Norwegian Church Aid (NCA)Vacancy Announcement Position: Finance Officer Job Description: 1) UN and other institutional funded emergency projects• Follow up projects of NCA and subgrantees financial management, providing clear objectives, and technical support and capacity building / training. Provide technical supervision of field program and finance staff.• Develop a financial and accounting training program and provide support to budget holders, partner finance staffs if applicable• Identify and address key financial risk areas in the planning phase as the nature of the emergency will have changed the operating environment.• Review / develop, co-ordinate and administer the plan for the control, monitoring and reporting of financial operations to include controller, treasury, payroll and budget functions, & development of accounting systems and procedures.• Update Financial information, for respective finance and program department as needed.• Active participation for the preparation of the project budget preparation to show funding requirements and ensure it is communicated regularly.• Assist in providing Financial Planning information by the specific deadline dates• Ensure or follow up timely and secure transfer of funds to meet program needs2) Partnership/Sub-grant Process• Work with Budget holders and finance department head to organize capacity and risk assessments for partners.• Help facilitate the sub-award proposal review process as needed• Work in collaboration with procurement, logistic, other NCA finance team, and program staff to manage sub-agreements.• Contribute to NCA Ethiopia partnership assessment as needed/requested.3) Partner Monitoring & financial report verification:• Support program department staffs following UN funded projects and humanitarian team in monitoring sub-grantee partner donor compliance and progress against objectives, developing monitoring tools as needed.• Liaise with program and finance team for timely submission of accurate financial reports.• Conduct monitoring trip to existing sub-grants of partners• Carry out all Pre-Award Assessments – including the defining of capacity building issues – for prospective partners and feedback to country office staffs , in a timely and comprehensive fashion• Review financial report submitted by partners and provides immediate feedback as necessary• Carry out subsequent visits to partners who are selected, in order to develop a Capacity Building Plan with specific action points, incorporating this into the negotiation phase for the Sub-Grant Agreement transfers• Conduct training to NCA partners finance staff• Coordinate communication between NCA Finance, program and sub grantees• Ensuring that all partners submit their financial report on timely fashion and fund to be transferred to partners without delay• Assist on post-award monitoring and filed visits to ensure that NCA and donor requirements are being followed by the sub grantees.• Ensure budget and other operational policy and producers are respected by partners.4) Capacity Building:• Contribute to the development of capacity building strategy, particularly based on UN and other institutional funded projects• Work with program and finance department to schedule and implement capacity building plans which may include formal training, mentoring, and experience sharing visits.• Work with program department and PMER to establish linkages with other organizations that have capacity building programs, with the aim of experience sharing.• Track and document assessments of the impact of capacity building interventions, including regular reports/updates on partner capacity building activities.5) Documentation and Reporting:• Maintain comprehensive files for the grants including partner files and relevant hard copied in the respective sub-agreement electronic files and label them correctly.• Working with budget holders review monthly internal reports, compile and submit partner reports into overall donor report, program as needed/requested.6) Donor Reports• Preparation of draft donor reports for review by the Finance Controller• Analysis of actual to budget results to identify problems in accounting or compliance• Identification of procedural or training issues to be addressed to improve the quality of report data.• Preparation of the creation of detail level budgets in NCA format to ensure required donor reports can be produced form the accounting system7) Budgets• Assisting in the preparation and maintenance of the country’s Operating Budget to ensure data is complete and maintained on a timely basis.• Preparation of monthly management reports analyzing the use of sub-grantee funding versus approved allocation as well as spending analysis.• Assisting in the development and preparation of cost allocation processes for overarching costs that comply with donor regulations on allowable costs.• Review of actual vs. budget results to ensure maximum utilization of budgeted amounts and to provide recommendations for realignments as required.8) Other Duties• Contribute to the overall proper functioning of the Finance department by taking on any other duties assigned by supervisor.• Contribute to the overall improvement of the financial and accounting system in ETHIOPIA by providing recommendation to supervisor for consideration on specific areas that could be improved.• Contribute to team work• Facilitate any external audits and audits conducted by the Internal Auditor and other headquarters personnelHow to Apply• Interested applicants are required to submit their non-returnable application with CV and other supportive documents to: Norwegian Church Aid Ethiopia, P.O. Box 1248, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia or hand deliver to our office located at Wello Sefer, Ethio-China Friendship Avenue, in front of Tebaber Berta Residence.N.B.:• Closing date: June 6, 2019.• Enquiry by phone is not accepted.• Only short-listed applicants will be contacted via telephone.• Please indicate the job title you are applying for on the top of the envelope.• NCA is an equal opportunity organization.• Qualified women applicants are highly encouraged to apply.

Bachelor's

Job Requirement
• BA in Accounting or Finance or Business education
• Minimum of 4 years demonstrated experience, preferably in NGOs engaged in humanitarian and development activities
• Excellent interpersonal skills to promote effective collaboration within and across partner organizations
• Good written and oral communication skill in English language
• Ability to work long hours, under pressure and able meeting deadlines.
• Able to maintain motivation of self and others.
• Proactive to identify and communicate potential problems and propose solutions to the level of management appropriate to effect solutions.
• Ability to work as part of a team as well as to work autonomously when required.
• Keen to learn the financial and administrative procedures of NCA and partner organizations
• Strong personal integrity and commitment to accountability
• Detail oriented in following up and networking
• Excellent computer basic skills and keen to learn relevant software used by NCA
• Willing and able to frequently travel to hardship areas which NCA project sites are located

3-5 years