Ntd Finance and Risk Officer

Sightsavers is looking for a **Finance and Risk Officer** - a new role within our expanding NTD (Neglected Tropical Diseases) Finance team to help us deliver on the Finance, Risk, Contracts and Supply Chain needs for our major contracts and grants.

**Contract**:Two Year Fixed Term Contract**

**Hours**:This is a full-time role**

The NTD/ Inclusion Finance, Risk and Support Team delivers on the Finance, Risk, Contracts and Supply Chain needs for all Sightsavers’ major NTD contracts and grants making up the NTD portfolio of over £100m. The team is responsible for ensuring compliance with donor contractual requirements for each of our programmes, and encompasses the areas of Finance, Audit, Compliance, Contracting, Risk, Value for Money (VfM), Asset Management, Delivery Chain (for funding), and Supply Chain. The team also delivers on these aspects for the £29m FCDO funded Disability Inclusive Development (DID) programme
**About the role**

We are looking for an experienced Finance and Risk Officer to take responsibility for the financial management of various assigned NTD programmes and proposals. The post holder’s initial portfolio will have a geographical focus on Chad, DRC, Cameroon and Guinea. The post holder will also have day to day responsibility for the financial elements of the $36m+ deworming programme funded by GiveWell.

A major part of this role will be financial management for assigned programmes and proposal development. Key duties will include:

- Reviewing new programme agreements and contracts, extracting financial requirements and setting up new programmes using existing templates and systems, such as MyCLAIMS and Power BI
- Reviewing and providing guidance on budgets and other financial submissions
- Liaising with technical and programmatic teams to finalise and consolidate budgets, forecasts, financial reports, and other required submissions for donors within the required timescales
- Monitoring the financial aspects of assigned programmes/projects, both restricted and unrestricted, identifying and escalating any concerns or potential risks
- Attending donor meetings as required
- Assisting the team with audit and financial monitoring processes

**About you**

This is an ideal opportunity to build on your existing finance and accountancy experience, ideally gained within the international development or humanitarian sectors. You will be a communicator and influencer, with a commitment to ongoing improvement. To succeed in this role, you will need:

- Ability to demonstrate finance and accountancy experience. Working towards an accountancy qualification an advantage
- Awareness of overseas development context gained through working in the international development, the humanitarian sector and/or relevant sector preferable but not essential
- Experience of institutional donor or contract management would be an advantage although training can be provided
- Experience of working with partners and colleagues with a wide range of financial capacity and providing them with guidance and support
- French language skills an advantage but not required
- Proficiency with Excel is required, knowledge of Power Query and Power BI is desirable
- Strong attention to detail, with a willingness to follow issues through to resolution
- Strong organisational skills and an appreciation of meeting reporting commitments
- Ability to communicate effectively and professionally across a variety of cultures
- Willingness to continuously develop skills and knowledge to remain current with donor funding developments

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