People in Need (PIN) Philippines is currently looking for a FINANCE & ADMIN MANAGER.
Under the direct supervision of the Head of Systems and Operations/ Country Director, the Finance Manager is responsible for mission economy, mission’s compliance with PIN and donors’ financial and admin procedures and policies. Finance Manager directly manages a small finance team and continuously works on its capacity building.
Duties & Responsibilities:
Financial Management
As a member of the Country SMT:
·        quickly develops strong knowledge and expertise of PIN systems, policies, and procedures;
·        Responsibility for overall country program economy (preparation of operational budget and its regular update, cost allocation planning, proper budgeting, cash flow and cost efficiency monitoring, FX rate risk, etc.)
·        ensures that relevant accounting, financial and administrative management procedures and systems of the country program are in place and used appropriately;
·        provides training of these procedures and systems to project and support staff;
·        ensures that project and country spending monitoring tools are updated and available;
·        monitors project spending and sends early alerts if spending issues;
·        prepares with program leads the expenditure forecasts;
·        prepares internal and donor budgets’ realignments in line with policies and procedures;
·        provides regular financial overview and updates to country and project management;
·        prepares financial and project reporting to the donors and HQ;
·        verifies, corrects, and approves financial and expenditure reports of PIN project partners;
·        manages cashflow of the country program and submits timely and sufficient fund requests;
·        ensures that all transactions are properly accounted for and the financial systems are maintained, under all procedures and controls;
·        plays a key role in expenditure verification, statutory and project audits (either internal or external); and
·        prepares budgets of new projects.
Accounting
·        responsible for integrity, accuracy, punctuality, and completeness of accounting data;
·        responsible of the quality of bookkeeping;
·        Responsible for the quality of posting and documentation of accounting transactions;
·        administers completion of regular accounting closure operations; and
·        ensures that all accounting issues and concerns are administered and acted promptly and responsibly.
Compliance
·        makes sure that PIN Philippines complies with all obligations towards local authorities;
·        ensures timely submission of the SEC reports;
·        ensures that PIN’s registration in the PHL is valid and remains active;
·        obtains any business authorisations;
·        ensures registration and compliance with local administration: SEC, PhilHealth, SSS, …
·        examines irregularities and non-compliance issues and ensure that findings are recorded and followed up with management so that issues can be rectified;
·        ensures quality and completeness of project documentation
·        sets up archiving rules and ensures they are implemented;
·        performs regular checks on proper archiving of accounting, procurement and HR documents; and
·        ensures that conditions and requirements of project donors are known and abided by.