Gerente de Finanzas

The Gerente de Finanzas position is responsible for leading and managing the financial team in Venezuela, ensuring compliance with DRC financial procedures and donor rules. The role involves financial management, budgeting, reporting, audit preparation, and providing technical support to financial teams across the country.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the financial team including recruitment, people planning, performance, wellbeing and development.
• Support development and implementation of financial management capacity of staff.
• Coordinate daily activities of small teams composed of subordinates and/or employees performing similar tasks.
• Implement manager decisions through subordinate employees, deciding how to achieve set objectives.
• Strengthen existing procedures and systems for financial management and control in compliance with DRC Operations Manual, internal Venezuela guidelines and donor requirements.
• Act as focal point for Master Budget and forecast tracking for the national program and update regularly.
• Act as focal point for Budget Follow Up (BFU) for the National Office and consolidate forecasts for all DRC offices in Venezuela.
• Conduct quarterly analyses based on project forecasts, costs to cover and working capital to describe financial performance nationally.
• Ensure timely delivery of quality financial reports to donors and internal reports to colleagues and headquarters.
• Provide monthly financial reports to the relevant manager.
• Ensure thorough and effective budget control in national programs acting as a business financial partner.
• Coordinate with relevant managers on key financial issues for all country programs including co-financing, financial reporting, key variances and corrective actions.
• Review consumption, allocation and revision of Country Office budgets.
• Review and prepare budget proposals including budgeting support costs for the Country Office, collaborating with program managers and support service functions.
• Prepare for internal and external audits.
• Ensure all necessary documentation for financial audits in cooperation with coordination staff and headquarters.
• Ensure monthly meetings with budget holders to discuss major variances, reasons and corrective actions.
• Assist national program in designing relevant financial KPIs.
• Support implementation of financial procedures and provide technical support and advice to financial teams in Venezuela.
• Collect cash forecasts from all base managers and request funds timely.
• Maintain continuous overview of funding levels and pay special attention to shared support costs including staff salaries.
• Ensure compliance with relevant legal and financial obligations such as taxes, levies and statutory declarations.
• Ensure compliance and monthly closing of accounting.
• Ensure maximum use of DRC Dynamics ERP system.
• Responsible for achieving DRC strategic objectives within area of responsibility.
• Make important decisions about unit purpose, functions and resource commitments.
• Manage direct subordinate staff including hiring, firing, goal setting, probation, performance evaluation, staff development and performance management including underperformance.
• Make sound decisions based on DRC policies, POPs, standards and expert technical advice.
• Provide expert advice and support to establish strategy and ensure operational quality and compliance.
• Provide specialized knowledge and operational expertise within a specific discipline.
• Analyze internal processes to propose improvements and avoid task duplication.
• Ensure correct application of ERP financing processes in the country.
• Apply ERP system reports and data analysis to improve country performance.
• Ensure ERP support is in place for the country.

Requirements

• Master's degree from a top university in Finance/Accounting, Business Administration or Economics.
• Minimum 5 years of practical experience in financial management.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in people management.
• Demonstrated experience in budgeting and managing large budgets (multi-year and multi-donor).
• Competence in providing technical guidance and training.
• Experience working with local partners, local/government authorities and consortium modalities.
• Work experience with relevant donors (e.g., UNHCR, WFP, GFFO, ECHO, VHF).
• Excellent interpersonal skills and proven ability to establish effective working relationships at all levels, especially with national staff.
• Strong analytical and conceptual skills, excellent communication skills.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel.
• Experience working with an integrated ERP system – MS Dynamics is a plus.
• Full professional proficiency in Spanish.
• Full professional proficiency in English – minimum B2 level according to CEFR.

Skills

• Finance Management
• Budgeting
• Multi-Year Budgeting
• Multi-donor Budgeting
• People Management
• Technical Guidance
• Training Delivery
• Donor Relations
• Local Partner Engagement
• Government Liaison
• Consortium Management
• Financial Reporting
• Audit Preparation
• Excel
• ERP Systems
• MS Dynamics
• Interpersonal Skills
• Analytical Skills
• Communications Skills

Languages

Spanish, English