Overview
The Finance Officer provides professional financial management, accounting and operational finance support to enable effective programme delivery.
Key Responsibilities
- Check the accuracy, completeness and validity of supporting documentation before processing financial transactions.
- Review payment requests to ensure appropriate approvals have been obtained.
- Verify that expenditure is correctly coded against approved projects, budget lines and donor funding sources.
- Process supplier, partner, staff and statutory payments accurately.
- Support preparation of annual budgets, forecasts and budget revisions.
- Monitor expenditure against approved budgets and donor agreements.
- Prepare weekly and monthly Budget Variance Reports.
- Monitor project expenditure against approved grant budgets.
- Ensure expenditure complies with donor contractual requirements and Oxfam financial policies.
- Support grant start-up, implementation and close-out activities.
- Prepare financial information required for donor reporting.
- Participate in financial due diligence and capacity assessments of prospective implementing partners.
- Assist in identifying financial management capacity gaps and support implementation of agreed capacity development plans.
- Review partner financial reports for accuracy, completeness and compliance with grant agreements.
- Review and maintain financial management processes that strengthen internal controls and financial integrity.
- Ensure compliance with Oxfam financial policies, procedures and internal control requirements.
- Verify adherence to delegated authority and financial approval processes.
- Prepare and process bank payments.
- Administer petty cash in accordance with approved procedures where applicable.
- Prepare cash replenishment requests.
- Work collaboratively with Operations and Finance Coordinators/Managers, Programme Accountants, Logistics Officers and programme teams.
- Contribute to continuous improvement of finance systems, procedures and service delivery.
Required Experience
- Minimum 3 years' practical experience in accounting or financial management.
- Experience supporting donor-funded projects.
- Experience using computerised accounting systems or ERP platforms.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration or related field.
- Part-qualified or fully qualified professional accountant (ACCA, CIMA, CPA, CA or equivalent) is an advantage.
