Finance & HR Officer

Job Title: Finance/HR Officer
Type: Contract, 2 years Location: Oaxaca, Mexico Supervisor: Country Director

Job Purpose: The primary function is to represent and provide overall leadership in the areas of Finance and HR.

Core Characteristics: These principles guide and identify us as colleagues and representatives of Living Water:

• Honor God • Develop People • Pursue Excellence • Be good stewards

Key Tasks and Responsibilities: Finance • Provide a competent accounting service to the country office; • Maintain a set of complete and accurate financial records, including all relevant supporting documentation for each project; • Establish, manage, and modify the financial procedures: e.g. receipts, payments, disbursements and bookkeeping, banking, filing procedures within the LWI Mexico and other finance-related tasks; • Establish an effective filing system that provides easy access to finance-related information and proper documentation of all financial and contractual transactions; • Assist in the upgrading of financial procedures when required and contribute to the overall financial development of LWI Mexico and the attainment of its long term strategic objectives; • Ensure accounting procedures and policies are being adhered to and internal controls exist to reduce financial risk; • Provide timely financial information and advice to the Country Director; • Prepare monthly reconciliation report and submit Country Director; • Monitor and report on project and country office income and expenditure; • Prepare monthly Budget vs. Actual (BvA) report and submit to the Country Director; • Prepare the LWI Mexico cash book and enter into QuickBooks; • Assist the Country Director in preparation for external audits and prepare responses to auditors; • Conduct, review and prepare the analysis of all Accounting processes and initiate appropriate action for adjustments; • Ensure an efficient financial flow process and timely payments for the goods and services required for the implementation of project activities.

Human Resources • Coordinate all local recruitment from developing job descriptions up to and including orientation of the employees; • Implement the Human Resource Policies and advise the Country Director on all aspects of the local Labor Act. Manage all aspects of payroll administration ensuring timely remittance of statutory payments to the relevant authorities; • Establish and maintain a secure employee database, including employee personnel files • Together with the Country Director handle complaints, disputes and grievances from staff, gathering the information, documenting and filing appropriately; • Maintain all leave schedules and other benefits required; • Encourage good practices among staff and identify issues/themes that would improve LWI administrative policies and procedures; • Contribute to promoting and adhering to LWI purpose, basis of faith, core values and operating principles. • Execute other tasks required for the successful implementation of the program.

Financial Management • Provide overall strategic leadership and initiative for accessing resources • Oversee budget preparation and on-going budget management • Establish/maintain financial procedures and recording mechanisms • Prepared required technical reports and submit in a timely manner, as required • Ensure awareness and management of exchange rate implications to program and provide early warning to LWI should there be any significant implications to the Grant Program

Advocacy and Communication • Create awareness of Living Water program both within and outside of Living Water.
• Develop and implement mentoring efforts

Spiritual Leadership • Influences staff towards a shared LWI mission • Attend and participate in spiritual nurture meetings/devotions as schedule

Core Competencies: • Leader, who demonstrates a passion and commitment to the Lord and to the LWI Ministry. • Strong Communicator with the ability to communicate to a number of diverse audiences. • Interpersonal competencies • Excellent inter-personal, facilitative and communication skills • Able to articulate and/or understand needs of communities serving. • People Competencies • Business Competencies • Organizational Competencies

Minimum Education / Experience: • Degree in Finance, Accounting degree with HR component • At least 5 years Financial and HR experience; • Knowledge of and working experience with QuickBooks accounting system; • Proven knowledge of GAAP and practical knowledge of financial systems and internal controls; • Proficiency in all Microsoft programs, especially Excel; • Proven skills in managing several roles at the same time; • Attention to detail; • Highly proficient in English; • Communicating orally/Presentation skills; • Ability to work with minimal supervision.

How to apply:

Please contact Ashley Johnson, HR Business Partner at resumes@water.cc