Finance & Compliance Manager

ABOUT NAFDA

nafda is a citizen-powered movement, which aims to spark change in the education system by empowering schools to lead bottom-up transformative change. We are on a mission to empower school leaders, educators, and other key education actors to implement and cement innovative participatory approaches to education.

We envision an equitable and inclusive student-centered education system that builds the engaged citizens of tomorrow, where schools have more autonomy to implement participatory local solutions that improve the school and impact its direct community.

POSITION OVERVIEW

The Finance and Compliance Officer is responsible for organization-wide financial operations including internal and external financial reporting, budget preparation, and payroll. Also, the Officer needs to coordinate and audit beneficiaries to ensure compliant financial operations.

JOB DESCRIPTION

• Develop and update nafda policies and procedures to ensure compliance with laws and regulations, and nafda’s core values
• Develop and update grant disbursement policies for nafda directed towards school transformation 
• Develop supporting documents & templates for the company disbursement of grants across the school journey (e.g. documentation, financial reporting, etc.)
• Accounting bookings, filing, and reporting with the support of an Admin
• Prepare, manage and update financial reports sustatementscome Statement, Cashflows, Trial Balance, etc.
• Manage NAFDA’s cash flow
• Handle cash payments to vendors and partners
• Manage NAFDA’ petty cash
• Liaise with legal to support on the advancement of charity registration
• Liaise with legal to support  MOU development with schools and coalition members
• Participate in evaluating school improvement programs’ progress and status in accordance with  nafda education 2025 goals

DUTIES 

The Consultant must observe and meet the following commitments:

• Complete all missions and obligations related to his mission without limitation of the said missions and obligations;
• Achieve the objectives and targets assigned;
• Comply with laws and regulations applicable;
• Comply with all the obligations provided in this consultant Agreement.

KEY REQUIREMENTS

Education: BS in Business Administration or other related discipline. Masters in Finance level training preferred.

Experience: At least 5 years of relevant work experience, preferably in a similar NGO setting

Technical knowledge:

• Project management
• Financial monitoring and analysis
• Human resources management

Managerial skills:     

• Organizational Skills
• Supervisory skills
• Team-building skills             

Other skills: 

• Time management skills
• Problem-solving skills
• Basic counseling skills
• Negotiation skills
• Effective verbal and listening
• Oral and Written Communication skills
• Microsoft Office skills
• Google Docs skills

Languages:

Fluency in Arabic and English languages (written and Spoken), French is a plus