United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: NTD Grant Finance Officer

Organization: Sightsavers
Country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Closing date: 30 Nov 2014

Sitting within the NTD (Neglected Tropical Diseases) Grant Finance team, the NTD Grant Finance Officer plays a key role in monitoring and managing the financial aspects of key grant funded projects and all related partner contracts.

This role will involve close liaison with the Institutional Funding team, which has overall responsibility for the funding, as well as the project teams, overseeing the day to day management of global NTD elimination grants and ensuring all financial requirements of the project are fully met.

The NTD Grant Finance Officer will help define budget and reporting templates, oversee project financial planning, monitoring and reporting, help implement a reporting portal for financial submissions from partners, manage all aspects of project cash flow, produce internal and external analysis and reports to influence project decision making, oversee project control frameworks and help support partners undertake their work effectively.

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate finance and accountancy experience, and being a qualified or part-qualified accountant will be an advantage. The preferred candidate will have experience of institutional donor or large scale contract management, especially EC, USAID and DFID funding, and an awareness of overseas development context gained through working in the INGO sector.

The postholder will have excellent numerical and Excel skills, strong attention to detail with a willingness to follow issues through to resolution. They will be well organised, with an appreciation of meeting reporting commitments, and a continuous improvement mind-set, seeking ways to improve processes and mitigate risk. Any language skills such as French or Portugese would be advantageous.

How to apply:

To apply for this post, please download our application form and return the completed application form and equal opportunities form as two separate documents to jobs@sightsavers.org.

We’re an equal opportunities employer, and we particularly encourage qualified people living with a disability to apply.

We will be contacting shortlisted candidates for interview, shortly after the closing dates. We very much regret that in view of the large number of applications we receive, we are unable to respond if you are unsuccessful. I am sure that you will understand the need to concentrate resources towards our work.