TERM: 
Full-time (100% workload)
JOB DESCRIPTION: 
Finance and Compliance Manager (FCM) is responsible for country programme cost allocation, finance management, and financial reporting. He/ she will supervise financial project management and manage financial risks. FCM is responsible for the general operations of the country programme and its offices in a way that the projects can effectively deliver their objectives. Finance and Compliance Manager is a member of the country-programme management team and contributes to strategic decision-making and operations. He/ she will work closely with Country Director in order to set up an efficient and safe working environment for all staff members. Finance and Compliance Manager has to have general knowledge of Armenian legislative and supervise a mission accountant and cooperate with a HQ accountant if needed. Finance and Compliance Manager is in regular contact with HQ Finance desk officer.
RESPONSIBILITIES: 
Country programme economics: the FCM is responsible for annual country programme budget, overhead costs management, financial tools management, and cash flow։
- Draw and maintain country programme overall budget;
- Consolidate budgeting of project direct costs, project and country programme indirect costs, as well as needs of projects co-financing;
- Responsible for annual operating budget preparation;
- Optimize financial resources' allocation to cover operations costs;
- Monitor and notify HQ about crucial operations costs misbalance as compared to the total country programme budget (adequate to the country programme current circumstances);
- Ensure correct use of financial systems (Navision, ELO, budget monitoring tools, etc.) and provide training and support to other members of the country programme;
- In the field of cash flow coordinate country programme outlay and income planning, ensure timely disbursement of donors installments to PIN, compile and approve mission money requests to HQ;
- Coordinate the whole process of financial year closure on country programme level, and be responsible for complying with PIN year closing schedule deadlines.
Project finance management: the FCM is responsible for budgeting and reporting, and gives methodological support to programme staff:
- Responsible for financial data completeness and correctness before the start of financial report drawing and in case of discrepancies, coordinate with HQ and ensure remedy;
- Ensure correct contract template is chosen by programmes or communicate with HQ Legal Department in order to prepare suitable contract if needed;
- Responsible for her/ his part of ELO workflow approvals (electronic approval system of contract and invoices);
- Calculate ratio of direct, operational and HQ related costs (DOH analyses);
- Ensure that data is correctly transformed into budget and reporting formats required by donors;
- Responsible for adherence to finance reporting deadlines;
- Coordinate financial and administrative project management with the Country Director and project managers and provide them with economic overviews and interpretations;
- Review the partners' financial reports, provide feedback and ensure PIN local partners' financial capacity building;
- During statutory audit, cooperate and supply HQ with required information and documents.
Cross-cutting duties and responsibilities:
Compliance: the FCM is responsible for compliance with internal procedures, donors' rules and Country specific regulations and legal framework։
- Have sound knowledge and follow administrative, financial and operational standards and procedures;
- Responsible for setting up financial and administrative systems and procedures compliant with PIN internal requirements as well as country specific regulations, and staff's adherence to them;
- Be familiar with donors' fin/ admin regulations and provide support in this field to other country programme members in order to ensure that donors' rules are complied with;
- Follow the PIN's Code of Conduct and the Key PIN Policies;
- Follow, respect and encourage the team to use PIN's administrative management systems ELO and Navision.
Document circulation and archiving: the FCM is taking part in archiving of financial, administrative and operational documentation։
- Take part in setting up the overall country programme archiving system and provide methodical guidance in this field to other country programme colleagues;
- Responsible for the country programme finance-related documents' correct physical as well as electronic archiving (in compliance with internal rules and local rules, if there is any specific regulation in this field).
Human resources and capacity development։ as a manager, the FCM is responsible for adherence to human resources (HR) procedures and for capacity development:
- Ensure his/ her team has an adequate size and composition;
- Manage his/ her team in compliance with PIN RDD HR procedures (recruitment, induction, evaluation, etc.);
- In compliance with RDD HR strategy, develop and boost his/ her team capacity.
Internal communication։
- Contribute to the Weekly Standard communication and regular internal reporting;
- Fulfill any other job-related task as required.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS: 
- Degree in Finance or Accounting;
- At least 3 years of relevant work experience in finance management;
- Knowledge of the Armenian legislation;
- Innate problem-solver;
- Highly organized person with attention to details;
- Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines;
- Ability to organize and plan effectively;
- Strong sense of integrity and willingness to pass the knowledge to others;
- Fluency in English and Armenian languages;
- Good working knowledge of MS Office and high-level computer literacy.
APPLICATION PROCEDURES: 
Interested candidates should submit the following documents:
- Cover letter (in English language);
- CV (in English language);
- Contacts of three (3) references (including the supervisor in the most recent work assignment if relevant).
The above mentioned should be sent to: **.*******@************.** with a subject heading "Finance and Compliance Manager". Incomplete applications will not be considered. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for more details and the interview.
Please clearly mention in your application letter that you learned of this announcement through Career Center and mention the URL of its website - www.careercenter.am. Thanks.
ADDITIONAL NOTES: 
The job requires constant travels around Armenia.