Senior Finance Manager

**WORLD VISION VIETNAM**

**WVV Senior Finance Manager**
- Work base: Hanoi

For detailed Job advertisement, Job description please find on World Vision Vietnam 's career page:
WVV Senior Finance Manager - Head Quarter - World Vision Vietnam (wvi.org.vn)

**TERMS OF REFERENCE**

**WORK CONTEXT / BACKGROUND**

World Vision is a Christian relief and development organization working to create lasting change in the lives of children, families and communities living in poverty. World Vision (WV) serves all people regardless of religion, race, ethnicity or gender. As a child-focused organization, WV’s work focuses on children, ensuring they are protected and their basic needs are met. World Vision Vietnam (WVV) has been funded from 13 support countries in Europe, Asia, the Americas and Australia. Funding of WVV consists of sponsorship program funding (70%) and PNS/grants (30%). WVV employs about 430 staff, of which 93% are Vietnamese nationals.

WVV is operating in 4 zones: North 1 (Hoa Binh, Dien Bien), North 2 (Yen Bai, Tuyen Quang, Hai Phong), Central (Thanh Hoa, Quang Tri and Da Nang) and South (Quang Nam Quang Ngai, Binh Thuan, Ho Chi Minh, DakNong). WVV’s Area Program (AP) usually focuses within one administrative district of a province which populated by ethnic minority people with high rates of poverty. A uniqueness of WVV’s Development Program Approach (DPA) is that AP team members are based at district level where the AP is located, which enables them to work closely with government partners and communities on a daily basis. Beside the APs, WVV is also implementing different Special and Grant Projects to meet the specific needs of vulnerable children in both AP and non-AP areas.

Finance is strategic support function of WVV with the main responsibilities of maintaining and strengthening the accountability and stewardship over the financial resources being entrusted to the organization.

In addition to the requirements of professional and educational background, staff working for the Finance function are required to possess a strong characteristic of honesty and integrity, as well as the ability to arrange and work under high pressure to meet very strict deadlines of financial reports submission.

**PURPOSE OF POSITION**

Provide overall leadership and oversight to all aspects of financial management in the National Office (NO), ensuring effective financial management, better compliance, better controls as well as reasonably simplified procedures.

This position is seen as a strategic partner, member of the Senior Management/Leadership Team of the NO, with a focus on ensuring accountability, stewardship, coordinating planning and budgeting processes, providing accurate financial data, analysis and advices, as well as developing financial strategy that best serves the NO strategic and program objectives.

Responsible for strengthening finance staff capacity, the development and implementation of good internal controls, risk management, and utilization and safeguarding of assets according to WV approved policies and procedures.

**MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES**

**1. Leadership, Capacity Development and Strategic Partnering (30%)**
- Provide strong and positive leadership to the finance department ensuring competent and motivated staff are hired and retained, providing efficient delivery of services.
- Coordinate professional and personal development of finance staff through adequate orientation, on-the-job coaching, identification of learning, training needs and opportunities (e.g. in accounting, SunSystems, grant management, risk management, leadership, etc.); and succession planning.
- Model Christ-centered servant leadership and provide spiritual leadership to his/her team members.
- Support ND, Operations, and other non-finance staff in understanding and interpretation of financial statements.
- Ensure partnership finance policies and procedures are understood by Senior Management, Operations/Technical staff, Communities, and Local Partners as appropriate.
- Develop strong networks internally (other NOs, SOs and partnership entities) and externally (other NGOs, banking entities, communities, etc.) through effective communication, relationships and twin citizenship.
- Promote shared resource networks within the region, and the partnership.
- Participate in high level meetings with donors.
- Take lead, coordinate with functional departments, lead Finance team in providing support APs/projects during emergency response in the targeted areas/zone when needed to ensure humanitarian standards and accountability.
- Build capacity for sub-grantees in financial management.

**2. Stewardship (10%)**

Ensure adequate cost efficiency and effectiveness measures are in place and are being followed through:

- Providing cost analysis, promoting benchmarks and making recommendations for determining effective resource utilization at all levels.
- Contributing to the development of appropriate policies and procedures f