Opportunity Type: Job
FINCA International - The Foundation for International Community Assistance
El Salvador
About the Organization:
FINCA International, one of the world's leading MFIs, provides financial services to more than 700,000 clients through 21 wholly-owned and operated subsidiaries in Africa, Eurasia, Latin America and the Greater Middle East.
About the Job:
FINCA International is currently looking for a Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for FINCA El Salvador, to be based in San Salvador.
Tasks and Responsibilities:
- Managing all finance and accounting activities of FINCA El Salvador, and supervise its entire finance staff;
- Ensure that the finance activities will support FINCA El Salvador in pursuing its mission with a minimum of risk and a maximum of efficiency;
- As a member of the Management Team/ Board, s/he shares responsibility for the overall performance and activities of FINCA El Salvador, and participates in making decisions on material issues.
Qualifications:
- Degree in Accounting with CPA/ ACCA or Chartered Accountancy equivalent required, Master’s Degree is preferred;
- Minimum experience of 5 years;
- International experience desirable, exposure working in the region an asset;
- Extensive experience in best-practice financial management of a company, desirably a bank or other regulated financial institution, experience working for the big 4 audit firms an asset;
- Financial analysis- long/ med/short term financial planning;
- Experience of working with US GAAP or IAS;
- Demonstrated abilities in budget preparation and management and general ledger management;
- Treasury management;
- Thorough understanding of operational risk of a financial institution;
- Proficient in MS Office suite, good understanding of IT issues and the role and possibilities of IT in financial management, familiarity with implementing and working with complex integrated management information and accounting systems (including database management);
- Fluency in English and Spanish required.
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