Finance Manager

The Finance Manager provides strategic and operational leadership to the Finance Department, ensuring effective, professional, and customer-oriented financial services to Tangaza University and its stakeholders. The role is responsible for safeguarding financial integrity, developing and implementing financial strategies, ensuring compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements, and promoting sustainable financial management practices. The Finance Manager oversees all aspects of financial planning, reporting, control, and resource utilization to ensure long-term financial viability.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Ensure the financial health of Tangaza University (TU) by optimizing resource allocation and utilization of assets.
• Support income generation initiatives and identify opportunities for improving efficiency and expanding revenue streams.
• Ensure systems, policies, and controls are in place to uphold the highest standards of financial integrity.
• Provide effective leadership and management of the Financial Department, ensuring high quality customer focused services that support and enable the delivery of Tangaza’s priorities.
• Oversee preparation of accurate and timely financial and management reports, ensuring monthly, quarterly, and annual results are monitored and shared with relevant governance bodies.
• Provide financial leadership and advice to Directors, Deans, and Heads of Departments, ensuring they understand the financial implications of decisions.
• Oversee internal and external audit processes, ensuring recommendations are implemented effectively.
• Lead the preparation of annual budgets and operational plans in consultation with management and budget holders.
• Presentation of period management report to the finance committee and the management board and on need basis.
• Ensure compliance with IFRS and institutional financial policies.
• Grants and donations: Oversee the setup, accounting, and reporting of donor-funded projects to ensure strict compliance with donor terms, including the maintenance of separate tracking systems for restricted funds.

Qualification and Experience:

• Qualified accountant in good standing with a professional board (CPA, ACCA, CA, CIMA).
• Bachelor's degree in commerce, business administration or economics.
• MBA or other Master's level qualification with specialization in finance, accounting or strategic management.
• Proven track record of working in the Finance Department in a complex organization, preferably an institution of higher learning or business organization (3-5 years).
• Strategic capability with experience in operating at a senior strategic financial management level (3-5 years).
• Demonstrate portfolio of solid achievements in previous roles.
• Ability to devise, drive and deliver a clear vision of change and take people along with them on the journey.
• Working knowledge of a range of accounting software’s and ability to interface management information systems.

Key Competencies and Skills:

• Person with high integrity, ethical standards and embracing the values of TU.
• Financial management professional able to have a bird’s eye view of the affairs of an organization.
• High motivation and commitment to driving change in a complex and diverse organization.
• Ability to create and sustain work partnerships and engage effectively with a strong senior team and work across boundaries internally and externally.
• Sound emotional health and ability to manage self and others when under pressure.
• Open to owning up to personal challenges and continuous learning.
• Familiarity with government funding procedures and donor financial reporting requirements.
• Ability to manage multiple funding streams and reconcile complex accounts (student accounts + government remittances).