Senior Financial Analyst

About the role

CIMMYT is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst to support the Regional Finance Manager in overseeing finance operations across multiple country offices. The role focuses on analytical review, compliance monitoring, quality assurance, and risk management to ensure consistent application of institutional policies.

Key responsibilities

• Assist the Regional Finance Manager in executing regional finance oversight, compliance testing, and risk‑based reviews.
• Perform financial reviews, transaction sampling, data analysis, and prepare working papers for audit and control assessments.
• Monitor implementation of finance policies, internal controls, audit recommendations, and corrective action plans, escalating issues as needed.
• Develop regional dashboards, management reports, compliance monitoring reports, and risk analyses to support decision‑making.
• Coordinate with country finance teams, headquarters finance functions, and regional stakeholders to drive governance, continuous improvement, and finance transformation initiatives.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Audit, Business Administration, Economics, or a related field.
• Professional accounting or audit qualification preferred (CPA, ACCA, CA, CIA, CMA, CISA, or equivalent).
• 7–10 years of progressive experience in finance, accounting, audit, compliance, internal controls, risk management, or financial analysis.
• Strong understanding of financial regulations, internal control frameworks, and risk‑based oversight.

Required skills