DAI is a global development company with corporate offices in the USA, the UK, the EU, Nigeria, Pakistan, and Palestine, and project operations worldwide. DAI tackles fundamental social and economic development problems caused by inefficient markets, ineffective governance, and instability: it works on the frontlines of global development, transforming ideas into action-action into impact. DAI is committed to shaping a more liveable world.

DAI is seeking a Project Finance Manager to join our busy Project Finance Team for the UK business unit. This will be a full-time, permanent role based in Belgrade, Serbia. Please state your salary expectations (gross per annum in EUR) in your cover letter. Please note that you must be eligible to work in Serbia to apply for this position.

Project Finance Manager’s primary responsibility is to successfully manage the UK Project Finance team – which consists of Senior Project Finance Specialists and Project Finance Specialists (based over two sites in Belgrade, Serbia and Apsley, United Kingdom), as well as to ensure that financial reporting across the UK BU is accurately reported and on time. The Project Finance Manager should be expected to review and enhance existing monthly processes.

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

Management of team across two locations (UK and Serbia) – ensure UK BU team delivers its client contractual reports on time (IATI, SME, monthly & quarterly reports) as well as internal deliverables. Manage team to ensure success billing, financial accounting and internal reports are delivered on time (internal reports include profit statements, quarterly financial reports, forecasts, etc). Manage variance analysis with the project finance team related to gross profit, billing, cashflow, revenue recognition. Responsible for efficiently running the month end interfaces to allow system close for month end. Responsible for ensuring the Project Finance team record results on time for month end. Provide commentary on project performances when reviews take place. Plan and manage teams internal audit schedule. Plan and manage project allocation across the team. Lead team to successfully deliver annual corporate audit. Provide guidance on financial matters related to UK portfolio when required. Provide guidance and training on Oracle when required. Lead system improvement process for Oracle with MIS team. Working closely with stakeholders across the business ensuring Project Finance team meet required deliverables on time and as per contracts. Travel between UK and Serbia required.

Qualifications, knowledge, skills and experience:

Essential:

5+ years' experience working in a corporate environment, with experience in a managerial position. Excellent verbal and written skills in Serbian and English. Understanding of international development. Excellent computer skills, including proficiency in Microsoft Office suite. Excellent professional presence, communication and interpersonal skills; ability to collaborate effectively with the wider DAI team. Strong stakeholder management skills.

Desirable:

Ideally experienced using Oracle.

The salary offered will be commensurate with relevant experience. DAI offers a generous benefits package and there are several day-to-day perks of working at DAI that help keep us happy and motivated!

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, disability status, gender identity, or national origin. Deadline for receiving applications is 28 January 2025.

You will be pleased to know that we strive to uphold the highest ethical standards and that we are working with our clients to reduce the opportunity for people who are known to have breached ethical standards to work in our field.  Any staff and/or consultant contract with DAI, therefore, will be subject to satisfactory reference checking and vetting.

If this role sounds interesting and you would like to be part of DAI’s growing business, bidding for and managing donor-funded projects round the world, we look forward to hearing from you.

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