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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 in building networks and explore creative ideas, to learn English, to get a high-quality education, and gaining internationally recognized 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.
British Council Pay band 4-H
Location: Ethiopia
Department: Finance
Contract type: Fixed Term 12 Months (Renewable)
Closing Date: Thursday 25th July 2024 at 23:59 UK time
This role is open for applications from employees who are currently located and have the right to work in Ethiopia. The successful candidate will remain in their current location/entity
You must have the legal right to work in Ethiopia at the time of application and there is no relocation or sponsorship support.
British Council supports working in new ways such as hybrid working, subject to full approval by line management and conditional upon our ability to provide the appropriate level of service. This may not be appropriate for all roles but can be explored at the interview.
Role purpose
This role supports the financial accounting activities for the British Council and works closely with the Managed Service Provider (MSP) to ensure the financial accounts are completed correctly and promptly, and numbers are reported accurately.
The role provides effective financial support services for a local business unit/country, within agreed timescales. This includes finance administration and coordination/ logistical support. They will support communication across operational areas and with the MSP and will work closely with the British Council Controllership teams to ensure the effective provision of financial accounting, reporting, and control activities.
The position holder applies an authoritative understanding of systems and processes to overcome day-to-day problems and ensure things run smoothly.
New arrangements for Finance Accounting activities are being introduced as part of the transformation of Professional Services and the global finance team within the British Council, moving much of the transactional finance processes to an external MSP.
Successful candidates will work closely with local business managers and the MSP to ensure that local financial accounting activities are accurate and comply with standards and corporate processes.
They will report to senior colleagues within the In Country Controllership teams.
Stakeholders that the role interacts with regularly include:
Main accountabilities include but are not limited to:
Finance and Resource Management
Payroll management for Ethiopia
Customer support
Receives and responds to inquiries from/to customers and is a specific point of reference as required. Identifies where more complex issues or incidents require resolution by others and refers them accordingly.
Relationship and Stakeholder Management
Proactively communicate and liaise with others (inside and outside the British Council) to ensure effective coordination and delivery of events, services, and activities. Build an understanding of who’s who within the wider department, unit, or region to enable effective resolution of issues when they arise.
Managing self and others
Plan and prioritise own activities, respond to changing and at times competing requirements to ensure effective delivery of responsibilities over set reporting timescales. Provide a good standard of financial administration and financial discipline. Tasks and coordinates others (e.g., internal customers, colleagues, or third-party suppliers) to complete activities under agreed financial procedures.
Role-specific knowledge and experience:
Essential
Desirable
Role Specific Skills
Education
Language Requirements
The British Council systems and global processes operate in English. Written and verbal proficiency in the local language and English is required.
Additional job requirements
Proof of Identity requirements/right to work in the country
Candidates are expected to have researched whether they have the right to live and work in the country in which the role is based. Given that our offices have different legal statuses depending on the work we do in those countries, we recommend that you contact HR in the country for additional information on the likelihood of securing a visa. Only at its discretion will the British Council provide support so please check first whether visa support is offered.
Background Checks
Initial and continuing employment with the British Council is subject to an annual background check. The job undertaken defines the nature of the check(s) and the assessment applied.