VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT

DEPARTMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

DFID TANZANIA

POSITION: B1 Finance Analyst (FA)

GROSS SALARY: TZS 52,474,641 per annum (4,372,887 per month)
DURATION: PERMANENT
REFERENCE NO: TAN/0317

Summary of the role

To support the local Finance Manager (FM) in delivering assurance to the Head of Office on
the financial position and current performance so that effective action is taken on a timely
basis.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

Assist in improving local finance awareness and capability. Provide support to local staff
in financial planning and discharging their financial responsibilities and in interpreting
partner financial reports/evidence.
Lead on the management of operating costs budgets and related forecasts.
Support the FM in the preparation of corporate returns, such as projected outturn,
accounting packs, large cash payment forecasting (by providing funding estimates),
budget transfers and prepayments & accruals; and post associated journals.
Support the FM in the communication and delivery of corporate policies and other
initiatives.
Develop an understanding of external partners to raise awareness on counter fraud,
corruption and leakage risks, including assistance in interpreting the due diligence
framework.
Provide the required support to programme staff on financial aspects of programme
design and implementation and on-going monitoring and reporting, through engagement
and effective challenge. This includes, providing support on due diligence / financial
management spot checks and annual reviews of programmes.
Support in priority work areas, such as partner portfolio and payment structures and
mapping of delivery chains.
Contribute to the maintenance and strengthening of the internal control environment to
mitigate risks by performing reconciliations, supporting compliance with key finance
processes and highlighting control weaknesses identified in process. As part of this, retain
an oversight of imprest account (including petty cash counts) in the local office and
monitor, report on and facilitate compliance with PO & receipting practices.
Contribute to the effective preparation for audit and compliance visits and assist in the
delivery of recommendations.
Core UK civil service competences

Candidates should be able to clearly demonstrate in their application examples of the following
competencies:
Changing and Improving
Making Effective Decisions
Leading and Communicating
Achieving Commercial Outcomes
Delivering Value for Money
Delivering at Pace

Details of the above UK Civil service competencies are available at

http://www.civilservice.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Civil-Service-Competency-
Framework-July-2012.pdf

Technical Competencies:

Reporting And Control

Operational Finance
Decision Support
Risk Management And Counter Fraud
Specialist Finance
Wider Experience

For more information on the details of the positon, please review the Role Profile / Job
Description and the Technical Competency Framework.

Important HOW TO APPLY

The candidate must complete the application form and send it to the
AfricaHRHubRecruit@DFID.GOV.UK with a copy of their most recent CV and
Covering letter. Please quote the following reference number when applying
TAN/0317. Failure to do so may result in your application not being viewed.

Closing date of applications is midnight on 14 August 2017. Applications shown as

being received after this time will not be accepted.

If you have not received a response by 28 August 2017 please consider your
application as unsuccessful.