Senior Finance Officer

Job Title: Senior Finance Officer

Reporting To: Country Director Somalia

Location: Mogadishu Somalia.

Closing date:  May 18, 2025

Salary range: Market competitive salary depending on experience and skills.

ATS Link:: https://humanappeal.peoplehr.net/Pages/JobBoard/Opening.aspx?v=29399c00-72f0-4b0e-a132-8d318fcf5b7a

About Human Appeal

Human Appeal is a non-profit organisation working across the globe to strengthen humanity’s fight against poverty, social injustice and natural disaster. Through the provision

of immediate relief and the establishment of self-sustaining development programmes, we aim to invest in real, effective solutions.

We work year-round to establish healthcare, education, and livelihood programmes that pave the way fore mpowered, self-serving communities. We also provide food, medical aid, and disaster relief during emergencies, a critical intervention that saves lives.

Our skilled local teams are able to access some of the most hard-to-reach places in the world, at their most vulnerable of times.

Our vision

To become the global agent of change for a just, caring, and sustainable world.

Our mission

We are a global humanitarian and development organisation. We save lives, alleviate poverty,

transformand empower local communities whilst championing humanity, impartiality, neutra lity, and independence.

Here at Human Appeal we have an exciting opportunity for Senior Finance Officer, to be based at our Mogadishu office Somalia.

CONDITION:

o    ​ It is a local Contract, for this role you must have the right to work in Somalia.

Main Purpose:

·       To manage the national finance and effective control of all financial matters ensuring reporting and compliance with donors and HA financial guidelines.

·       Maintain financial systems and controls to ensure the efficiency, integrity and transparency of the office and sub-office operations in accordance with HA financial guidelines, national legal requirements and internationally accepted accounting standards

Accountabilities:

1-      FINANCE MANAGMENT AND CONTROLS

o    Maintain financial systems and controls to ensure the efficiency, integrity and transparency of the office and sub-office operations in accordance with HA financial guidelines, national legal requirements and internationally accepted accounting standards.

o    Ensure all accounting records and supporting documentation for all financial transactions is maintained in a systematic order and in a safe and secure condition under the custody of the organisation.

o    Provide CD and HA HQ level with complete, accurate and timely financial reports, including institutional donor reports where required for all projects implemented in the country, in the required formats.

o    Maintain accurate and effective financial controls on all transactions incurred by the office and sub-offices as part of project implementation and other related costs.

o    Maintain effective control over cash and bank (ensure that cash in hand and bank reconcile with accounting records).

o    Ensure that the office and sub-office(If exist ) funds are well managed and that adequate funds are available to meet the organisation’s responsibility.

o    Provide quarterly and where required monthly or weekly financial reports to the HA finance department.

o    Assist and support the Program departement and Country Director in ensuring that field expenditures meet HA and institutional donor requirements and remain within the approved plans and budgets.

o    Assist and support the Program departement and Country Director in the preparation of budgets for project proposals and annual field office budgets.

o    Ensure the effective and efficient working of budgetary, accounting, reporting and internal control systems for the field and all sub-offices(If exist).

o    Liaise with external auditors, government departments, banks regularly.

o    Manage and undertake local internal audits of the field and sub-offices (If exist )including implemented projects

o    Produce reports as requested by HQ/International Finance on weekly, monthly and quaterly basis.

2-      COMPLIANCE AND STANDARDS:

o    Ensure that all projects in the country use and comply with financial guidelines regarding national Health &Safety regulations pertain to HR accounts.

o    To ensure that adequate measures are in place to maintain complete assets records of the organisation.

o    To ensure that contracts liabilities accounts regarding leases and other agreements are properly created and updated on accrual bases.

3-      CAPACITY BUIDLING

o    Identify the needs and support development of staff and partners to increase their competence in preparation of financial reports, donor financial reports in line with donor reporting requirements.

o    Provide guidance and develop the finance staff of the field office hired for projects and sub-offices i.e. to build the capacity of national staff to reconcile QuickBooks ledger entries to the Budget Versus Actual.

o    Participate in the recruitment, selection and induction of new finance.

o    Train staff and partners in budget preparation and monitoring.

4-      NETWORKING

o    Represent HA in forums and contribute to technical interactions and discussions on the same.

o    Build and strengthen significant relationships between HA partners, INGOs, UN, institutional donors and relevant government departments.

5-      FIELD VISITS AND OUTDOORS

o    The Finance responsible is expected to spend a minimum of 20 % of his time in the project sites , the team in the field.

Education

Relevant University degree in Finance or any equivalent degree

Experience

Minimum of 3 years of relevant experience in Finance roles, preferably within the humanitarian or INGO sector

Computer SkillsMS Office Suite, Quick Books, MS-Dynamics

Languages

Strong English language speaking and writing abilities and Somali language.

Additional languages is a bonus

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We are looking to appoint this role ASAP and will be reviewing applications on a rolling basis, so for the best chance of success please click the link; and apply today to become our Senior Finance Office, we would love to hear from you. ​

Please note that we will only be contacting the Shortlisted candidates.

​ “We kindly request you to provide your CV in English only.”

Closing Date: 18/05/2025

Location: Mogadishu

Department: Finance

Salary: Market competitive salary depending on experience and skills.

City: Mogadishu

Country: Somalia