Project Finance Officer – Finance and Admin

SNV is a not-for-profit international development organization. Founded in the Netherlands 50 years ago, we have built a long-term, local presence in more than 26 of countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Our global team of local and international advisors work with local partners to equip communities, businesses, and organizations with the tools, knowledge and connections they need to increase their incomes and gain access to basic services – empowering them to break the cycle of poverty and guide their own development.

SNV, Netherlands Development Organization, is operating in Ethiopia since the 1970s. Currently, SNV is working in eight regional states and the two city administrations of Ethiopia, providing technical assistance and program implementation in Agriculture, WASH, and Energy Sectors. SNV is an open and learning organization that focuses on improving the lives of Ethiopian through a market based approach inclusive of women and youth. In its new Strategic Plan period (2019 – 2022), SNV will more explicitly aim for systems change including strengthening institutions and kick-starting markets that help many more to escape poverty beyond our projects.

For more information on SNV’s operations, visit our website: www.snv.org.

Job Summary:

The Project Finance Officer is part of an SNV Country Organisation and is appointed to one or more projects in the country.

The Project Finance Officer supports projects in their financial administration, ensuring the project finance is compliant to SNV policies and procedures as well as donor finance procedures, regulations, and guidelines. The Project Finance Officer safeguards the finance control of projects, including budget and periodic progress monitoring and takes actions for overall profitability/financial health in line with the budget.

Key Responsibilities

1. Financial Accounting and Administration

Records financial project data into systems, monitors, and analyses project data. Executes, checks, and consolidates all necessary activities and checks to assure complete and correct allocation of project costs, in line with financial regulations, SNV financial standards, and guidelines, and donor requirements.

2. Financial Planning

Executes the budgeting process and periodically forecasts and supports control, monitors (audits) all financial-related activities within the project.

3. Financial business project control and information

Regularly provides (requested and non-requested) financial reports, analysis, and advice to provide insight in the overall project’s financial status in order to safeguard financial performance, and profitability and to estimate financial risks and take precautions. All in line with donor and SNV financial guidelines. Provides advice, balancing country interests, relevant regulations, corporate standards, and guidelines, taking the project set-up with different donor regulations into account. Guides the Project Manager with country budgets, country project administrations, and country project reviews in multiple country projects.

• Diploma in Accounting and at least five years of work experience in a similar role.
• BA Degree in accounting and at least three years of work experience in similar role
• Good Communication skills (written & spoken English)
• Experience in project financial management.
• Ability to work independently, as well as in a team.
• An ability to write clear and concise reports, both in English, very good spoken and written English.
• Good command of computer software packages e.g. WinWord and Excel. Eager to learn new software packages to adapt to the real project finance
• Willing / able to travel overseas.
• Good Analytical and problem-solving skills
• Consistent and highly organised.
• Proactive, flexible and adaptable to a varied environment.
• Good communication skills at all level and through various means (email, teleconference, skype, face to face).
• Excellent spreadsheets skills.
• Experience of using multicurrency accounting package

Contract Type: National

Expected start date: As soon as possible

Duty Station:  Hawassa SNV Ethiopia

Contract Duration: One year with the possibility of extension based on performance and budget availability.

Working at SNV 

SNV offers a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package; for internationals, we offer an international benefits package and to Ethiopian nationals, we offer a competitive national package. We also offer a challenging work environment, opportunities to lead and innovate, and a commitment to growing your skills in a fulfilling and diverse working environment. Our staff benefit from, and contribute to, an internal global network of experts.

How to Apply

Please apply by clicking on the I’m Interested or https://www.smartrecruiters.com/SNV/743999833564478 and completing your application in our in-house recruitment system before or on 27 June 2022.

All information will be in the strictest confidence and in accordance to GDPR.  Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

We will require that you provide us with full details of three people who are willing to act as a referee.  We will not contact these referees without your explicit permission.

Women candidates are encouraged to apply.