The Role:
key Responsibilities
Technical
- Provide support in payroll processing including coordination with HR, tax calculations/adjustments and other deductions, bank transfers, payslips generation and employee tax certificates issuance.
- Up to date knowledge of applicable tax and other laws and ensure its application on day to day operations. Coordination on annual Income tax return filing.
- Provide support in preparation of monthly/quarterly/yearly closing of accounts, reporting pack and monitors the balance sheet accounts as per Oxfam guidelines.
- Prepare and processing of cash and bank payments as per procedures.
- Maintain filing systems for all financial and accounting records and verify the completeness of the documentation as per the Oxfam financial policy and government regulations.
- Examines the accuracy and completeness of records and procedures for internal control to safeguard financial records of Oxfam and its implementing Partners.
- Responsible for the creation and execution of financial monitoring plans for the Implementing Partners, developed action plans on improvements required / capacity building needs and regular follow up on that.
- Support the relevant programme / project focal person in the budget preparation and re-appropriations, exchange gain/loss calculations and ensure correct budget allocation in system (OPAL) and support program teams in updating the phasing regularly.
- Ensure effective, timely and accurate functioning and monitoring of the complete People Soft financial systems (GL), including maintaining the completeness and integrity of data within the system, generating necessary reports and authorising monthly data compilation in the system.
- Maintaining a repository of information related to funding functions in soft (using OGB’s central hard drive) and hard copies (filing system) Provide coaching and training on finance systems to implementing partners. This involves review of financial management capacity of finance and program staff and improving it to the required level through planned capacity building process.
- To provide support in work with Country Office Finance and partner finance teams to complete the record for each project audit in line with donor and OGB Polices.
- Accountable for implementing Oxfam’s people management policies, procedures, and standards
- Uphold principles of Oxfam's gender and diversity principles in the workplace.
- To undertake other duties as assigned by the Line Manager.
- Other
- Required to adhere to Oxfam’s principles and values as well as the promotion of gender justice and women's rights
- Understanding of and commitment to adhere to equity, diversity, gender, child safety and staff health and wellbeing principles.
skills, experience and knowledge
Essential
- Finance Demonstrable experience of at least 3 years in finance work with Finance qualifications such as CA/CMA (min part qualified two years), MBA Finance or other discipline.
- IT skills. Good knowledge and working experience in MS office is required.
- Communications proven oral and written communication skills (in English) in order to communicate effectively internally (ability to provide job guidance, develop training materials and guidelines and document procedures) and externally with Institutional donors on the financial elements of donor proposals and reports.
- Training/ coaching skills Experience of analysing training / coaching needs and delivering at an individual and group level
- Team working Experience in supporting and advising teams from a distance and across several locations. Ability and sensitivity of working with diverse teams across different languages, cultures and locations and relationship building skills necessary to work collaboratively with others and provide guidance on financial management issues.
- Organisation to work effectively. Ability to work on own initiative, manage workload and competing demands without close supervision, drive to achieve results
- Commitment to the aims of Oxfam and the parameters of its program implementation, in particular the gender and diversity policies
- IT skills A high level of information management and IT skills particularly in Excel, also some accounts packages, word, emails.
Desirable
- Experience in INGO and team management will be preferred
Key Attributes
- Ability to demonstrate an openness and willingness to learn about the application of gender/gender mainstreaming, women's rights, and diversity for all aspects of development work.
- Commitment to Oxfam's safeguarding policies to ensure all people who come into contact with Oxfam are as safe as possible.
- Eager and required to adhere to Oxfam's feminist principles and practices in their day to day work and the promotion of gender justice and women's rights.
- Understanding of and commitment to adhere to equity, diversity, gender, child safety and staff health and wellbeing principles.
Flexfam:
This role will give you an opportunity to make a difference in Finance, to act as key contributor to Oxfam, to work with a group of passionate people that are specialists in their Respective fields etc, training and development, offers fair pay and competitive benefits package.
How to apply:
As part of your online application, please upload your up to date CV and Cover Letter explaining your suitability against the essential criteria in the job profile.
Our values and commitment to safeguarding
Oxfam is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour at work including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and financial misconduct; and committed to promoting the welfare of children, young people, adults and beneficiaries with whom Oxfam GB engages. Oxfam expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment through our code of conduct. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our values are recruited to work for us.
The post holder will undertake the appropriate level of training and is responsible for ensuring that they understand and work within the safeguarding policies of the organisation.
All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records and terrorism finance checks. Oxfam GB also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this Scheme, we will request information from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms his/her understanding of these recruitment procedures.
We are committed to ensuring diversity and gender equality within our organisation and encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply.
About us
Oxfam is a global community who believe poverty isn’t inevitable. It’s an injustice that can be overcome. We are shop volunteers, women’s right activists, marathon runners, aid workers, coffee farmers, street fundraisers, goat herders, policy experts, campaigners, water engineers and more. And we won’t stop until everyone can live life without poverty for good.
Oxfam GB is a member of international confederation of 21 organisations working together with partners and local communities in the areas of humanitarian, development and campaigning, in more than 90 countries.
A thriving diverse Oxfam:
It’s people power that brings about change. To play our part as a global organisation working to overcome poverty and inequality, we need equality, diversity and inclusion across our community of staff, partners and volunteers. Together, we’re committed to becoming a more diverse workforce, better able to tackle the global challenges that face our world today.
To do that:
- We need to dismantle the unequal power structures that exist everywhere, this including Oxfam and the wider development and charity sectors.
- We need an inclusive Oxfam where everyone can bring who they are to our work and feels celebrated for the differences they bring.
- We want and need everyone, and that means we need you.
