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Bamako, Mali | Finance | Full-time
Location: Bamako, Mali
Report to: Country Director
Language Requirement: Fluency in English and French required
Start date: ASAP
About myAgro
myAgro is an award-winning non-profit social enterprise based in West Africa.
myAgro has pioneered a mobile savings model that allows farmers to invest their own funds in high-quality seed, fertilizer, and training and increase their harvest and income by 50-100%.
myAgro’s North Star is to help 1 million farmers increase their incomes by $1.50 per day by 2025 and lift themselves out of poverty.
Learn more from myAgro’s founder here.
About the role
- The successful candidate will partner with the country leaders and global staff to manage financial reporting for operations and statutory requirements in Mali.
- The role will focus on accurate and timely reporting of results, and analyzing financials with the team to drive investment minded decision-making while driving improvements as identified.
- This role will report to the Country Director but also work closely with other country controllers and the global finance team.
Financial Operations
- Lead country-level forecasting and budgeting in conjunction with the Country Directors and CFO.
- Oversee Accounting in Mali, ensuring timely, accurate financial reporting for management, Board, and donors.
- Manage in-country bank accounts and petty cash both in the head office and field offices.
- Select, implement and manage scalable systems for all financial-related operations, including working with Program and Technology staff to streamline and improve tracking of farmer layaways from field to headquarters.
- Upgrade and implement an appropriate system of policies, internal controls, accounting standards, and procedures.
- Improve administrative and operational accounting services such as treasury management, grants payment processing, payroll, accounts payable, and purchasing.
Required Skills and Qualifications
- A minimum of 5 years of professional work experience with at least 2 years in a finance and operations leadership role
- French and English proficiency
- At least 2 years of living and/or working in the developing world
- Significant experience in financial management and accounting
- Experience managing a team, as well as strong facilitation and training skills
- Passion for the mission, vision and values of myAgro
Preferred Skills and Qualities
- Creative problem solving skills
- Experience creating and managing budgets
- Experience with cloud-based accounting systems
- Comfortable in a fast-paced, startup environment in a developing country
myAgro provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, colour, religion, sexual orientation, marital/parental status, national origin, age, disability, political opinion, social status, veteran status, and genetics. myAgro complies with all applicable federal, provincial and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment.