Deputy Director Finance

**Background** The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world's worst humanitarian crises and helps people survive and rebuild their lives. Founded in 1933 at the behest of Albert Einstein, IRC provides life-saving care and assistance to refugees forced to flee war or disaster. Today, IRC works in more than 40 countries and 22 cities in the United States, restoring peace, dignity, and hope to millions of people who have been uprooted and are struggling to survive. IRC opened its country program in Mali in 2012. Programs range from humanitarian to recovery activities, with a focus on child protection, education, economic wellbeing, nutrition, health, and water and sanitation. IRC works in northern, central, and southern Mali, where conflict and drought have displaced hundreds of thousands of people both within Mali and in neighboring countries. The humanitarian situation in the north remains fragile, and while the needs of internally displaced people and crisis-affected host communities are significant, access to deliver humanitarian assistance is an ongoing challenge. IRC works in northern Mali to provide essential WASH, education, and health services at a critical time, alongside child protection and economic wellbeing programs in the most remote areas. **Job Overview / Summary :** As a member of the Mali Country Program Senior Management Team (SMT), the Deputy Director of Finance provides the leadership and management needed to ensure the country program has the financial infrastructure and systems required to support the organization's strategic vision. The role contributes to the development of the country program's strategic and operational plans and monitors their execution through focused, rigorous financial analysis. The Deputy Director of Finance is responsible for the overall policy and management of the country program's finance and accounting functions, with an emphasis on financial management practices and systems that comply with U.S. and local legislation and donor requirements, and that support effective program implementation. The Deputy Director of Finance oversees all aspects of strategic and operational finance in compliance with IRC's financial control standards, working closely with the Country Director and the other Deputy Directors (Programs, Operations, and People & Culture) to maintain a strong level of performance across internal policies and procedures, and to jointly develop solutions to issues as they arise. Based in Bamako, the Deputy Director of Finance reports to the Country Director, with a technical reporting line to the Regional Director of Finance. **Key Responsibilities** **1. Strategic Planning & Analysis** - Provides financial information that supports the Country Director in making business decisions aligned with IRC, regional, and country program strategies. - Provides strategic analysis on the overall financial health of the country program to the Country Director and the SMT. - Contributes to and provides feedback on the development of the country program's Strategic Annual Plan. **2. Internal Control and Accounting** - Ensures that all national financial practices are in line with IRC and donor policies and procedures. - Ensures that monthly balance sheet reconciliations are performed in a timely manner. - Manages the activities and schedules of the finance department to meet the requirements and deadlines set by management and donors. - Identifies requirements and develops reporting templates to facilitate the management of country operations and the monitoring of grant expenditures. - Oversees and approves the preparation of all financial reports to donors, ensuring compliance with accounting, legal, and contractual requirements, and their review by the Country Director and the Regional Director of Finance prior to submission. - Ensures that internal controls over operations are carried out regularly across the country program. - Oversees, in collaboration with the Audit and Internal Control Officer, external, internal, donor, and government audits. - Keeps abreast of the Malian government's legal and fiscal requirements and ensures they are respected. - Closely monitors all financial activities and keeps the Country Director advised of any situation with the potential for a negative impact on internal controls or financial performance. - Leads the roll-out of new or updated global finance policies and procedures within the country program, establishing supplementary in-country finance procedures as required. - Provides country management and program staff with regular actual-to-budget expenditure reports and analysis for all grants and unrestricted funds. - Initiates corrective actions to address internal control weaknesses identified through audits or internal control reviews. - Enforces internal control policies and procedures to protect the country program's assets (cash, inventory, non-expendable property). - Serves as the principal liaison

Source

ReliefWeb

Sector

Administration/Finance

Contract

Job

Education level

No précisé

Experience

5-9 years

Deadline

30/11/2026 00:00