Company Profile

We reach millions of children each year in some of the most difficult places on earth, helping them to stay in school and learn, overcome prejudice, heal from trauma, and develop the skills they need to thrive. We do this by harnessing play, one of the most fundamental forces in a child's life, to teach children the critical skills they need to dismantle barriers and embrace opportunities, in learning and in life.

Established in 2000, Right To Play reaches children through experiential programming in 14 countries in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and North America. These programs are supported by our global offices in Toronto, Canada; London, UK and seven national offices across Europe and North America. 

OUR CULTURE:

• Accept Everyone – Be intentional about inclusion
• Make Things Happen – Seek opportunities to lead and innovate
• Display Courage – Act with integrity
• Demonstrate Care – Look after yourself and one another
• Be Playful – Have fun at work

Please visit our website to learn more about who we are and what we do, and watch this video to find out about the five pillars of our Culture Code.

Job Description

• Work location: Accra, Ghana
• Authorized to work in: Ghana (Eligible to work legally without requiring sponsorship or work permit)
• Position status: Local
• Target start date: Immediate
• Contract duration: Full-time, 15-months contract with possibility of renewal based on performance and availability of funding.
• Application closing date: 4th December 2023

• Supports projects’ funding proposals assists with budgets, reviews proposals, assesses the grant proposal finance reporting requirements and provides supporting documents.
• Ensures complete documentation of funding awards. 
• Works with program staff to prepare grant budgets to support new proposals or realignments ensuring adequate coverage of country operating costs and Regional Office and HQ direct and indirect costs as per RTP guidelines.
• Manages the grant tracking file and systems to ensure timely invoicing, periodic reporting and closing of grants to fulfil obligations contained in grant agreements.
• Works with Program Managers to comply with funder’s terms and conditions, monitor spending and deliverables.
• Monitors project support to ensure consistent compliance with the terms of grant agreements, including financial management and compliance with donor’s regulations.

• Documents and maintains complete and accurate supporting information for all financial transactions.
• Oversees the bookkeeping function including maintenance of the general ledger, accounts payable, accounts receivable and payroll.
• Analyses all financial transactions and preparation of journal entries for accrual, prepayments, corrections, and adjustments.
• Prepares and reviews country balance sheet monthly and submits to Regional Office.
• Provides accurate and timely reporting on the financial activity of individual projects.
• Ensures accurate and timely financial statements are prepared in accordance with contract agreements with funders.
• Stays abreast on program priorities and their financial implications and makes field trips at least on a quarterly basis to conduct audit spot checks. 
• Coordinates and supports annual external organizational audits and grant audits.
• Develops schedules, performs, or supervises the completion of country internal control audits, and initiates actions necessary to correct internal control weaknesses.

• Supports the program team in preparation of detailed activity-based program and operational budgets for Grants.
• Supports the CD in preparation of annual country office operating budgets, and bi-annual forecasts.
• Supports the Program Manager (PM) liaising with Projects and partners in the process of budget reviews, analysis, and use of standardised templates. 
• Assists the CD and the PM with the preparation of budgets for funding applications.
• Identifies any shortfalls in shared costs budget coverage and ensures new budgets cover the appropriate percentage of shared costs and reviews of unrestricted funding versus approved allocation and advise the CD & PM on the most efficient cost recovery methods and techniques in line with the organizational policy.
• Monitors and reviews budgets to support financial stability, ongoing project viability, and consistency with agreed technical plans and actual implementation. Provides strategic direction regarding the annual work plan, budget, and changes to project plans, ensuring the cost efficiency and value-for-money over the life of the project.
• Reviews actual vs. forecasted budget financial results with the Programs Team to ensure maximum utilization of budgeted amounts and to provide recommendations for realignments as required.

• Develops and implements a training program to ensure staff development and minimize RTP’s exposure when staff are absent or depart for the country’s staff including partners to ensure everyone’s understanding of budgetary components and financial compliance requirements of the project/organization.
• Ensures comprehensive and constructive performance reviews are completed on a timely basis and facilitates discussion of performance and career options with all country finance staff.
• Leads the Finance Team and logistics (where applicable), monitors performance of direct reports, assesses the performance gaps in his/her direct reports and provides timely feedback, recommends to management the needed ongoing support and appropriate training and development to close the gaps.
• Sets performance objectives and developing action plans with direct reports to achieve goals. 
• Oversees training and technical support to country program, logistics and administrative staff for skills improvement in the areas of accounting, reporting and internal control.
• Provides ongoing support and coaching to strengthen the finance team’s performance towards serving stakeholders’ needs. This will include support visits where necessary.

• Maintains current knowledge of local government requirements related to financial matters and ensures compliance with tax regulations and other legal requirements.
• Closely monitors all financial activities and keeps the DAFBA/DMEAF advised of all situations which have the potential for a negative impact on internal controls or financial performance.
• Complies and keeps abreast with all organizational policies, procedures, and guidelines and internal controls framework.

• Ensures that all statutory requirements of the organization are met including but not limited to Charitable Status, Withholding Payments, Income Tax, Social Security and VAT.
• Oversees all payroll functions to ensure that employees are paid in a timely and accurate manner and issues pay slips.
• Ensures accurate and timely monthly payroll preparation process as well as quarterly and annual payroll reconciliations.
• Ensures all employees have submitted correct and signed timesheets as per the approved level of Effort percentages.

• Supervises the preparation of Cash Transfer Requests to HQ through the Regional Office and ensures that appropriate balances are maintained to facilitate grant implementation.
• Oversees the daily cash/bank management of financial transactions.
• Oversees all the incoming wires from HQ/Donors.
• Oversees the timely preparation, review and approval of all monthly bank account and cash reconciliations.
• Monitors petty cash accounts including the spot checking of balances and payments.
• Designs, implements, and monitors systems and procedures to maintain accurate up-to-date forecasts of cash requirements for meeting future spending, including commitments entered and which obligate RTP to future spending.
• Supervises the collection and recoverability of contractual, project partner activity advances, staff activity and travel advances and other receivables.

• Ensures proper purchase related templates are used, all purchases are correctly analysed, and adequate supporting documents are well maintained as per the checklist and aligned with Policies.
• Ensures proper travel related templates are used, travel related data are properly reviewed and analysed and adequate supporting documents are well maintained as per the Policies.
• Oversees the protection of the country’s assets (inventory and fixed assets) through the enforcement of internal control policies and procedures by ensuring that the Fixed Assets and Inventory registers are in place and updated bi-annually and reported to RO office. 
• Ensures all expenses are authorized and approved in line within Field Authorization Policy.
• Oversees the administration and Logistics functions (where applicable) to ensure compliance with RTP and donor procurement procedures.

Required Skills or Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, finance, accounting or related discipline
• CPA, ACCA or CMA or other related designations 

• 5 years of progressively responsible related experience in all aspects of accounting for non-profit 
• 5 years or more experience in handling the local/international grants and grant financial reports 

• Ability to plan and implement work plan with minimum supervision
• Good networking and interpersonal skills 
• Ability to work with large data with attention to details
• Ability to work efficiently under pressure to meet tight deadlines 
• Excellent communication and reporting skills
• Strong analytical abilities and ability to prepare concise and informative financial reports.
• Excellent reporting skills
• Good professional verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work as part of a culturally diverse team  
• Leadership and management skills
• Results oriented and committed to accountability

• Knowledge of SAGE accounting software
• Superior bookkeeping skills 
• Experience managing a direct report
• Experience in budgetary management, forecasting and financial control