Officer

Level

HR / Admin / Finance

Job Field

Senegal

Location

Dakar, with regional travel

Base

Link to job description

We are currently looking for a Regional Finance Officer to support our team in Senegal.

The Regional Finance Officer will be responsible for ensuring high quality & accurate financial reporting and sound financial management of the IMPACT-managed activities, as well as for providing oversight to the finance teams in the countries where IMPACT operates. The RFO supports country teams, notably the REACH dedicated Finance Officers (FO), in ensuring effective and timely financial management of the IMPACT-managed programmes and assists the Country Coordinators in ensuring effective and timely financial management of the country offices.

The RFO report directly (hierarchical line) to the global Head of Finance (HoF), who (in consultation with Country coordinators) will task him/her and monitor his/her performance.

When supporting a given country team (as decided by the HoF), the work of RFO is also overseen by the Country Coordinator for all delivery (output) matters (i.e., financial reports, budgets, advice to local management, priority of tasks, training to staff etc.).  The RFO will liaise on regular basis with ACTED Finance team as IMPACT/REACH is hosted by ACTED in the field.

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS
  • For this position, salary between 1’980 CHF and 2’040 CHF monthly (before income tax), etc as well as a monthly living allowance of 300 USD
    • NB – IMPACT salaries are strictly determined by our salary grid depending on the grade of the position and the level of education of staff. A location-dependent security and/or isolation adjustment is then applied as a recognition that some staff are required to work in difficult places where living and working conditions are much more difficult than elsewhere.
  • Accommodation and food provided in a guesthouse. Depending on the country situation, a contribution to a housing allowance of up to 75% of country-specific benchmark can be considered instead.
  • Enrolment in Swiss private pension fund (Swisslife – approx. 9.975% of staff gross salary), health insurance, life insurance and repatriation assistance
  • Accompanied status does not apply to this position.
  • Flight tickets every 6 months & visa fees covered (in-country travel costs and professional expenses are fully covered)
  • Contribution to the luggage transportation: between 20 and 100 kgs, depending on the length of the contract (+ luggage and personal property insurance)
  • Annual leave of 36 days per year. Public holidays of the country of assignment. Family/compassionate leave when applicable.
  • Predeparture induction – 3 days at IMPACT Initiatives’s HQ in Geneva + one week pre-departure training in ACTED HQ in Paris, including a 4-days in situ security training;
  • IMPACT prioritizes the psychological safety of its staff and the health insurance provided covers, among others, up to 1000 € per year of psychosocial counselling fees
HOW TO APPLY

Submit your application using the form below. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

In case you encounter challenges using the application form, please contact us via [email protected]