The Organization 

Splash is an international charitable organization headquartered in Seattle, WA, founded in 2007. Our mission is simple: “We clean water for kids.” In 15 years, we have reached over 700,000 children in cities around the world. In 2019, we embarked on an exciting, five-year initiative, Project WISE, (WASH in Schools for Everyone), to reach every government school in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and Kolkata, India with improved water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) infrastructure, WASH behavior changes programs and strengthened school-based menstrual health programs. This project will benefit 800,000 children by 2023.

Our core values guide everything we do including every hiring decision we make. they are:

• People - People first. People second. People third. 

• Quality - Beautiful products that function and last. 

• Honesty - No drama, no surprises, no BS.  

• Joy - Kids at heart, seeing potential everywhere. 

• Mistakes - Make them, do not repeat them. 

Splash values the unique skills and experiences everyone brings to the organization, and we are committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible environment for everyone. We provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and qualified applicants for employment. To learn more, please visit www.splash.org. 

Duty Station

This position is based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

The Senior Finance Manager reports directly to the Country Director.

Position Overview

The Senior Finance Manager will 

• Be responsible for managing the financial health of an organization and leads the finance team to ensure financial accuracy and stability. 

• Be responsible for managing daily financial processes and transactions enforcing compliance with finance-related laws, procedures, and regulations such as tax filing and financial reporting.

• Provide direct supervision of finance team, coordinate with Director of Global Finance from HQ to create streamlined accounting processes and provide financial management support to the departments. 

• Work closely with Sr. Operations Manager and Sr. HR Manager to ensure accuracy of payroll data and inventory and other assets data during monthly close process and any other ad hoc projects.

• Work closely with Ethiopia Senior Leadership Team on budget-to-actual and cash monitoring

Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities

Financial Administration, Accounting, and reporting 

• Oversee all accounts, ledgers, and reporting systems ensuring compliance with accounting standards and regulatory requirements. Review and improve processes routinely to ensure efficiency and accuracy. 

• Manage field office accounting team.

• Coordinate with the headquarters finance team and manage the efficiency and accuracy of the monthly financial close process. 

• Ensure timely and accurate upload of the financial transactions in the accounting System 

• Ensure that Payment Requests are sufficiently supported by source documents and required authorizations are in place.

• Manage country office cash flow forecasting by working in partnership with budget owners and budget managers to assess the financial efficacy of program operations and establish finance and administrative systems to support program operations.

• Track the transfer of funds between headquarters and manage accounting and finance records of in-country expenses, including developing tracking and monitoring all financial project activities, and maintaining current project expense data.

• Oversee the accuracy of construction and consultancy payments as per the contractual agreements.

• Ensure that all financial transactions are appropriately documented, coded, and conform with donor and organization guidelines. 

• Ensure accuracy and correctness of month-end bank and cash reconciliations in accordance with the organization’s policies. 

• Managing the payroll function by overseeing payroll processing & ensuring compliance with labor laws and regulations.

• Ensure field office financial documents are submitted to the country office every month.

Financial Process and Internal Controls

• Provide ongoing financial knowledge training to non-finance units, and field office finance teams to strengthen finance knowledge to ensure financial compliance. 

• Work with Headquarters to ensure that the appropriate financial controls, tools, and systems are in place and comply with donor policies, IPSAS standards, internal policies, procedures, and regulations.

• Travel to field location(s) as necessary and provide oversight to field office financial systems and processes.

Audit and Compliance

• Manage External annual audit processes and ensure the report has no material weakness and 20/80 expense allocation is met as per the directive of the Authority for Civil Society Organizations (ACSO)

• Coordinate in-country audits and reports to donors and regulatory bodies. 

• Ensure that all required tax reports to tax authorities (including Income, pension, withholding, and Purchase declaration) are completed, submitted, and archived accurately and on time.

• Maintain internal control and safeguards for receipt of revenue, costs, program budgets, and actual expenditures.

• Implement payment and procurement protocols, including ensuring proper documentation (both hard and soft copies) and adherence to control 

• Ensure procurement is handled in line with Splash’s policies and procurement procedures and Ethiopia’s legal (e.g., CSO rules and regulations) requirements

• Monitor procurement activities closely to ensure that purchasing decisions are in line with the approved budget.

• Actively participate in procurement & tender committees to ensure the organization’s financial & logistic procedures & policies are adhering in each stage throughout the entire procurement process.

Budgeting 

• Assist the Global finance team in the annual budgeting and planning process.

• Prepare monthly budget vs actual expenditures reports to Senior Leadership Team

• Prepare quarterly government expenditure reports and reports quarterly to the program strategy team in Addis and to the regional office in Bahir Dar. 

Other responsibilities

• Staff Management: Responsible for the line management and professional development of direct reports, holding regular 1:1 meetings and undertaking annual appraisal 

• Work closely with cross-functional teams, including HR, operations, and procurement to streamline processes and enhance collaboration.

• Participate in internal and org wide meetings 

Ideal Candidate

• A deep commitment to the overall mission of the organization, its programs, and its approach consistent with Splash’s values. 

• Proven sense of professional competence, integrity, honesty, openness, and sound judgment

• Experienced in managing multiple (at times conflicting) priorities in a well-organized manner and by working at a fast pace.

• Ability to work and collaborate in a team environment, including with remote team members

• Innovative and creative: you constantly seek better ways to accomplish objectives

• You think critically and have demonstrated excellent problem-solving skills

Job Requirements

Qualifications 

• Bachelor's degree in accounting & finance and related fields, or master's preferably.

• At least 5 years of proven work experience as a Finance manager or similar role

• Solid knowledge of financial and accounting procedures and IPSAS

• Solid technology skills including proficiency in MS Office and some familiarity with cloud-based software.

• Professional level of verbal and written fluency in English and Amharic

• Excellent analytical and numerical skills

• Excellent time management skills

• Strong ethics, with an ability to manage confidential data

How to Apply

Submit your application and CV with supporting documents via email: recruitment@splash.org