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Hybrid Senior Finance Officer, RLO Granting
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About the role
- Senior Finance Officer supporting financial management for Refugee-Led Organizations across Africa. Collaborating with teams to ensure effective grant administration and compliance.
Responsibilities
- Support the financial administration of the project’s RLO granting mechanism, including grant allocation, disbursements, and financial monitoring for over 60 RLO partners across Africa.
- Contribute to the design and implementation of streamlined financial processes and reporting systems that ensure compliance while minimizing administrative burden on RLO partners.
- Provide demand driven technical assistance to RLO partners on financial management, budgeting, reporting, and financial sustainability.
- Deliver financial capacity strengthening support to help RLOs strengthen financial systems, enhance accountability, and become increasingly “funding ready” for larger and more diverse funding opportunities.
- Work closely with program teams to provide practical financial guidance to RLO partners to support effective grant implementation.
- Ensure all RLO grant expenditures and activities comply with WUSC and donor financial policies and requirements.
- Conduct site visits to RLO partners, where relevant, to support financial training, monitoring, and compliance activities.
- Liaise with the Head of Finance to provide timely and accurate financial reports on the performance of RLO grants.
- Support financial planning and reporting processes, including contributing to annual budgeting, financial forecasting, and preparation of regular financial reports such as Budget vs. Actual (BVA) reports.
- Monitor budget adherence, flagging significant variances and supporting corrective action where needed.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field preferred.
- A professional qualification in Accounting (e.g. CPA, ACCA or equivalent qualification)
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in accounting or financial administration, ideally within a nonprofit or development organization;
- Strong knowledge of accounting software (e.g., Sage) and Microsoft Office, especially Excel.
- Previous experience with Netsuite a desirable asset;
- Proven experience in grants management, financial oversight, or fund management, preferably within a non-profit or development context.
- Demonstrated experience in capacity strengthening or providing technical assistance to local partner organizations on financial or organizational management.
- Demonstrated experience in providing coaching and mentoring support to project colleagues on effective financial management.
- Superior cross cultural and cross-functional collaboration skills, including providing mentoring and coaching support remotely;
- Strong analytical, communication and problem solving skills;
- Fluent in English;
- French language skills are highly desirable.
Benefits
- 40-hour workweek, some ability to work flexible hours and a hybrid work arrangement
- 21 days annual leave
- Health insurance coverage
- Free access to an e-learning platform with 350+ courses on various topics
- Being part of a friendly, caring and enthusiastic team!
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