Key Expert 4: Finance Manager

EURO-FUNDING Multilateral Projects, S.L. is looking for a Finance Manager for the following WB financed project: Technical Services Provider for the Program for Suriname’s Growth Enterprises (SURGE).

SURGE will be an MEA (Ministry of Economic Affairs) program managed by the MEA PIU (Project Implementation Unit) for the Suriname Competitiveness and Sector Diversification Project; the group of experts will support MEA in the day to day implementation to ensure a market-driven and commercially oriented approach to supporting growth enterprises.

We are looking for a Finance Manager with following qualifications and areas of responsibility:

This position will be a senior financial advisor to support entrepreneurs in understanding the key cost and profit drivers of their businesses, managing their cash flow, financially structuring their companies for growth, assessing alternative financing options, and preparing proper financial statements. Key requirements for this position include:

• At least a Master’s degree in finance, business, accounting, or a related field, or demonstrated work experience and expertise in this area;
• Five to ten years of experience in working on company financials, managing the finances of an MSME, advising MSMEs on their finances, or investing in MSMEs;
• Demonstrated understanding of financially structuring MSMEs for growth;
• Highly analytical, capable of identifying problems and developing solutions to support company accounts, financing decisions, etc;
• Understanding the challenges of MSMEs in Suriname would be a plus.

Candidates will be evaluated on the following basis:

1) General qualifications (general education, training, and experience): [weight 20 %]
2) Adequacy for the Assignment (relevant education, training, experience in the sector/similar assignments): [weight 70%]
3) Relevant experience in the region (working level fluency in local language(s)/knowledge of local culture or administrative system, government organization, etc.): [weight 10 %]

Notes:

1. The Finance Manager must be independent and free from conflict of interest in the responsibilities they take on.
2. Expected start date of the project: November 2022, with a duration of 36 months.

Interested candidates are requested to send their CV (in English and WB format), highlighting the above-mentioned qualifications, to Khrystyna Rachynska: krachynska@euro-funding.com; with cc to Almudena Rivero: arivero@euro-funding.com