Junior Finance Specialist

GIZ Tanzania and EAC•Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

ContractOnsiteNegotiableCloses Sep 7

Official job description

We are seeking a Junior Finance Specialist to support the GIZ Service Unit finance team in Dar es Salaam. The role provides hands-on exposure to financial planning, expenditure monitoring, donor financial reporting, budgeting, and financial controls while working closely with the Finance Manager and supporting projects across the organization.

Responsibilities

Support projects with financial planning and expenditure monitoring using SAP S/4HANA.
Monitor project costs and financial performance.
Prepare project financial reports according to international donor requirements.
Prepare and follow up on internal and external financial controls.
Draft budgets for new projects and project extensions.
Provide timely financial information to the Head of Service Unit.
Conduct quality assessments of administrative and financial processes.
Work with the Head of Service Unit and Finance Managers to improve and standardize processes.
Collaborate with finance teams in Tanzania and other East African countries.
Perform other finance-related duties assigned by the supervisor.

Requirements

University degree in Business Administration or a comparable field.
Excellent Microsoft Office skills, particularly MS Excel.
Strong attention to detail.
Good organizational skills.
Good communication and interpersonal skills.
Fluency in English.
Previous experience with a Big Four audit firm or financial controlling within a large international company is an advantage.

Required skills & tools

Financial PlanningFinancial ReportingBudgetingCost & Expenditure MonitoringSAP S/4HANAMicrosoft ExcelFinancial ControlsDonor Financial ReportingFinancial AnalysisAttention to Detail

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About the Employer

GIZ Tanzania and EAC

International Trade and Development

GIZ opened its office in Dar es Salaam in 1982, adding further to Germany’s international cooperation with Tanzania since 1975. Currently, GIZ Tanzania focal areas of cooperation are health, water/sanitation and biodiversity. Additionally, on the bilateral level GIZ supports the Tanzanian Government strengthen its public finance system through a co-financed Good Financial Governance programme. At the regional level, we have been advising the East African Community (EAC), based in Arusha, since 1998; the focus here is deepening the economic and social integration of EAC Partner States. Furthermore, GIZ is implementing numerous other projects in Tanzania and the EAC, such as the Employment and Skills for Eastern Africa (E4D/SOGA) programme, a Special Initiative Refugees and Displacement project, Pandemic Prepardness, Promotion of the African Rice Value Chain (CARI), the Natural Resource Stewardship Programme (NatuReS) and the C40 Cities Finance Facility. From Arusha, GIZ also advises the African Court of Human Rights and the EAC on border management issues in the context of programmes with the African Union. InS is running a programme on Organic Cotton in Tanzania. Together with international and Tanzanian companies, GIZ is currently implementing four development partnerships with the private sector, the project Creating Perspectives is also collaborating with the Tanzanian private sector, bringing together local and German companies in mentoring partnerships to scale up their operations and create employment. With a team of around 140 national and 40 seconded employees, three integrated experts and three development workers (as of July 2019), we are committed to sustainable development on the ground. The portfolio of GIZ Tanzania and EAC remains at a high level. From 2009 (€ 21.789 million) to 2018 (€ 29.224 million GnB), income increased by approx. 34%.

HeadquartersDar es Salaam, Tanzania