Location: Thies, Senegal

Critical Requirement: Fluency in French and English

Term: 2-year minimum commitment

About Finance Manager Role

The Finance Manager role is a senior-level position focused on building and managing an excellent and scalable financial operation to support myAgro’s growth to more than 200,000 farmers in the next five years. This role is based in Bamako, Mali or Thies, Senegal with regular travel to other locations as needed.

The position reports to the CFO. Responsibilities of the position are:

Team Development/Leadership

• Manage existing in-country finance team, as well as plan for growth by recruiting and training staff.

• Contribute to the development of myAgro’s strategic goals and objectives as well as the overall management of the organization.

• Promote a culture of high performance and continuous improvement that values learning and a commitment to quality by providing training and support.

Financial Operations

• Lead country-level forecasting and budgeting in conjunction with the Country Directors and CFO.

• Oversee accounting, ensuring timely, accurate financial reporting for management and external stakeholders.

• Manage in-country bank accounts and petty cash both in the head office and field offices.

• Select, implement, and manage scalable systems for all financial-related operations, including working with Program and Technology staff to streamline and improve tracking of farmer layaways from field to headquarters.

• Upgrade and implement an appropriate system of policies, internal controls, accounting standards, and procedures.

• Improve administrative and operational accounting services such as treasury management, grants payment processing, payroll, accounts payable, and purchasing.

Requirements

• A minimum of 5 years of professional work experience with at least 2 years in a finance leadership role

• French and English proficiency

• At least 2 years of living and/or working in an international setting

• Strong experience in financial management and accounting: you understand how a Balance Sheet and P&L tie together; you get excited about journal entries and petty cash management

• A track record of developing effective processes: You see the big picture and how parts fit together, but also have a keen attention to detail. You foresee possible obstacles, and develop simple and intuitive solutions.

• Leadership:You are skilled at directly managing others and are highly motivated to professionally develop and integrate into the teams you work with

• Exceptional interpersonal skills:You are a strong oral and written communicator; you are comfortable working with a diverse team; you are an empathetic teacher and coach

• Strong quantitative and computer skills:You get excited when you discover a handy new Excel function; you enjoy the challenge of learning new software and finding the story behind a set of numbers or data

• Exceptional project management:You thrive in managing multiple ongoing projects and prioritizing goals. You problem-solve for both big picture challenges and day-to-day issues

• Entrepreneurial attitude, and an adaptive work style:You thrive in a fast-paced, rapidly-changing environment

• Commitment to myAgro’s mission:You are driven by our mission and approach to helping small farmers move out of poverty

Preferred Skills and Qualities

• Exceptional and creative problem solving skills

• Experience managing and creating budgets

• Experience with cloud-based accounting systems

• Comfortable in a fast-paced, startup environment in a developing country

Benefits

• Compensation is competitive with other early-stage social enterprises in West Africa
• Flight benefits and transitional housing

• Excellent global health insurance including dental, vision and emergency

• Generous vacation plus national holidays

• Stipend for local language lessons

• Computer and communications stipend

• Make a direct impact of helping farming families move out of poverty!

HOW TO APPLY:

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