Senior Finance Analyst – Africa – CIMMYT
Duties and responsibilities
Regional Finance Oversight & Monitoring.
- Support the Regional Finance Manager in monitoring financial performance, compliance, and control effectiveness across country offices within the region.
- Review financial information, key performance indicators, and management reports to identify risks, trends, exceptions, and areas requiring management attention.
- Support implementation of regional finance oversight plans and monitoring activities.
- Assist in evaluating adherence to institutional finance policies, procedures, Delegation of Authority (DoA), and internal control requirements.
- Support monitoring of country office implementation of finance initiatives, policy changes, and institutional priorities.
Compliance Reviews, Quality Assurance & Risk Management.
- Perform risk-based finance reviews and compliance monitoring activities across country offices.
- Support reviews of financial transactions, reconciliations, supporting documentation, and key financial processes.
- Prepare review samples, testing populations, exception analyses, and working papers to support oversight activities.
- Identify policy deviations, control weaknesses, compliance risks, and areas requiring corrective action.
- Support regional risk assessments and monitoring of finance-related risks.
- Assist in strengthening financial governance, compliance practices, and internal control environments across the region.
Audit & Corrective Action Coordination.
- Support coordination of internal audits, external audits, finance reviews, and compliance assessments affecting country offices within the region.
- Maintain tracking of audit findings, review observations, risk mitigation activities, and corrective action plans.
- Monitor progress of remediation activities and follow up with country offices regarding outstanding actions.
- Support reporting of audit observations, risk trends, and implementation status to Regional Finance Managers and relevant stakeholders.
- Assist in identifying recurring issues and opportunities for process and control improvements.
Financial Analysis, Reporting & Data Quality Monitoring.
- Prepare regional finance dashboards, scorecards, monitoring reports, and management information.
- Perform financial analysis and trend reviews to support regional oversight and decision-making.
- Analyze financial data quality, reporting accuracy, compliance indicators, and operational performance metrics.
- Support development and maintenance of regional reporting tools, monitoring frameworks, and analytical models.
- Prepare reports, presentations, and supporting analyses for regional finance reviews and leadership discussions.
Country Office Coordination & Stakeholder Support.
- Coordinate information requests, review activities, follow-up actions, and reporting requirements between country offices, headquarters finance teams, and Regional Finance Managers.
- Support implementation of finance transformation initiatives, process improvements, and system enhancements across the region.
- Assist in communicating finance guidance, best practices, and oversight expectations to country finance teams.
- Support regional finance meetings, workshops, training sessions, and knowledge-sharing activities.
- Build collaborative relationships with country finance teams and key stakeholders across the region.
- Support country Finance teams in operational and financial analysis in hosting services, intercompany transactions, and accounts receivable transactions, where applicable.
- First line of support on SOPs and D365-finance module questions.
- Ad-hoc temporary backstopping for country Finance team members.
Continuous Improvement & Regional Governance Support.
- Support standardization of finance monitoring, reporting, and review methodologies across country offices.
- Contribute to development of monitoring tools, review programs, templates, and working paper standards.
- Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, consistency, transparency, and effectiveness of regional finance oversight activities.
- Support continuous improvement initiatives aimed at strengthening financial governance, compliance monitoring, and organizational performance.
- Promote a culture of accountability, compliance, transparency, and continuous improvement.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Economics, Audit, or related field.
- Professional accounting or audit qualification preferred (CPA, ACCA, CA, CIA, CMA, CISA, or equivalent).
- Minimum 7–10 years of progressive experience in finance, accounting, audit, compliance, internal controls, risk management, or financial analysis.
- Strong understanding of financial controls, compliance frameworks, risk management, and governance principles.
- Experience supporting audits, compliance reviews, financial monitoring, or assurance-related activities.
Method of application
If you are interested and qualified, kindly submit your application via the link provided below,
Deadline 28 Jul 2026.