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Regional Finance Manager, Accounting & Analysis Jobs in Côte d’Ivoire at Muso
Title: Regional Finance Manager, Accounting & Analysis
Company: Muso
Location: Côte d’Ivoire
The Regional Finance Manager, Accounting & Analysis serves as the bridge between accounting operations and strategic financial planning. The role ensures accurate and timely financial close, strengthens balance sheet integrity, and drives high-quality financial analysis to support decision-making and organizational sustainability.
Month-End and year end Close Governance
- Coordinate and oversee month-end close across Finance Managers
- Ensure adherence to close calendar and deadlines
- Review quality of journal entries and reconciliations
- Identify bottlenecks and improve processes
- Improve data quality
- Reduce close cycle time
- Standardized reporting templates
- Year-end and audit oversight/coordination. Technical leadership for COs in preparing for internal and external audits and responding to audit issues and follow up with the implementation of the audit recommendations.
- Technical interface with accounting software support and software development team on accounting, controls, and compliance.
- Balance Sheet Oversight
- Review balance sheet reconciliations monthly
- Ensure completeness, accuracy, and aging review
- Identify risks, unusual balances, and variances
- Maintain balance sheet review checklist
- Budget planning and monitoring
- Contribute to the development of multi-year strategic and financial plans and being accountable for monitoring delivery against financial plans through targeted financial analytical review.
- Contribute to development of budget performance measures and monitoring systems that support Muso’s strategic direction.
- Provide strategic analysis on the overall financial health of the country programs and collaborate across the teams and with country programs on corrective actions and support plans.
- Produce monthly BVA package
- Analyze spending vs budget and trends
- Draft financial narratives
- Prepare insights for leadership team
- Distribute BVA to budget holders
- Follow up with budget holders on variances
- Coach non-finance managers on financial interpretation
- Improve financial literacy across organization
- Follow up with budget holders on variances
- Coach non-finance managers on financial interpretation
- Improve financial literacy across organization
- Compliance and Risks
- Ensure the verification and validation of transactions according to the SoD
- Oversight of country offices ensuring compliance with local laws, taxes, regulations, Muso/donor policies and procedures.
- Manage and consolidate the regional finance data. Based on comprehensive analysis and knowledge of countries,
- contribute in prioritizing and flagging high and medium risks backed by financial and narrative commentaries.
- Understand and mitigate key elements of the company's risk profile and regularly report risk issues to the RFD.
- Capacity Building and Mentorship
- Capacitate finance teams and non-finance staff
- Provide orientation for new finance staff in country offices on MUSO Policies.
- Ensure all COs have updated copies of the Muso policy and procedures and help COs develop and improve local policies and procedures that are realistic and conform to general principles.
- Provide policy clarifications and assistance to the COs as new policies get rolled out.
- Perform other duties as assigned by the supervisor.
Core competencies
- Computer fluency; highly competent using MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and experience working in complex financial systems under ORACLE, Knowledge of NetSuite will be an asset.
- At least five years of country office financial management experience in not-for-profit organization (with US GAAP knowledge important)
- Experienced in preparing both financial and management finance statements and accounts, including for overseas offices.
- Experience of working in a fast-paced environment with high levels of change and quick turnaround times, whilst delivering to the highest standards.
- Ability to synthesize information and propose solutions; to work independently and judge when to ask for advice or inputs.
- Excellent communication skills ( written and oral French – English), including the ability to communicate and present to key stakeholders at all levels within the organization.
- Ability to travel frequently to sites within Mali, Cote d’Ivoire and other potential international locations.
- Excellent attention to detail; planning, management, and coordination skills.
Technical and Academic requirements
- Bachelor or master’s in accounting, or Finance.
To apply to the Regional Finance Manager, Accounting & Analysis, please submit a resume and cover letter to [email protected] with Regional Finance Manager, Accounting & Analysis Application in the subject line.
Application deadline: no later than Friday, 20 March 2026.
⚠️ Applications will be assessed as they are received. Only selected candidates will be contacted to continue the process.
PS: Candidates identifying as minorities are encouraged to apply.