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Save the Children is looking for applications from qualified people to apply for the job of Director of Finance.

• The applicant should hold at least eight years experience in a senior role in a corporate or an NGO environment, three of which should be at a management level within the finance department of a national or international organization.
• Additional professional qualification such as CPA, CA, ACMA, ACCA.
• Excellent understanding of business and financial planning including strategic modeling, financial systems and procedures.
• Excellent analytical skills – the ability to analyse complex financial data and design and produce effective management information.
• Excellent experience of budgeting and budget management.
• Strong business acumen and the ability to contribute to strategic decisions.
• Experience of general administration work.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to manage a complex and diverse workload and to work to tight deadlines.
• Possess the ability to build a small, proactive team, motivating staff and working collaboratively with colleagues and providing support and advice as necessary.
• Willingness and ability to dramatically change work practices and hours, and work with incoming surge teams, in the event of emergencies.
• A full appreciation of the value of co-operation, both internationally and within a team environment.
• Experience of working with local partners and District Local Government in Child Rights Governance, Health, Nutrition, Education, HIV/AIDS or Child Protection is an added advantage.
• Strong analytical skills and strategic planning abilities.
• Possess the ability to establish and maintain conducive collegial relations and perform effectively as a member of a team.
• Willingness to travel and work in hard-to-reach areas, occasionally under strenuous conditions.
• Computer literacy skills
• Excellent documentation skills are a must.
• Availability and willingness to work extra hours during times of humanitarian responses.
• Highly developed cultural awareness and ability to work well in an international environment with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures
• Ability to intervene with crisis management or troubleshooting as necessary.
• Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills including influencing, negotiation and coaching
• Excellent time management and planning capacity.
• Availability and willingness to work extra hours during times of humanitarian responses.
• Good understanding of Save the Children’s vision and mission and a commitment to its objectives and values.
• Willingness and ability to travel extensively in country.
  Written and verbal fluency in English.