Manager, Finance - Haiti
Job Description
The Clinton Giustra Enterprise Partnership is continuously developing the pipeline for its growing enterprise portfolio and is currently assessing opportunities to expand in Haiti. As such, a Haiti based Finance Manager is required to further advance current efforts and spearhead the growth of the Clinton Giustra Enterprise Partnership’s footprint in Haiti.
In Haiti, the Enterprise Partnership has facilitated a $1.25M investment in a supply chain impact enterprise startup, Acceso Peanut Enterprise Corporation (APEC). APEC is a peanut supply chain enterprise that provides capacity building and inputs to significantly improve peanut yield and quality, and also purchases peanuts from smallholder farmers at favorable, fixed prices, and sorts, tests and re-sells directly to large buyers and the general market. With its current investment, APEC’s business model will train and support approximately 5,000 growers over five years via a network of 35 depots in the Centre, North and Northeast departments.
- Reporting/Supervisor: General Manager
- Location: Port-au-Prince, Haiti
- Contract: Employee following trial period
- Travel: Up to 25% local travel
Job Responsibility
The financial manager is responsible for all accounting and financial activities related to APEC business operations.
The duties listed below are intended as illustrations of the types of duties that may be performed. The omission of specific duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related or a logical assignment to this position.
- Perform all financial and accounting duties including maintenance of general ledger, fund accounting, cost accounting, payroll, fixed assets and debt service for APEC business activities and special projects;
- Conduct monthly account reconciliations pertaining to banking, accounts receivable, liabilities, revenues, and expenses to ensure transactions are properly recorded and funds are safeguarded and to ensure that funds are balanced;
- Maintain up to date detailed projections for all business activities and grants by year for future five years;
- Perform monthly review of all business activities (sales, administration, field operations) and special projects, report on any deviations from budget or projections and recommend corrective measures;
- Perform monthly internal audit of depot inventories reporting on any deviations from reported stock;
- Ensure all accounting operations comply with professional guidelines and local laws and regulations as well as Enterprise Partnership policies and procedures;
- Oversee invoicing and tracking system for all sales activities;
- Assist in developing and implementing new policies and procedures for better management of all APEC business activities;
- Draft comprehensive annual financial report;
- Work on special projects as assigned
Qualifications
- A Bachelor’s degree major course work in accounting, or finance in business or public administration, or a related field (MBA or Master’s degree in accounting or finance preferred);
- Three (3) years minimum experience with increasingly responsibilities performing financial, accounting and budgetary analyses;
- Auditing, financial analysis and accounting experience;
- Experience in financial reporting for international group of companies preferred;
- Specialized and advanced knowledge of financial accounting principles and theories, statistical and financial analysis and procedures, and principles, practices, and methods of budget preparation and strategic planning and administration;
- MS Office applications, particularly as related to database structure and data collection and reporting methods and sophisticated statistical analysis and data management; financial and comparative analysis techniques and formulas;
- Experience with SAP business management packages a strong plus;
- Oral and written fluency in Haitian Creole and English (fluency in French a strong plus)
The Clinton Giustra Enterprise Partnership & Clinton Foundation maintains a strong policy of equal opportunity in employment. It is our objective to recruit, hire, and retain the most qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation or identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic or status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. Our equal employment philosophy applies to all aspects of employment, including recruitment, compensation, benefits, training, promotions, transfers, job benefits, and terminations.
This job description is intended to convey information essential to understand the scope of the position. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of skills, efforts, duties, or responsibilities associated with the positions.
All applications must be submitted to [email protected]
