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Role Purpose
The purpose of the Contracts Finance Partner is to oversee and manage the financial systems, processes and budget of donor funded programmes in the Region. This includes effective management of financial risk, compliance, planning, grants provision mechanisms, management reporting and financial analysis for specific programmes. S/he will ensure that finance-related activities within the programmes are established and delivered to the required standards of the financial control framework to enable successful delivery of the project and meet British Council and Donor standards, requirements, audit and reporting needs.
Function Overview
The focus of the role will be the Tfanen project. Tfanen is delivered by the British Council in partnership with EUNIC (the European National Institutes of Culture). EUNIC is Europe’s network of national cultural institutes, with 36 members from all 28 EU member states. EUNIC members work in the arts, languages, youth, education, science, society, inter-cultural dialogue, and development, and join together in 100 clusters globally to collaborate on common projects and programmes to promote the role of culture in the EU’s internal and external relations. The EUNIC cluster presidency (rotating) in Tunis is currently held by the Goethe-Institute.
S/he act as the main point of contact for the project, Country and MENA Regional Teams
for all queries relating to the project finances, planning and forecasting and commercial
information.
The post holder will be accountable for the effective management and reporting of all the programme finances in line with international best practices and corporate, client and programme quality standards. This includes among others: financial control and management, financial planning and delivery, budgeting and forecasting ensuring programme expenditure and income projections are realised, audit management, tax liaison, client invoicing in accordance with both donor requirements and British Council corporate standards. In addition to the principal programme responsibilities the post holder may also provide ad hoc support in any of the following detailed areas as required to support other projects within the MENA region as work priorities and capacity allow.
The focus of the role will be to support the Tfanen project in Tunisia, and other projects carried out across the MENA region as necessary.
Main Accountabilities
Financial planning & Reporting
Risk Management
Qualifications:
The British Council is committed to a policy of equal opportunity and is keen to reflect diversity at every level within the organisation. We welcome applications from all sections of the community. We guarantee an interview to disabled candidates who meet the essential criteria. British Council appointments are contingent on thorough checks. In the UK, and where appropriate systems exist overseas, these include Criminal Records checks.
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