career planning as well as training opportunities
  • Psychosocial assistance before, during or after mission upon need
  • One week of holiday for every three months of mission
  • Departure on mission is non-accompanied (no family or couple departures).

Comment postuler

Working with MSF is helping people in danger in the field. Your skills are needed in the context of primary health care (natural catastrophes, population displacements), chronic conflicts or within the scope of particular medical projects.

By joining MSF, you are committing yourself to a recognized international associative movement, with a specific approach to humanitarian help. You advocate for the situations you have seen on the field. You benefit from a personalized carrier follow-up, you develop competencies and on the long term gain responsibilities.

For more information on our recruitment criteria, working conditions and our values and principles, you are welcome to check our website: http://www.msf.ch

How to apply

Please apply online through this link before 30/03/2023.

https://msfsuisse-career.talent-soft.com/Pages/Offre/detailoffre.aspx?idOffre=135&idOrigine=502&LCID=2057

The applications will be treated confidentially.

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

For more details on the job offer or MSF, please visit our website: http://www.msf.ch/travailler-avec-nous/