With over 70 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.

Come join our 33,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!

Key Responsibilities:

*Location - Philippines

*Please submit your CV and Cover letter in English.

PURPOSE OF POSITION:

This position is part of the Global Programmes and Resources, Finance and Operations team, providing business support to assigned teams within Global Programmes and Resources. The Finance Officer is primarily responsible for ensuring proper financial management and reporting on the budget and programmes/projects related to the assigned teams, and for developing and generating financial reports and analyses on department and project financial information. It will include working as part of the team to ensure that financial management and reporting is provided teams, providing cover as needed for other teams. This position is the primary point of contact when it comes to all matters of finance not only for the department but also for any projects related to the teams.

Using advanced reporting and analytical tools, and using financial knowledge, this position will provide advice, guidance, and support to the leadership, department colleagues as well as FOs in achieving integrated budgets that support quality programming. This role will have a dual reporting to the leaders of the assigned team(s) and the Sr. Manager, Finance and Business Support.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Ensure that department and project budgets and spending are within acceptable limits

Develop the annual departmental budgetMonitor, coordinate, and ensure proper charging of expensesAnalyze and coordinate with department managers to prepare variance reports and explanationsAnalyze and prepare budget forecasts, projectionsConsolidate and prepare the department budget report each quarterReconcile, review and ensure accurate general ledgers and expensesEstablish PBAS accounts as necessaryDevelop and analyze multi-year project expenditures and quarterly trend analysis

Coordinate with and provide timely financial information to department leaders especially to the Partnership Leader for Health-WASH to ensure proper utilization of budget.

Advise leaders and department managers on options for repurposing and integrating budget and various funding sources to ensure spending within a budget.

Ensure the financial operations of the assigned team(s) are running appropriately

All budgets and payment strategies are appropriately managed, and issues are flagged by appropriate follow-up with managers/department leaders and Sr Manager, Finance and Business Support

Collaborate with GC Finance Planning Reporting & Analysis (FPRA), Global Finance Solutions (GFS), as well as offices hosting team staff or projects to ensure proper accounting and reporting of department spending, and adopt appropriate strategies for budget management and payments, and to troubleshoot any problem.

Generate Provision Purchase Requisitions, validate vendor registration, assess contracts, ToR, SOW, and essential standard documents for Purchase Order creation, manage receipt invoice for processing through Coupa system, and oversee payment tracking.

Monitor and review project sector budgets and spending and prepare reports and analysis

Monitor and report on partnership sector and ministry expenditures

Develop regular and year-end reports with multi-year trend analysis by sub-sector and funding typeAccurately extract financial information from the OLAP/data warehouse and other sources of dataCollect and analyse project expenditure reports on using intelligent analysis tools and methodsPresent information on dashboards and templates used for senior leader reviewBased on information generated, identify existing risks & address them appropriately

Support special initiatives and projects by providing advice and using financial know-how in the budget establishment, forecasting, and trend analysis

Review, analyze sector group (T7), and report on project funding spendWork with department managers and other colleagues, and if necessary, with NO and RO staff to ensure submission of financial reportsAssist in the development of the annual operating budgets and monitor actual performance against projections

Provide advice, guidance, and training, and assist in all matters related to financial information and the finances of the department and its projects.

REQUIRED EDUCATION, TRAINING, LICENSE, REGISTRATION, AND CERTIFICATION

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in accounting, finance or international businessHas extensive knowledge in all areas of finance and accountingHighly skilled in budget management, preparation, forecasting, and analysisExceptional skills in MS Office suites and finance systemsStrong analytical, problem-solving and communication (written and oral) skills

REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

At least 3-5 years of experience in accounting or finance functionsAt least 3 years of experience managing multi-million-dollar budgets in an international NGO environmentAt least 1 year of experience in working with people from different levels and functions in the organizationAt least 6 months experience managing and reporting on government or private grant budgetsAt least 6 months experience working or supporting people off-shoreAt least 6 months experience working in a multi-cultural working environment

PREFERRED KNOWLEDGE AND QUALIFICATIONS

Certified Public Accountant or Master’s Degree preferredCompetent with financial systems, financial reporting, and analysisExperience with business intelligence software (e.g. Sunsystem, OLAP/Datawarehouse, Dashboards, PowerBI) and reporting toolsSkilled in preparing complex financial management reports on a timely basisAble to quickly learn and use other software packages like Sharepoint 2019 business intelligence, dashboards

Language Requirements: Effective in written and verbal communication in English.

Applicant Types Accepted:

Local Applicants Only