Employment is a dream for many, but often, the Failure to be called for an Interview can be a significant barrier. BRAC Tanzania is stepping up to hiring Finance and Operations Manager who wish to pursue their dreams job at BRAC. Here pickallnews.com, With substantial opportunity available for all qualified applicants, the BRAC Tanzania is inviting applications to fill mentioned vacant below;
BRAC Tanzania
One of the biggest suppliers of non-formal education worldwide is BRAC. Since 2002, we have been operating schools both globally and in Bangladesh for more than 30 years. In addition to running an international pre-primary school program in Bangladesh, Tanzania, and Uganda, BRAC is expanding the markets for early childhood development (ECD) in these same nations for children ages three to five through our “Play Labs” initiative. This involves the running of thirty play labs in Tanzania that are supported by the Yidan Prize and co-located with the Tanzanian government.
In Tanzania, BRAC Enterprises Tanzania Limited (BETL) is a legally recognized private corporation. As a social company, BETL is now conducting a cross-subsidy business model experiment for ECD with the goal of enhancing the development of Tanzanian children aged three to five. Through the creation of a viable business plan for the provision of an affordable, excellent, and expandable play-based early childhood education program, BRAC hopes to stimulate Tanzania’s private ECD sector. The BETL team is in the midst of starting a mobile early childhood development program in Dar es Salaam, and it has recently opened five schools.
Qualifications:
- A master’s degree with a specialty in finance, accounting, or business administration.
Responsibilities:
- To guarantee efficiency and compliance, create and implement financial policies and processes.
- Create and keep track of cash flow estimates, financial forecasts, and budgets to aid in strategic planning and decision-making.
- Verify adherence to donor requirements, laws, and accounting standards.
- Oversee the timely and accurate completion of financial reporting, including monthly, quarterly, and yearly statements.
- To evaluate the organization’s performance and financial health, monitor its financial KPIs.
- Oversee BETL’s financial operations, making sure that financial reporting and procedures are correct and done on time.
- Keep up-to-date copies of all BETL financial documents in both offline and online platforms.
- Create monthly bank reconciliations, tax reports, employee payroll, and sales reports.
- Send statutory deductions—like withholding tax—as soon as possible to the appropriate authorities.
- Oversee monetary policies at academies to guarantee adherence to company directives.
- Take part in the creation and evaluation of BETL’s manuals, organizational policies, and business plan.
Operations:
- Optimize and simplify operational procedures to increase productivity.
- Work with department heads to make sure that operational actions follow organizational policies and guidelines.
- Establish and uphold efficient internal control measures.
- Assess and improve the procurement procedures.
- To guarantee compliance, communicate with the appropriate government agencies.
Logistics and Facilities:
- Make sure the materials are delivered on schedule and within budget.
- Oversee building upkeep and property activities in educational institutions.
- Manage the franchise logistics and academy registration.
- Plan the locations, food, and transportation for conferences, workshops, and meetings.
Required Skills / Capacity:
- Critical and strategic thinker
- Analytical abilities, such as the capacity to evaluate issues and come up with workable answers fast
- Interpersonal and communication abilities
- Outstanding ability to negotiate
- Outstanding interpersonal and written English communication abilities
- high standards of honesty and ethics
- Organizational, managerial, and leadership abilities
- proficient with computers and able to utilize Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint as well as time management software.
Experience required
- A minimum of five years of validated experience in finance, preferably in a senior-level position. In particular:
- Proficiency in financial planning and forecasting, statistical and comparative analysis, financial control and monitoring, budget creation, and financial statement preparation (income statement, balance sheet, cash flow statement, etc.)
- In writing business plans for companies that are profit-oriented.
- The capacity to evaluate markets and apply data insights to corporate plans and budgets.
- Expert knowledge of intricate accounting systems and sophisticated Microsoft Excel abilities.
- Preference given to those with experience in procurement, logistics, administration, human resource management, social enterprise, and/or for-profit chicken manufacturing.
- Awareness of the needs for financial, legal, contractual, and regulatory compliance.
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Application Process
The deadline for submitting job applications is 2nd June, 2024;
Send your resume and cover letter to recruitment.tanzania@brac.net with the subject line “Finance and Operations Manager” if you believe you are the best candidate for the aforementioned role.
Kindly include the position name in the subject line.
