Overview
The CHOICE Project Program Management Unit Finance Coordinator will ensure adherence to financial compliance requirements and provide technical support for financial matters within project countries.
Key Responsibilities
- Ensure adherence to GAC and OCA financial compliance requirements.
- Review financial sections of Project Agreements.
- Support and coordinate responses to OCA’s due diligence exercises.
- Deliver, coordinate and cascade financial compliance training.
- Provide ongoing technical support and consult with OCA on financial matters.
- Orient project staff and partners to financial reporting templates, tools, and guidance.
- Ensure Country teams and Partners adhere to Project Implementation Plans (PIP) budgets, annual workplans, and financial reporting requirements.
- Conduct periodic monitoring visits with finance staff to conduct spot checks and assess audit and compliance review readiness.
- Share monitoring results with OCA and follow up on identified gaps and risk mitigation actions.
- Promote transparency and accountability with local partners.
- Ensure all CHOICE project expenditures comply with donor cost principles, are properly supported, and are audit ready.
- Review and consolidate country-level financial inputs.
- Review country-specific periodic financial reports, forecasts, and advance requests.
- Prepare consolidated financial reports, forecasts, and advance requests.
- Conduct variance analysis, cost categorization reviews, and commitment management.
- Coordinate responses to feedback from OCA on financial submissions.
- Ensure consistency, quality, and timeliness in financial reporting across all project partners and countries.
- Serve as the primary financial liaison between SAF, Oxfam Canada, and CHOICE implementing countries.
- Coordinate with other PMU units to align financial data with program results, risk assessments, and evaluations.
Required Experience
- 4–6 years of relevant experience in finance and operations, including budgeting, compliance, and financial reporting within development or humanitarian contexts.
- Good knowledge and experience of managing donor grants and contributions, or donor funded programmes.
- Proven experience working with partner organisations and helping them develop their independent expertise and ability to deliver results, through effective capacity building and learning and development activities.
Qualifications
Master’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration or related field, alternatively a bachelor’s degree combined with a professional accounting qualification (ACCA, CIMA, CPA or equivalent) will be considered.
