Search for Common Ground is seeking a Finance Officer for Sudan office. The Finance Officer will be responsible for effective management of sub-award under the leadership of the country Finance Coordinator and the Country Director.

Key Responsibilities:

• Review Partners support documents and ensure compliance with SFCG and Donor rules and regulations
• File all partners support documents for country office finances
• Review sub-award expenses and monthly partners financial reports before they are posted to the finance system
• Work hand in hand with country finance coordinator to reconcile sub-award advances every month
• Conducts partners capacity assessment for new partners and make quarterly site visits when required
• Conducts training for partner finance staff on the use of SFCG reporting template, procedures and reporting requirements
• Monitor funds, ensuring that up to date records of expenditures are kept and that they comply with budget allocations and donor requirements
• Monitor the budget vs actual (BVA) before processing any payment to ensure we are within the budget
• Completion of payment vouchers and ensuring proper and relevant approvals are done
• Process both bank and petty cash payments when called upon
• Scanning of all support documents for partners and ensuring proper filing for partner support documents
• Process partners wires when required in line with SFCG regulations and sub-award management guideline
• Ensure compliance with financial statutory matters

As job descriptions cannot be exhaustive, the position holder may be required to undertake other duties that are broadly in line with the above key responsibilities.

Qualifications:

• University degree in accounting, business administration or equivalent
• A minimum of 5 years’ experience working for INGO in finance, grants management positions sub-award management
• Experience handling sub-award management and contracting.
• Experience in handling donor and statutory audit
• Strong spreadsheet and data analysis advanced skills (Microsoft Office, especially Excel, any accounting software, using SAGE, INTACCT would be an advantage)
• Commitment to working in a conflict transformation organization and flexible to respond to dynamic situations and ability to manage multiple activities at once
• A good team player and ready to work with a diverse team of employees
• Excellent communication skills with spoken and written skills in English to be able to establish and maintain good relationships with colleagues and partners
• Strong leadership and management skills

To apply for this position, please submit your CV and a cover letter demonstrating your capacity and experience in doing similar work. This position is open to Sudanese nationals only.

Deadline for submission of applications is 31 July 2020.

As job descriptions cannot be exhaustive, the position holder may be required to undertake other duties that are broadly in line with the above key responsibilities.

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Only applicants invited for an interview will be contacted. No phone calls please. Please see our website www.sfcg.org for full details of our work.

All Search Employees must adhere to the values: Shared Humanity - Empathy - Impartiality - Inclusivity - Courage - Hope - Humility - Audacity. In accordance with these values, Search enforces compliance with the Code of Conduct and related policies on Anti Workplace Harassment, Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Conflict of Interest and Anti-fraud.

Search for Common Ground does not and shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion (creed), gender, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status, in any of its activities or operations.

To apply for this position, please submit your CV and a cover letter demonstrating your capacity and experience in doing similar work. This position is open to Sudanese nationals only.

Deadline for submission of applications is 31 July 2020.