Finance Manager
Confederation of Ethiopian Trade Unions (CETU) Confederation of Ethiopian Trade Unions (CETU)Vacancy AnnouncementPosition: Finance ManagerPurpose of the position• The Project Finance Manager will be responsible for maintaining finance management systems, running and analyzing grant related reports and maintaining sound grant records and files that ensures proper execution of grant activities and utilization of grants funds. The finance manager will be responsible for monitors partners’ compliance/adherence to EU Policies and Procedures, requirements, grantees’ own policies and procedures, and other applicable local laws. The officer will also be responsible for some finance/accounting activities related to one or more projects as assigned by the Senior Finance Director.Key Job Descriptions/Responsibilities:• The Finance manager oversee project that relate directly to project expenses, cash flow and reporting. This requires them to apply accounting procedures while also gathering and analyzing data• The Finance project manager should be able to prepare cost-benefit analyses for projects across departments while identifying areas where cash flow can be improved.• Ensure effective, transparent use of financial resources in compliance with EU and CETU’s, policies and procedures;• Maintain banking relations, plan and monitor country cash flow requirements to ensure the smooth implementation of CETU’s programs.• Provide perioding management reports to responsible bodies, including expenditures by cost centre/project, sub-grantee reporting and other required financial information, in a timely and accurate manner.• Provide standard accounting submissions to CETU’s finance head and donor, including general ledger files, account reconciliations, expenditures by cost centre/project, required sub grantee reporting, as well as other financial information in a timely and accurate manner;• Develop annual budgets and develop and implement grant budgeting and forecasting systems with the other staff;• Supervise financial management of sub-grants to consortium/co applicant implementing partners.• Set up and ensure systems for compliance to EU and statutory rules and regulations.• Organize local external audits according to donor and local government standards;• Support CETU’s internal audits as and when required;• Perform regular risk analysis, identifies the risks and reports them on time;• Ensure that payroll and salary systems function as required;• Work closely with Human Resource colleagues to maintain CETU’s Ethiopia’s salary scale;• Build and work with cross-functional teams. The ability to coordinate across departments and motivate staff members to complete projects according to both internal and external deadlines is vital.• Scheduling and managing timelines is another important part of a finance project manager’s duties. They• Analyze actual performance compared to the action plans of the project• Conduct reviews and evaluations for financial flow• Oversee operations of the financial activities, to meet the goal and objectives, and design a framework for these to be met.• Manage and control the preparation of the project budget.• Analyze the finance with auditors to ensure appropriate monitoring of project finances is maintained.• Correspond with project staff and department to, discussing financial plans and agreeing on future paths to be taken.Working Location: Addis Ababa
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Confederation of Ethiopian Trade Unions (CETU) Confederation of Ethiopian Trade Unions (CETU)Vacancy AnnouncementPosition: Project CoordinatorPurpose of the position• The Project Coordinator will have responsibility for the overall implementation, technical coordination, management and delivery of expected results of the project in ‘Promoting Decent Domestic Work in Ethiopia: Policy Dialogue and Civil Society action to promote and defend the right of domestic workers” in selected areas of Ethiopia. Project Coordinator is responsible for closely supporting implementation of the EU funded project, coordinate project area office activities through the development of annual action plans, effective project tracking, budget tracking and reporting, monitoring and evaluation.Key Responsibilities:• Coordinating CETU’s project activities, in collaboration with the co applicant and partners, beneficiaries and all the other stakeholders.• Responsible for overall planning and implementation of the requirement for effective and efficient manner so that targets and overall program objectives will be achieved• Maintain regular contact with project staff on programmatic issues and oversees the work of the program team.• Coordinating and monitoring CETU’s activities for the project, ensuring the achievement of the foreseen results;• Assuring constant reporting of results implementation to the donor respecting the fixed deadlines and submitting periodic project reports (both narrative and financial ones);• Ensuring compliance with EU rules and regulation during the implementation of the project;• Assuring activities’ implementation according to donor’s prescriptions, ensuring the sustainability of the project and following criteria of good performance.• Monitoring CETU’s partner as well as the operative and financial components of the project.• Providing visibility and communication materials, document good practices of the project success in collaboration with CETU’s staff• Overseeing the implementation of visibility actions foreseen by the project, assuring the compliance with donor’s guidelines (EU);• Maintaining relations with donors and participating actively to the different coordination systems.• Promote and facilitate a knowledge sharing and learning culture across the implementing team• Keep abreast on socio-economic and political changes and undertake timely strategic review of the intervention strategy ensuring relevance of the programWorking Location: Addis Ababa
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