mothers2mothers (m2m) is an Africa-based NGO that unlocks the potential of women to eliminate paediatric AIDS and create healthy families across ten sub-Saharan African countries. m2m trains, employs, and helps empower women living with HIV to work as community healthcare workers in understaffed health centres and underserved communities. Through a peer-to-peer approach, these ‘Mentor Mothers’ deliver a range of health services, advice, and support to women and their families. Started in Cape Town, South Africa in 2001 with an initial focus on preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV, m2m has innovated and built on its strengths and now provides family-centred support for a range of related health and social issues spanning pregnancy, birth, childhood, and adolescence. It also partners with governments and other NGOs on the adoption of its programme to spread the Mentor Mother Model and its benefits. m2m has a track record of scaling its services and proven impact. To date, m2m has reached over 11M women and children under two, and created more than 11,000 jobs for African women living with HIV. For more, visit www.m2m.org.
Finance and Budgeting Analyst – Cape Town
The Finance and Budgeting Specialist will be responsible for development, management, and analysis of project and country budgets, working closely with finance and programme management staff. The Finance and Budgeting Specialist will also be closely involved in any new country start-ups or country closures, supporting among other activities budgeting and forecasting, financial analysis, establishing financial and operational systems compliant to m2m and donor regulations, and setup/closedown of finance and administrative matters (e.g. bank accounts).
Key Performance Areas:
Budgeting and Reporting
Design budget review reports
Develop routine detailed budget vs actual analysis.
Report back to the FBPs (Finance Business Partners), Country Finance Managers, and Project Directors on the detailed differences between budget and actuals.
Work with Country Finance Managers and Project Directors to improve and maintain the monthly budgeting process, including updating and monitoring of budgets in Adaptive budgeting software
Support Corporate Financial Analysis and Systems (CFAS) unit in managing Head Office (HO) Level of Effort (LOE) allocations for project-supported positions within CMU and other departments, maintaining updated LOE data in budgeting software and review and analysis of budgeted LOE vs actual LOE charged
Support CFAS with the preparation of Annual Budgets.
Prepare monthly reports for HO managed awards.
Liaise with Project Directors to track expenditures, analyse spending trends and update forecasts.
Award Management
Support CFAS in cash reconciliation of all projects (Award Currency and Cash Received) with guidance from the FBP.
Manage finances for HO-managed awards, including oversight of budget, monitoring project budget and expenditure, conducting financial review of procurement actions, leading Resource Review meetings and actioning follow-ups, preparing and timely submitting donor deliverables.
Follow up with Country Finance Managers on action points from monthly resource review meetings related to budgeting.
Track country finance reporting milestones and ensure all reports are submitted by the finance managers and FBP’s.
Support CFAS with set up and management of new awards/projects, cost share allocations on projects, award/project close out and updating thereof in NAV and Adaptive system tools
Play a critical role in start-up or close down of projects. Maintain a schedule of project timelines to assist the FBP in following up with finance managers for projects that are closing.
Ad Hoc
Stand in for FBP and Finance Pricing Analyst in their absence, which may also include presenting project/country financial analysis during monthly Senior Management Group (SMG) finance presentation
Review support documentation for payments in countries with no Country Finance Manager
Assist with processing of project modifications (both internal and external) upon receipt from Grants & Compliance.
Prepare ad hoc reports to donors in the SA, UK, or US entities.
Support the FBP and Finance Pricing Analyst with preparation of proposal budgets
Qualifications and Experience:
Recently qualified Chartered Accountant or Bachelor’s Degree in Business and/or accounting (articles experience would be desirable)
At least 5 years in a finance analytical role
Experience with analysing data and performance and preparing reports on this analysis
Experience in budgeting and forecasting processes
Highly proficient on Excel
Proficient or a quick learner on budgeting software and accounting packages
Knowledge of institutional donor requirements (i.e., EU, FCDO, SIDA, UN agencies, Global Fund, and US government, etc.), would be advantageous
Competencies:
Focused and versatile team player that is comfortable working in high-pressure environment
Excellent analytical and problem solving skills
Structured and process driven
Excellent interpersonal skills; ability to work on own and within various teams
Ability to communicate clearly at all levels with clarity and precision both written and verbally to a finance and non-finance audience
Ability to manage competing tasks; ability to independently prioritize and produce high level output consistently
Able to adapt and be comfortable to work in a matrix managed environment
Bilingual in English and Portuguese would be advantageous, though not required.
mothers2mothers is an equal opportunity employer. We particularly encourage applications from people living with HIV and AIDS (PLWHA), people with disabilities, women and previously disadvantaged people. Competitive salary packages will be negotiable in accordance with m2m’s remuneration policies.
To Apply:
Interested applicants should apply for this position via https://m2m.org/who-we-are/careers/ by 25 March 2022.