Duties and Responsibilities:

• Lead and coordinate the development of annual plans and budgets for the project in collaboration with the Finance and Operations Director.
• With the Finance Operations Director, prepare annual budgets to be presented to the Chief of Party for approval.
• Plans and tracks financial and administrative activities with project staff to evaluate needs for implementation.
• Prepares periodic financial, statistical, and operational reports as assigned.
• Supervises the Finance Department staff on a day-to-day basis ensuring that work is prioritized to meet deadlines, coordinate workload for the team, ensure viable staff coverage of the Department, and provide support and training as appropriate.
• Carry out bank reconciliations for project  accounts, investigating any unusual items and preparing them for review by the Finance and Operations  Director
• Assist the Finance and Operations Director with the annual budget process and execution.
• Manages USD and local currency bank accounts for funding project expenses.
• Oversees accounting procedures according to REACH Ethiopia’s accounting policies and ensures timely and accurate entering of project expenses.
• Manage budget to ensure that budget line items are expended as per approved budget.
• Conducts regular reviews of the petty cash register.
• Review payroll for staff.
• Prepare and revise finance and operation guidelines so that they adhere to Government/ACSO, USAID, and other donors’ requirements