The Strategic and Planning Manager will be responsible to oversee the acquisition, tracking, utilization, and disposal of QF assets and ensuring they are used efficiently, maintained properly, and aligned with strategic goals.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead the development of leading practice frameworks for administering Asset Management functions spanning across financial and broader operations and maintenance needs of QF
- Lead the Asset accounting function in compliance with International Accounting Standards, including capitalization, valuation, classification, categorization, depreciation, accounting adjustments, revaluations, disposals and reconciliation
- Maintain the integrity of asset data and information through appropriate systems to support the cost-effective administration of assets, throughout their life cycles
- Contribute to the development, enhancement and monitoring of Financial and Asset Management strategy, policies, procedures, systems, including Asset Accounting, reporting and review mechanisms and support major financial projects endorsed for implementation
- Contribute to the QF Finance management team, supporting functional objectives in alignment to organizational strategies
- Support the Director in preparing Strategy & Planning Department strategic plans, reports and updates for FAAM.
- Identify and review key business risks and develop strategies to minimize financial risks to acceptable levels
- Establish and monitor effective internal controls, including access to financial systems to protect the assets of the Foundation
- Liaise with external and internal auditors for satisfactory completion of audits and respond/action any significant audit observations without delay
- Lead and support the work of Financial and Asset teams.
- Develop any other ad-hoc strategy analysis, feasibility studies and presentations as required
- Align financial and resources plans with QF strategic priorities.
- Conduct performance reviews and variance analyses for Financial and asset Management.
- Other reasonable tasks as assigned by supervisor
Minimum Knowledge, Skills & Experience:
- Bachelor's degree in finance or accounting with 8 10 years of relevant full-time work experience in Financial Accounting / Financial Management, 3 of which at a supervisory level.
- Professional associations, certifications such as ACCA / CPA / CASA, CIMA, etc.
- Understanding International Financial Reporting Standards, International Accounting Standards
- Experience with or knowledge of non-profit accounting and asset management is preferred
- International experience, preferably in the Middle East; knowledge of QF an advantage
- Good Team Management Skills
- Excellent writing skills with the ability to draft and edit a variety of written reports and communications and to articulate ideas clearly and concisely; Arabic proficiency is an advantage
- Experience with computerized accounting systems and other applicable technologies, platforms and systems (MS SharePoint, Oracle ERP and Hyperion)
