Finance Officer

8-month Fixed Term Contract. Full Time.

Location: Amman, Jordan

Salary: 24,745 Jordanian Dinars per year

If we receive a high volume of applications, we reserve the right to close the advert before the scheduled closing date. Therefore, we encourage interested applicants to apply at their earliest convenience.

Applications and CV's must be in English only

About us

Christian Aid exists to create a world where everyone can live a full life, free from poverty. We are a global movement of people, churches and local organisations who passionately champion dignity, equality and justice worldwide. We are the changemakers, the peacemakers, the mighty of heart.

We’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace, and recognise the value this brings in forming strong, creative and high performing teams. We welcome applications from all sections of the community, and from those with experience from outside of the voluntary sector. And no, you don’t have to be Christian to work here – we encourage people of all faiths and none to apply.

We just ask that everyone lives out our values of dignity, equality, justice and love. We value a good work-life balance, so we’re open to part-time and flexible working. We also offer hybrid working for our office-based colleagues.

Learn about our vision, mission and values

About the role

Reporting in to the Finance Manager, the Finance Officer will support in providing high impact finance management, ensure donor compliance and risk management across the MMC Hub proactively identifying opportunities for service improvement.

Some of the main responsibilities of the Finance Officer include:

Committed to delivering high quality work within the MCC Hub and radar countries, undertaking financial related duties that supports the financial management across the MMC Hub.
Managing financial transactions across multiple bank accounts and currencies in the region thinking critically about existing process in the provision of consistent and coherent financial information.
Fostering a team mindset across the MCC through assisting in financial monitoring, donor reporting, and compliance for multiple country programs.
Supporting financial capacity-building initiatives for partners in MCC and radar countries understanding their perspectives to drive better results, building relationships based upon trust and openness.
Committed to delivering high value work in line with financial regulations for institutional donors across multiple programs.
Collaborative working with finance teams in other countries to standardise financial processes ensuring consistency of the application.

About you

Who we are looking for

Essential:

Degree level (or equivalent) and part qualified member of a recognised accounting organisation – CPA, ACCA.
Significant experience working with financial accounting procedures, writing and reviewing financial reports, creating and monitoring budgets.
Demonstrable experience in delivering financial training using different methodologies.
Experience with using excel and word processing packages and other account reporting tools.
Developed analytical skills to interpret financial information and investigate discrepancies.
Fluent in spoken and written English
Posts located within Francophone context and Haiti, fluency in French and English

Desirable:

Knowledge of various donor requirements.
Knowledge of local partners/NGOs and development.
Experience of dealing with institutional donor fund accounting.
Experience of using computerised financial reporting tools.
Part-qualified IFAC accountant and training related qualification.

Further information

At Christian Aid we strive to be an inclusive and diverse employer and recognise the value that this brings in helping to build strong, creative and high performing teams.

We are actively encouraging racialised minorities, LGBTQ+, people with disabilities, returning parents or carers who are re-entering work after a career break, people with caring responsibilities, people from low socioeconomic backgrounds, women, and older workers to apply. This is because these groups are under-represented within our teams, especially at senior level, and we recognise and value the contributions members of these groups make to strong, creative and high performing teams.

We have a strong Christian ethos and we encourage applications from all faiths. Applicants will be expected to demonstrate an understanding of and sympathy with Christian Aid’s faith identity.

All successful candidates will require a DBS/police check appropriate to the role and location and a Counter Terrorism Sanction check as part of your clearance for commencing your role with us. We also participate in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this Scheme, we will request information as part of the referencing process from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms their understanding of these recruitment procedures.

This role requires applicants to have the right to live and work in the country where this position is based and undertake the role that you have been offered. If you are successful and we make you an offer for the role, we will be required to conduct a right to work check on your immigration status in the UK. We will contact you regarding the documentation you will need to provide to evidence this.

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