FINANCE MANAGER

Position: Finance Manager
Grade: Level 9
Location: SIRCS headquarters, Honiara
Reporting to: Secretary General (line reporting), National Board Treasurer (indirect)
Position Type: Full Time
Probation: 6 months
Appointment length: 12 months (Renewed dependent on Performance Review)
Terms and Conditions: The SIRCS terms and Condition of Employment bind this position. Annual, Sick and long service leave accruals will apply pursuant to the Solomon Islands Labour Act.
Code of Conduct: All staff and Volunteers must sign and adhere to the SIRC Code of Conduct.

Purpose of the role: The Finance Manager is responsible for providing financial and administrative oversight in the Solomon Island Red Cross Society (SIRCS). The role provides leadership and manages daily financial operations, leads budgeting & reporting and is responsible for ensuring adherence to internal financial policies, donor requirements, and legal regulations. The role provides analysis to the senior management team and ensures every employee, volunteer, members, interns within SIRCS is well-trained to understand and comply with SIRC financial procedures. The role has day-to-day engagement with a range of commercial activities including commercial and rental properties, First Aid, restaurants and catering, public fundraising to ensure compliance and commercial viability and legal compliance.

Key Responsibilities:

• Financial Oversight and Leadership: Oversee all finances of the national Society including branches, commercial activities, development programs and the Special Development Centre.
• Financial Operations: Manage daily financial operations, including cash flow, banking, payments, and accounting systems.
• Budgeting & Reporting: Lead the annual budgeting process, prepare financial reports, and develop forecasts.
• Compliance & Audit: Ensure adherence to internal financial policies, donor requirements, and legal regulations, including preparing for audits.
• Strategic Advice: Provide accurate financial information and analysis to the Senior Management Team for decision making.
• Capacity Building: Mentor, lead, and manage finance team staff to improve quality service and accountability and ensure the SIRC network is a well-trained to understand and comply with SIRCS financial procedures.
• Governance engagement: Oversee the smooth functioning of the Finance Audit, Risk Committee and ensure the FARC requests are met in a timely manner.
• Ensure statutory compliance: Ensuring compliance with statutory, audit, and tax requirements in the Solomon Islands and within the IFRC network.
• Commercial activity oversight: Ensure all SIRCS commercial activities, including commercial and rental properties, first Aid, restaurants and catering, public fundraising are commercially viable, profit making and financially and legally compliant.

Key Duties:

• Ensuring the finance team completes all essential financial tasks such as; managing payments and receivables, payroll, monthly bank reconciliations, monthly reporting (internal and external) and annual audits
• Ensuring the accounting system and finance manual (including finance policies and procedures) are kept up to date and are adhered to
• Compiling data from the accounting system to prepare reports for management and stakeholders
• Analysing reports and providing advice on how potential decisions will affect the organisation
• Producing financial reports related to budgets, account payables, account receivables, expenses etc for internal and external audiences
• Preparing the annual financial accounts and supporting the Treasurer to audit these accounts annually
• Ensure all project finances are well kept and integrated fully into the SIRC finance system.
• Preparing and providing regular finance training to Red Cross staff and volunteers on various relevant topics
• Preparing, reviewing, monitoring and managing budgets, working in collaboration with program (non-finance) staff
• Developing and implementing strategies that manage and control the funds and financial assets of the organisation, therefore minimising fraud and financial risks
• Manage and mentor finance team staff

Qualifications and profile required

• Relevant university degree (Business Administration, Accounting or equivalent)
• Professional qualification in accounting (Chartered accountant, CPA or equivalent)

Knowledge, skills and experiences required

• Minimum of 5 years of relevant professional experience
• Proven good judgment and ability to work with complete integrity and confidentiality, acting as a model of highest integrity in personal capacity and at team level.
• Experience in team management and remote support
• Service minded, ability to lead, delegate and manage from distance
• High degree of discretion, tact and sensitivity with internal and external stakeholders
• Good ability in negotiation, networking and communication
• Advanced knowledge of accounting concepts
• Knowledge of International Financial Reporting Standards or equivalent
• Knowledge of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent movement will be an asset

The Solomon Islands Red Cross Society is an organization involved in emergency, early recovery and development program. Therefore, all the Solomon Islands Red Cross Society staff have to be available at any time in order to respond to any emergency work, should the need arise.

All the Solomon Islands Red Cross Society staff must agree to and sign the Child Protection Policy and Code of Conduct as well as providing a current police clearance. This is a condition of employment.

All Applications must be emailed to: information@redcross.org