About the role
Reporting
in to the Restricted Funding Manager, the Restricted Finance Officer provides financial
capacity to the Multi-Country Cluster (MCC), being proactive in supporting
restricted funded programming contracts with donors and work funded through
internal restricted funding streams.
The post
holder collaborates across the MCC to build trust and drive financial
management processes that align with organisational goals and values and
improve impact.
The role
actively participates in learning and reflection spaces convened with partners
and key stakeholders, to build consensus with partners and communities about
priorities for funding, so that programmes only bid for appropriate funding
which aligns with strategy.
Some of the main responsibilities of of the Restricted Finance Officer include:
- Proactively ensure
effective financial management and compliance across all donor contracts
within the MCC restricted income portfolio, fostering collaboration and
trust among MCC colleagues.
- Lead financial reporting
on donor-funded contracts, promoting transparency and decision-making that
improves impact.
- Oversee financial
assurance and escalate issues as needed to MCC senior management, advising
on where to align resource allocation with high-impact initiatives to
maximise outcomes.
- Build and maintain strong
relationships (in collaboration with MCC staff) with external donor
contacts in financial and compliance roles, promoting openness and
identifying areas of shared goals.
- Ensure that specific
financial and procurement compliance obligations are monitored and met
across the contract portfolio (e.g. through tracking reporting
requirements, supporting with ‘flex’ plans, and being a member of relevant
procurement committees).
- Monitor and regularly
review donor-funded programme budgets and appeal funds to ensure fit with
new resourcing strategy and model, taking corrective action as needed in
agreement with the Restricted Funding Manager to drive better results.
- Understand and meet
specific financial and procurement compliance obligations across the MCC
contract portfolio, ensuring all documentation is accurately logged on
iPIMS.
- Provide support for the
donor portfolio risk management framework, critically assessing challenges
and adapting work to align with organisational values and goals and the
new partnership led model.
- Input into the MCC
restricted funding contract portfolio dashboard, supporting onboarding and
quality assurance of new programmes by collaborating across divisions and
with partners.
- Promote Christian Aid’s
work and develop business opportunities by fostering positive
relationships and networks with INGO HQ’s, private sector partners,
knowledge partners, and institutional donors
About you
Qualifications
Essential:
- Degree or equivalent
qualification in a relevant discipline, Finance, Economics, Business
International Relation, or Social Sciences.
- Fluent in English (both
written and spoken).
- Significant experience
and track record as Finance Officer working to support multi-million
dollar/pound programmes.
- Significant experience of
multi-million-pound programme collaborative budget development, monitoring
and management.
- Understanding donor
compliance requirements
- Substantial experience of
donor and partner due-diligence processes.
- Substantial experience of
budgeting and financial monitoring and reporting for programmes funded by
major institutional donors
(Government, Private Sector and Foundations). - Detailed understanding of
Project Management monitoring and donor reporting, from a decolonised and
localised approach.
- Detailed understanding of
financial principles and processes.
- Detailed understanding of
financial systems.
- Highly developed
understanding of financial controls and procedures and highly numerate.
- Developed decision making
skills including working under high pressure.
- Developed and proven
negotiation and collaborative working skills.
- Developed organisational
planning and prioritisation skills.
- Developed communication
and networking skills for engagement, relationship building at all levels.
- Highly developed
analytical and financial acumen.
How to Apply
