Afghanistan: Head of Finance & Administration

Length of Contract: 01 year (renewable).

The basic annual salary will be GBP 27503 with paid R&R after completion of every 12 weeks, modest housing, 10% hardship allowance and contributory Pension scheme.

ActionAid Afghanistan (AAA) invites applications for its Head of Finance & Administration position. This is one of the Senior Management Team position is reportable to Country Director and will be based in Kabul

Job Summary

This position will ensure sound financial management standards and practices. The incumbent will lead the finance and administration teams to uphold overall financial management and smooth administrative support throughout the organisation. Provide strategic direction for AAA and ensure that that overall strategic objectives are met; the position is also expected to ensure continual improvement in monitoring, control and reporting of expenditures accrued by partner NGOs who receive funds from ActionAid Afghanistan. The position will work as per the standard and practices of this organization and an international accounting system that will enable global financial reporting linked to global MIS.

Key Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Contribute to the development and achievement of the AA Afghanistan’s strategic objectives as a Senior Management Team Member.


• Ensure overall financial integrity of the Country Program in line with financial standards of ActionAid International financial framework and also comply with the government taxation and requirements of law of the land.


• Lead financial planning and budgeting process along with resource planning against regular giving and partnership funds available for the country programme.


• Introduce and maintain system that meets the reporting requirements of the ActionAid International; donors; national government; and in-country management


• Ensure proper cash flow management at country programme level with timely receiving remittances from ActionAid International and to disburse funds to implementing partner NGOs.


• Ensure proper tracking and control of income and expenditure related to ActionAid International and partnership projects’ funds with submission of financial reports as required along with monthly management report for the senior management team.


• Continuously review, evaluate, develop systems & controls mechanism and implement the internal control system in AAA and in partners, to maintain the financial integrity of ActionAid Afghanistan.


• Provide necessary training to finance and non-finance staff of AAA and partner NGOs on financial management in a systematic way.


• Ensure functions related to audit, personnel management, links between finance and other functions, legal issues, interface with the Senior Management Team and financial risk management.


• Lead the Administration team to ensure the proper administrative support such as office security, front desk management, vehicle management, safeguarding of assets, procurement, travel (local & international) etc as and when required.

Required Qualifications & Competencies:

• M.Com/MBA, Chartered Accountant (minimum Intermediate level) will be preferred.


• A minimum of 10 years work experience in a reputed organization, preferably in the NGO sector and 5 years of which should be in senior management position


• Excellent communication and influencing skills


• Excellent leadership capabilities


• High degree of Analytical skills


• Experience of Financial Consolidation/Aggregation Packages. Experience in managing or implementing SUN,VISION & TM1 Systems would be an advantage.


• Commitment to ActionAid’s vision, mission, values and way of working.

Relationships S/he will report to Country Director of ActionAid Afghanistan. S/he has to maintain functional relationship with his/her peers in team, priority and project management team. S/he must be able to communicate with impact with other Strategic Priority Units and Organizational Priority units of ActionAid Afghanistan. The incumbent will also maintain the liaison and networking with ActionAid International / Federation and other ActionAid Country Programmes, at national level and also maintain the relationship with Government and Non Government Agencies, LRP Partners and other stakeholders.

How to apply:

Applications should be sent with your CV and motivation/cover letter to iqbal.hossain@actionaid.org by no later than 20 May 2016. You are requested to highlight in the motivation/cover letter how specifically you meet the criteria for this role. Please mention clearly in the subject line indicate which position you are applying for.

ActionAid welcomes applications from all sections of the community and we promote diversity.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, we regret we will not be able to respond personally to applicants who are not short-listed. If you have not heard from us within two weeks of the closing date, please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion. Recruitment consultancies/agencies should not approach ActionAid with regards to open vacancies. We regret that agency candidates will not be considered