Finance and Administration Manager

Location: Accra, Ghana
Duration: Long-Term

CARANA Corporation (www.carana.com), a contractor for USAID, designs and directs innovative economic growth strategies to help countries and businesses compete globally, reducing poverty and raising living standards around the world. For 25 years, we have specialized in market-led solutions to development challenges in more than 80 countries, packaging our expertise with on-the-ground resources for continuing, cost-effective results.

CARANA seeks a Finance and Administration Manager for a pending USAID project that will focus on facilitating agriculture investment in Northern Ghana.

Duties:

• Provide wide range of financial, grants and administrative management for the project;
• Prepare and submit financial and other cost accounting reports to the headquarters and donors;
• Ensure adherence of financial and accounting policies and procedures; review vouchers, cash management reports, and other financial documents; initiate wire transfers in the bank system.

Preferred Competencies :

• Must be fiscally responsible as he/she will be responsible for dispersing large sums of money;
• Previous finance and administration management experience on a USAID project highly desired;
• Ten years experience preparing project/company financial reports, reconciling project/company bank statements, managing bank accounts, managing and monitoring petty cash, preparing payroll, tracking expenses according to budget, maintaining records to meet tax requirements including payroll, customs and Value Added Tax (V.A.T) taxes;
• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance required, Masters Degree preferred.

To apply: Ghanaian nationals should send CV toghana.investment@gmail.com and indicate “Finance and Admin” in subject line. Only finalists will be contacted for interviews. No phone calls please.