Finance Manager, Gulf of Guinea

2 weeks ago


Manchester, United Kingdom mag Full time

About the role

As the Gulf of Guinea Finance Manager at MAG, and as part of the Senior Management Team (SMT), your primary purpose is to oversee and manage financial operations within a multi-country regional programme, ensuring compliance with internal policies, donor requirements and local regulations. You will play a pivotal role in providing financial leadership, strategic guidance, and technical support to MAG operations across the Gulf of Guinea regional programme, fostering transparency, integrity, accountability and effective financial management practices. Your responsibilities include budgeting, forecasting, financial reporting, compliance, risk management, capacity building, and developing strong relationships with key stakeholders. Through your expertise and dedication, you will contribute to the achievement of MAG’s vision and mission and contribute to the strategic development of the regional programme.

About you

You will ideally hold qualifications as an accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or similar caliber) or equivalent professional experience. You would bring to the role progressive and relevant experience in a financial management role, managing large and complex budgets in an international context, ideally in an NGO setting. You will be able to demonstrate a good understanding of donor budgeting, reporting requirements and experience of formulating grant proposals. You will be able to demonstrate the ability to report in a timely and accurate manner, the ability to work independently and build excellent working relationships with project stakeholders. You must be self-motivated, with a flexible and enthusiastic approach to work, and able to work well under pressure with limited supervision in a fast-paced environment. You will also need experience of providing strategic and operational financial leadership. You will be sensitive to cultural differences, able to work in a wide variety of cultural contexts and have the willingness and ability to work both at strategic and operational levels, with a hands-on approach when required.

Fluency in English and French is required.

Benefits and further information

MAG staff are rewarded with comprehensive benefits – you can read the candidate information sheet in the application pack for further details:

Salary : £52,032 GBP per annum including all allowances and this increases with service. Accommodation: MAG will provide accommodation in-country. Leave : We recognise our staff work hard and need the appropriate time out to stay motivated. You will have a minimum of six weeks out of the programme per year, pro-rata based on the length of the contract. Flights : In addition to deployment and repatriation flights, you will receive one leave flight, based on the length of the contract. Insurance : Programme based staff are automatically covered by MAG's comprehensive insurance package including: Personal accident and medical expenses insurance; Death by natural causes insurance and access to 24-hour medical assistance.

MAG will support the successful applicant with any visa or work permit required, including application, administration and costs, however applicants will need to be able to obtain these within a reasonable time period to be considered for the role, due to programme needs.

Please note that as part of MAG's commitment to safeguarding, this post is subject to background checks before an offer of employment is confirmed. For more information on MAG’s approach to safeguarding here and background checks here . You can also find more information in the candidate information pack, available through the link below.

MAG is committed to the principles of diversity, equality and inclusion. If you think you would be suited to one of our roles we would welcome your application regardless of your background. We strive to provide an inclusive and supportive working environment where all employees feel respected and supported in fulfilling their potential.


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