Fresh Career Opportunity at Lively Minds

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Here is the fresh career opportunity at Lively Minds.The reputable company is looking to employ a Ghana Finance and Administration Manager.

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Company Profile

Lively Minds, an award-winning NGO, is partnering with Ghana Education Services (GES) to roll-out an innovative, early childhood development programme. We are hiring in Ghana to support our exciting plans to scale the programme to 60 districts, in 8 regions. To find out more about our programme, please visit www.livelyminds.org.

Job Description

The Ghana Finance and Administration Manager will support the development and implementation of a sustainable scale strategy and to ensure our financial management is robust and sustainable as we go through this period of rapid growth. The Ghana Finance and Administration Manager will manage Finance and Admin Coordinators and Officers in country offices and ensure Lively Minds is compliant with financial protocols by consolidating financial reports and submitting them to the Director of Finance, developing systems and policies, training staff and working with auditors to ensure accountability.

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Key Responsibilities

For the role include analysis and budgeting; staff management; financial accountability and reporting. The Ghana Finance and Administrative Manager will report to the Director of Finance and work in close collaboration with the Ghana Country Director and Ghana Management Team. 

This is a unique opportunity to be involved in prioritising spending towards the most impactful projects for a small charity during a period of scale in this established role. ​​

For a detailed understanding of the role and person criteria, please see the Job Description

Required Skills or Experience

  • Minimum of 5 years experience managing budgets, forecasting and financial control,ideally at a management level.
  • Professional accounting qualification (ACCA, ICAG, CIMA or equivalent) – Qualified,or Part-Qualified with relevant experience.
  • Experience in managing a medium-sized team over multiple sites.
  • Financial modelling and Intermediate Excel (V-Lookups, Pivot Tables, SUMIFS etc.).
  • Excellent communication skills (written and oral).
  • Wide experience in working with auditors and managing grants and donor reporting.
  • Able to filter and analyse complex financial data with a high level of accuracy and produce flawless financial reports.
  • Strong understanding of local financial regulations/laws.
  • Experience liaising with professional specialists responsible for risk management and coordinating financial records, reports and controls.
  • Able to work with government stakeholders and donors.
  • Able to uphold and enforce financial protocols and demonstrate utmost accountability.
  • Strong tech literacy- intermediate user of MS Word, ppt excel, and MS Teams, able to adapt to and learn new tech systems easily.
  • Experience working with remote teams.


You will be expected to perform against the Lively Minds Competencies

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How To Apply:Job Opening at Lively Minds

Please download an Application Form and send the completed form to jobs@livelyminds.org before the deadline.

Deadline for application: 11:59 pm GMT on 9th July 2024. 

Lively Minds operates a strict Child & Vulnerable Adult Protection Policy, and we, therefore, check the suitability of successful candidates through background checks consisting of references and police checks.
Due to resource constraints, we apologize, but we will only respond to shortlisted candidates.

Lively Minds | Registered Charity Number D.S.W. 6759 (Ghana) Find out more at www.livelyminds.org

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