War Child Canada works with war-affected communities to help children reclaim their childhood through access to education, opportunity, and justice. War Child Canada has over 15 years of experience working in communities in conflict and post-conflict zones. All work is implemented in direct partnership with local communities, local civil society organizations and other stakeholders using a child-centered approach to development. War Child Canada currently works in Afghanistan, Sudan, South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, and Yemen, and is registered Canadian charity based in Toronto

War Child Canada’s flagship Afghanistan program advances social impact in the lives of vulnerable children, women and their families through its Justice, Education and Opportunity programs with child protection and gender across all its programs. The Afghanistan Country Program is currently undergoing an exciting expansion with newly secured long-term funding for programs in eight provinces Kabul, Kandahar, Nangarhar, Balkh, Samangan, Logar and Badakhshan, and will expand its program to other new provinces.

Key Areas of Responsibilities:

War Child Canada is looking for a strong and dedicated Finance and Grants Specialist to lead and manage its finance, grants, and internal and external compliance functions.

   Finance and Grants Management (60%)

1. Development of robust financial control system (policies, manual, guidelines, bank reconciliations, cash management, etc.) that is in line country laws and WCC standards.
2. Ensure accurate data entry into ledger accounting system, lead improvement and system enhancement work, ensuring good housekeeping.
3. Lead on country budgeting; monitor spending and support program team with preparation of accurate and realistic donor budget
4. Lead on the financial reporting to the HQ and donors.  Focus on continuous improvement and ensure that reports are of high quality.
5. Ensure full compliance to applicable taxes and country labor and financial laws
6. Ensure full compliance with donor contracts, regulation, spending, and reporting.
7. Monitor partners financial management as far as it relates to War Child-funded projects, ensuring compliance with War Child and donor rules and regulations.
8. Conduct at least twice a year monitoring/audit of the local implementing partners if any.

System Improvement (20%)

1. Review of current finance, grants, operational policies and systems and lead on development and ensuring these policies (manual, guidelines, bank reconciliations, cash management, HR, procurement, etc.) are up to date, accurate and aligned with acceptable international standards.
2. Support program and operation staff to instill a practices of internal spot check and audit functions, provide guidelines on best practices and ensure country team are accountable for compliance to internal policies and procedures.
3. Support HR and Logistics team to ensure that all policies and procedures are following financial control systems.

Capacity building and team management (10%)

1. Conduct capacity need assessment of finance and grants team (each staff member); and prepare capacity building plan through coaching, mentoring and tailor-made trainings.
2. Ensure roles are responsibilities are clearly understood by each team member
3. Install effective team management structure and processes: e.g., individual staff annual performance objectives are set, weekly team meetings, teamwork plan, 1:1 meetings and their written record to track progress on performance, take disciplinary actions where required
4. Recruit staff and manage their performance.
5. Ensure that non-finance program managers have full understanding of financial policies and procedures.

Strategic support to SMT (10%)

1. Actively contribute to the senior management team (SMT); by providing timely and accurate information analysis on the financial health of the organization
2. Assist the Country Director and SMT with country strategic planning, annual planning, programmatic and geographical expansion.

Academic Background and Knowledge

• Master’s in finance or in business administration with specialization in finance or accounting.
• At least 5 years of senior management experience both in finance and administration including developing and implementing financial and operational policies and control procedures with preference in the non-profit sector.
• Demonstrable knowledge and experience of successful financial management with preference in conflict or post-conflict zones
• In-depth knowledge of Afghanistan taxation, labor laws, and financial reporting requirement for NGOs
• Demonstrable experience of building capacity of staff
• Previous experience in Afghanistan is mandatory.
• Pashtu or Dari language skills is mandatory.

Interested applicants are invited to send their resume and motivation letter electronically to:  kabulhr@wcc-afg.org 

War Child Canada is an equal opportunity employer; qualified Afghan women are strongly encouraged to apply.

The closing date is December 06, 2023. Please ensure your application email has the subject heading of ‘Finance Manager – Afghanistan HR/WCC-126'. Otherwise, your application will not be considered.  Only those applicants selected for an interview will be notified. No phone calls please.

For more information about War Child Canada, please visit www.warchild.ca