Associate Director - Finance

Key responsibilities

Strategic financial leadership

Serve as a key member of the management team, collaborating with the leadership to define and execute the organization’s long-term strategy.

Partner with the Director of Finance & Operations to ensure seamless alignment between strategic vision and day-to-day financial management, fostering a high-performing and collaborative finance team.

Drive financial scenario planning, risk assessment, and decision-making to position AECF for sustainable growth and impact.

Ensure financial systems and staffing are equipped to support expansion, new programs, and operational complexity.

Financial management and planning

Ensure that effective internal controls are in place and that compliance with IFRS and all applicable laws and rules for financial and tax reporting is maintained.

Direct and oversee all aspects of the Finance & Accounting functions of AECF.

Provide timely and accurate analysis of budgets, financial reports, and financial trends to assist the Board and senior management team in executing their responsibilities and ensuring that all tax, audit, and compliance aspects are addressed in a timely manner.

Oversee budget management, ensuring targets are met without exceeding budget allocations, and develop procedures to measure cost-effectiveness, including variance reporting.

Ensure AECF’s compliance with relevant accounting standards and reporting in AECF’s countries of operation.

Oversee the company’s transaction processing systems, monitoring cash balances, developing

Cash projection processes and providing timely financial information and reports.

Ensure timely, accurate, and transparent financial reporting to donors and other partners as required.

Oversee the production of cash flow reports, annual budgets, and forecasts.

Develop financial and tax strategies, together with performance measures and monitoring.

Support the acquisition of capital assets and ensure that assets are properly recorded, amortized, and disposed of as appropriate.

Management of the Finance team and accountability for its performance and decisions.

Support to investments team

Engage and partner actively with the investments team as they identify opportunities to expand funding sources, modeling and designing funding structures that align financial strategies with fundraising goals.

Conduct financial modeling for strategic projects and initiatives to support data-driven decision-making.

Industries:Non-profit Organization Management

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