Finance and Operations Manager

hace 2 semanas


Bogota, Colombia British Council A tiempo completo

Finance and Operations Manager

**Date**:22 Mar 2024

**Location**: Bogota, Americas, CO

**Company**:British Council

We support peace and prosperity by building connections, understanding and trust between people in the UK and countries worldwide.
We work directly with individuals to help them gain the skills, confidence and connections to transform their lives and shape a better world in partnership with the UK. We support them to build networks and explore creative ideas, to learn English, to get a high-quality education and to gain internationally recognised qualifications.
Working with people in over 200 countries and territories, we are on the ground in more than 100 countries. In 2021-22 we reached 650 million people.

**Salary**:$5.659.017 COP
**Contract Type**: Fixed term contract for 12 months with the possibility of an extension
**Location**: Bogota

**Closing Date**: advert will close on **Sunday, April 14, 2024 at 23:59 Colombia time.**

**Role Purpose**
This post will lead the financial and administrative dimensions of a large-scale project, overseeing and reporting on activities, expenditures, income, and costs in alignment with British Council corporate policies and stakeholder expectations.
**Main accountabilities but not limited to the following**
- Writes ToR (Terms of Reference) for vendors as required by the project and support with opening calls, requests for quotes, completion of vendor matrix and drafting of contracts in accordance with corporate procurement policies and local legislations.
- Coordinates legal and administrative support for the components.
- Prepares and provide input for presentations as required for internal and external meetings including technical committees from a finance perspective. These may require collection and analyses of project finance data using graphic organizers, pivot tables, among others.
- Line manages assigned members of the project team and builds their professional capacity as necessary.
- Distributes the task flow of assigned members according to project needs and schedules.
- Keeps an organized and detailed online/offline archive of procurement, budget and all relevant documents and admin archives of the project. These should include hard and soft/digital copies (scanned where applicable).
- Is responsible for the provision of all supporting documents and evidence required for the internal and external auditing process as well as any request of stakeholders.
- Manages tools and accounting packages for planning, monitoring, control and reporting on expenditures, income, costs and other variables of the budget. This includes the use of British Council’s systems (SAP, FABS).
- Is responsible for all financial reporting and processes for the project including but not limited to the preparation of cash flows, forecasts, accruals, journals among others. These will be done on a periodic basis as per established timelines.
- Monitors all financial activities of the project, reporting on variations, risks and proposing possible solutions to these in a timely manner.
- Is responsible for the payment of vendors - generation of purchase orders PO, invoice processing, and payment confirmation, verifying payment conditions are followed, among others.
- Ensures that all income and expenditure for the project are recorded and reconciled accordingly.

**Requirements of the role**
- 3 years of professional experience in mid to large-scale projects.
- 2 years of experience managing project finances in the public sector.
- Experience of managing projects from start to finish and familiarity with project life cycles.
- Understanding of procurement, evaluation and reporting requirements of projects.
- Ability to operate in English (both written and spoken) at a business level. Non-native speakers of English should demonstrate a CEFR B2 level.
- University degree in administration, accounting, economics, engineering, or related areas.

A connected and trusted UK in a more connected and trusted world.

**Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Statement**

The British Council is committed to policies and practices of equality, diversity and inclusion across everything we do. We support all staff to make sure their behaviour is consistent with this commitment. We want to address under representation and encourage applicants from under-represented groups, in particular, but not exclusively, on grounds of ethnicity and disability. All disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria are guaranteed an interview and we have Disability Confident Employer Status. We welcome discussions about specific requirements or adjustments to enable participation and engagement in our work and activities.

The British Council is committed to safeguarding children, young people and adults who we work with.

We believe that all children and adults everywhere in the world deserve to live in safe environments and have the right to be protected from all forms of abuse, maltreatment



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