The Horn of Africa Regional Environment Centre and Network, Addis Ababa University (HoA-REC&N-AAU) is a peculiar regional organization established to bridge the gap between policy, knowledge and practice in environmental matters of the Horn of Africa region. The organization is serving as a regional multi-stakeholder platform of knowledge exchange whereby academia, policy-decision makers and practitioners convene to promote environmental conservation and natural resources management. It also facilitates collaboration as well as strengthens and advocates for sustainable development and environmental governance across the Horn of Africa.

HoA-REC&N-AAU has broad goal of curbing the increasing trend of environmental degradation caused by mismanagement and conflicts that is aggravated by climate change, lack of coordination and collaboration to restore degraded ecosystems and to ensure sustainable use of natural resources by supporting local communities to transform their livelihoods, to cope with their changing physical environment in the Horn of Africa countries. This is done by strengthening capacity, raising environmental awareness, improving environmental governance and policy throughout the region by facilitating and stimulating practical and demand driven action research to address societal problems. A detailed overview about HoA-REC&N is available at www.hoarec.org. 

HoA-REC&N is, thus, seeking to hire a professional Finance Manager to support the realisation of its organizational goals.  

Job Summary

The Finance Manager is responsible to ensure that the financial activities are implemented in accordance with the financial guidelines of donors and AAU, see to it that financial activities are carried out efficiently and reliably, undertake financial activities in accordance with guidelines and delegation of authority given to him/her. 

Duty station: Addis Ababa and it may require travel in the Horn of Africa region

Duration: On contract basis (with extension upon professional performance) 

Number: One

Reports to: Administration and finance director 

Job Requirements

Education

• MA/MSc Degree and above in Accounting and Finance 

Relevant Work Experience

• At least 10 years with proven track record and experience in financial management of INGOs that are executing regional or international programmes involving multiple disciplines and partners from the public, civil society organization; private and non-governmental sectors in the Horn of Africa.

Skills required

• Well acquainted with compliance requirement of grants by international organisations and UN funded projects/programmes

• Able to use financial software like SAP, Sunsystem, Peachtree Accounting, Quick Book, 

• Advanced excel analytical tools like Pivotal table, V-Lookup, charts and conditional statements (IF, Sumif, sumifs etc.)

• ACCA-Professional Level

How to Apply

All applications are accepted only through the following e-mail: recruitment@hoarec.org

Send a motivational cover letter, your CV and all relevant credentials in a single pdf format and please write the position that you are applying for on the subject line. 

For further information and detailed duties and responsibilities you can visit www.hoarec.org/opportunities/vacancy

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted