Financial Compliance Officer Job at The Nature Conservancy… See details on how to apply for the opportunities available at The Nature Conservancy.
Description:
The Nature Conservancy is a charitable environmental organization, headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, United States. Founded in 1951, The Nature Conservancy has over one million members and has protected more than 119,000,000 acres of land and thousands of miles of rivers worldwide.
Responsibilities:
- Ensures programmatic commitments, TNC policies and procedures, financial standards and legal requirements are met and managed for compliance.
- Lead person for audit planning and managing auditors to ensure they carry out audit activities promptly; guide audit implementation, and support in development and signing of audit reports.
- Provides audit and financial review support to the Africa Region by reviewing financial statements and audited reports.
- Promote a complete audit trail culture in the support documentation of all financial transactions.
- Maintain register of audit recommendations from financial audits, follow up and keep track of the implementation of audit recommendations until they are closed.
- Ensure the accuracy and timeliness of accounting transactions such as journal entries
- Reinforces consistency in the organization’s policies and procedures and provides support related to the relevant field.
- Ensure tax, filing, compliance and other regulatory certifications for the region are made.
- Liaise with regions accounting vendors, Operations Administrators and Finance Specialist on tax filings, compliance and certification.
- Maintains current knowledge of local government requirements related to finance and align with tax and other legal requirements.
- Provide training to staff and partner organizations on compliance aspects e.g., Standard Operating Procedures, Tax matters.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration or related field and 4 years’ related experience or equivalent combination.
- Experience with relational databases especially MS Excel and accounting packages.
- Experience using accounting and financial reporting systems.
- Experience in manipulating, analyzing & interpreting data.
- Experience with technical command of spreadsheet programs, general ledger reports and other financial management tools.
- Experience in supporting multiple projects in various locations and/or countries.
- Experience with government regulations related to grants and contracts.
- Professional certification such as a CPA or CIA, or a candidate for same.
How to Apply
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Application Deadline: 30th January 2022
