Prospectus is delighted to be working with a renowned international NGO that works to prevent violent conflict around the world. Working with civil society, governments, and international organisations, they support effective policies and practices through advocacy, research, and policy development. The team is looking to appoint a Finance Officer for a period of three months.

Reporting to the Financial Controller, you will be responsible for all financial accounting associated with the charity, including the production of budgeting and forecasting reports, donor reports and supporting the team with day to day running of the finance department. Day to day duties will consist of invoice processing, payment and balance sheet reconciliations, analysis of results from country programmes and creating and monitoring budgets. The successful candidate will assist in preparing statutory accounts, as well as assisting in the production of budgeting and forecasting reports. You will support the charity creating donor reports, handling reconciliation of donor budgets to all financial data. In addition, you will have the opportunity to support in other aspects of finance, such as assisting with donor and statutory audits and staff training relating to financial principals.

To be considered for this role, it is essential to have knowledge of financial and management accounting processes including banking, procurement and invoice payments cycles. The placed candidate will be part-qualified and have experience of creating and monitoring performance against budgets. This role requires you to support non-financial colleagues enabling them to understand finance processes. Knowledge of Excel is essential and experience of using SunSystems is desirable. Ideally, you will also have experience of coaching country finance teams or training colleagues in groups.

A full job description will be provided to candidates shortlisted by Prospectus.

Please apply with a Word Document copy of your CV. Cover letters are not required at this stage.