ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION:
Turame Community Finance Vision deliver financial and non-financial services to economically productive, poor Burundians, especially women, to enable them to develop sustainable micro (small-scale) enterprises and to save.
ABOUT THE JOB:
The Managing Director is responsible for the overall management and leadership of the Christ-centered microfinance program Turame Community Finance. The Managing Director heads the institution’s Executive Team and directly supervises the Finance Manager, Operations Manager and other departmental leads. The Managing Director is responsible for leadership of strategy, operations, spiritual integration, credit risk, finance, client protection, and compliance. He/she represents the institution within the HOPE International network and communicates with local and national regulators and other government officials.
The Managing Director also carries out his/her responsibilities working as part of a team with the Central Service Unit staff of HOPE International, requesting their support and partnering with the appropriate specialists to develop and improve the institution. The Managing Director recognizes and respects the authority of the local Turame Board of Directors, and HOPE International as the major shareholder, its President and other Officers.
Tasks and Responsibilities:
- Spiritual Integration and Christian Witness:
- Personally model persuasive Christian behavior to the staff in leadership style, resolution of issues, selection and development of staff, context-appropriate Christian witness with staff, and in setting and leading the spiritual agenda of the organization.
- Coordinate the creation and implementation of the Spiritual Integration Plan for the benefit of clients, staff, and other entities that the organization works with.
- Governance:
- Responsible to ensure the organization meets all local legal requirements and to lead Board meetings and Executive Committee meetings when required.
- Represent the MFI and maintain good working relationships with governmental authorities, donors, other local practitioners, and the general public.
- Liaise with HOPE’s other MFIs and partners in the region, including site visits, sharing lessons and best practices learned in research of program, etc.
- Risk and Compliance:
- Responsible for the management of risk and risk assessment in the organization.
- Vigilantly ensure that all staff understand and comply with the policies and procedures and that all employees are doing their utmost to protect the assets of the organization.
- Ensure systems are in place to review, expose, report and eliminate areas of risk within the organization.
- Responsible for the day-to-day administrative management of the internal audit team, recognizing their direct reporting line to the local Board and the HOPE International Internal Audit structure. Ensure the entire staff cooperates with internal audit to reduce risk and maximize compliance, ensuring the use of best practices.
- Planning:
- Lead the process of establishing strategic plans to optimize the growth of the microfinance institution.
- Ensure that financial and analytical models are completed and maintained.
- Create the 5-year and annual business plan for Board approval, including Financial, Marketing, Operational and Spiritual Integration plans.
- Maintain updated security protocol for local and international staff.
- Funding:
- Secure the capital funding to meet or exceed the business objectives, developing and maintaining strong working relationships with HI, HOPE Global Investment Fund, and other external funding organizations and banks as needed.
- Pursue funding through funding proposals and continuing donor relations in order to ensure a continued development of the MFI.
- Resourcing:
- Responsible to ensure that the organization is correctly staffed according to the Business Plan and in line with the established HR policies.
- Ensure that suitable facilities and equipment are available to the staff.
- Model servant leadership in the work environment.
- Invest in the personal development of key managers and establish a succession plan.
- Achieving Results:
- Responsible to achieve or exceed the Business Plan within the assigned budget.
- Work with the Management Team to solve problems, address training and capacity issues, and find improvements and efficiencies for the benefit of the organization and its clients.
- Lead initiatives to further expand HOPE’s impact through microenterprise development.
- Reporting:
- Ensure that HOPE International reporting deadlines are met.
- Ensure that reporting to the local government is completed as required.
- Provide reports as needed for lenders, donors, auditors, etc.
- Meet regularly with the HOPE International Regional Director to review status and issues.
Qualifications:
- Personal confession of Christian faith and commitment to the mission and vision of Turame Community Finance.
- 5-10 years’ experience in microfinance, banking or financial services sector, preferably in a senior management role in Africa or other developing nation.
- MBA, CPA or advanced degree in relevant field.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Extreme flexibility and ability to cope with stressful situations and frustrations.
- Demonstrated desire to help people that have been brought low by war, poverty, or other circumstances regain hope, dignity, and ability to support themselves and their families.
- Creativity and ability to work with limited resources.
- Ability to relate to and motivate local staff effectively.
- Experience with Microsoft suite, LPF and other software packages, as required.
- Professional working proficiency in spoken/written French and full professional proficiency in spoken/written English required; proficiency in Kirundi preferred.
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