Finance & Operations Manager

Job Title: Finance & Operations Manager

Reporting to: Country Programme Director

Contract Type: Full time (Hours)

Principal Location: Bangui, Central Africa Republic

Annual Salary: USD 25,000 – 30,000

Desired Start Date: ASAP

About Street Child

Street Child believes that every child deserves the chance to go to school and learn. Our projects focus on a combination of education, child protection and livelihood support to address the social, economic, and structural issues that underpin today’s education crisis. We partner with local organisations and communities to deliver our locally rooted programmes, using evidence to drive learning and the refinement and scale up of programmes to create maximum impact for the most children at the lowest cost. We pride ourselves on being willing to go to the world’s toughest places where others won’t, including remote, hard-to-reach areas and fragile, disaster-affected states across sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Since 2008 we have helped over 1.6 million children to go to school and learn.

Part 1:  Role Purpose:

Role Purpose:

The Finance and Operations Manager will be responsible for the financial management, operational and personnel management oversight of Street Child’s CAR programme, reporting to the Country Programme Director. The manager will oversee all finance operations including budgeting, forecasting, and timely grant and programme reporting. The role also includes responsibility for HR and operations in CAR, specifically managing recruitment processes, contracts, compliance with CAR’s laws and standards. This position will have one report, the CAR Finance and Admin Assistant.

Part 2:  Key Responsibilities:

Key Responsibilities

1. Financial Management

• Lead annual budget preparation and financial planning in support of the Country Programme Director and regional finance team.
• Ensure accurate, timely financial reporting including monthly statements, cash flow forecasts, and budget variance reports.
• Maintain strict compliance with Street Child financial policies, donor contractual obligations, and local regulations.
• Oversee the accounting system, daily data entry, and complete monthly bank reconciliation (by the 5th of each month).
• Monitor grant budgets, support proposal development, and provide financial analysis to inform planning and decision-making – in close collaboration with the program team – and including travel to field operations
• Manage cash flow, bank relationships, and timely vendor payments.
• Support grant proposals and budget submissions.
• Supervise and develop finance staff, promoting a culture of accountability and transparency.
• Proactively identify and mitigate financial and compliance risks.
• Lead the preparation, coordination, and follow-up of donor audits in collaboration with the regional finance team - ensuring all financial records, supporting documentation, and processes are audit-ready, and that findings and recommendations are addressed in a timely and effective manner.

2. Procurement

• Develop procurement plans aligned with project timelines, donor regulations and local laws and ethical sourcing standards.
• Manage the full procurement cycle: supplier identification, bidding, proposal evaluation, and contract negotiation to secure favorable terms and cost-saving opportunities.
• Maintain accurate procurement records, vendor databases, and KPI reporting.
• Identify and mitigate supply chain risks, ensuring quality control across all goods and services.

4. Operations

• Develop and maintain organisational policies for procurement, administration, and logistics in line with best practices, Street Child policies and donor requirements.
• Forecast and coordinate logistical needs with programme teams, including disaster response preparedness.
• Negotiate and manage service agreements with contractors and providers.
• Maintain an accurate asset register, monitoring usage, maintenance, and depreciation.
• Oversee office setup, infrastructure, and coordination of repairs through external service providers.
• Lead security operations for the country programme, assisting the Country Programme Director in the training, development, and implementation of security protocols to safeguard staff and assets across all project sites, in liaision with Street Child's global operations and security teams

5. Human Resources

• Coordinate end-to-end staff recruitment, onboarding, and offboarding processes.
• Ensure administrative HR follow-up (leave, sick leave, staff database) is maintained in accordance with current policies.
• Oversee personnel file management (paper and electronic) in MS Teams and field offices, in line with archiving procedures.
• Support Programme Director to ensure compliance with the Labour Code, Code of Conduct, and organisational guidelines.
• Liaise with Street Child's global HR team on all HR matters, in collaboration with the Country Programme Director.

6. Other

• A strong commitment to Street Child's vision, mission, and values
• Adhere to all Street Child’s policies and procedures
• Able to represent Street Child appropriately both internally and externally
• Carry out all reasonable requests that are within the broad remit of the role

Part 3:  Person Specification        

Essential:

• A qualified accountant with a degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration or its equivalent.
• At least 5 years of senior financial management experience, with preference given to those having worked in an NGO/INGO setting.
• Proven financial analysis and forecasting ability.
• Experience managing a large annual budget ($1m+)
• Demonstrable experience in training and leading a team.
• Experience in managing finance and operations for multiple projects
• Proven experience in donor reporting
• Excellent proficiency in Microsoft Office and large datasets
• Should have skills in using accounting software packages
• Knowledge of institutional donor regulations, procedures and requirements
• Excellent written and spoken proficiencies in French

Desirable:

• Experience working in CAR or the Great Lakes Region.
• Experience in managing teams.
• Experience in HR
• Written and spoken profiency in English
• Strong analytical, reporting, strategic thinking, and planning skills.
• Fluency in additional languages relevant to CAR’s context.

Street Child’s commitment to Safeguarding

Street Child is committed to the safeguarding and protection of the communities we serve, our partners, our volunteers, and our staff.

As part of this commitment to safeguarding, all offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate background checks, including a Criminal Records check. 

Street Child also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this Scheme, we will request information from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. For purposes hereof, the following definitions will be used:

Sexual exploitation: refers to any actual or attempted abuse of a position of vulnerability, a power differential, or trust, for sexual purposes, including, among other things, with the aim of profiting pecuniarily, socially, or politically from the sexual exploitation of another.

Sexual abuse: refers to actual physical harm or threat of physical harm, of a sexual nature, which may occur by force, or in situations of inequality, or coercive conditions.

To apply:

Street Child welcomes applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age. 

Female applications are particularly encouraged.