Finance Coordinator

WHO WE ARE

Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation that advances children’s rights and equality for girls. We believe in the power and potential of every child. But this is often suppressed by poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination. And its girls who are most affected. Working together with children, young people, our supporters and partners, we strive for a just world, tackling the root causes of the challenges facing girls and all vulnerable children. We support children’s rights from birth until they reach adulthood. And we enable children to prepare for – and respond to – crises and adversity. We drive changes in practice and policy at local, national and global levels using our reach, experience and knowledge. We have been building powerful partnerships for children for over 80 years and are now active in more than 77 countries.

Plan international has opened an office in Somaliland and started programmes that focus on child protection, education and youth economic empowerment programming both humanitarian and development setting, working with/through partners and providing technical support to INGOs, Somaliland NGOs and the Government of Somaliland in Plan’s areas of expertise.

ABOUT THE ROLE

The Finance Coordinator will be responsible for coordinating with Country Finance Manager to ensure timely and accurate accounting, internal and external reporting and compliance with internal Plan and external donor policies and requirements. This role will allow Plan Somalia/Somaliland to provide greater levels of support for partner organizations through strengthening their capacities to comply with Plan and donor regulations and procedures in relation to finance and Grants. The post holder will also be responsible for assisting the Finance Manager to monitoring financial management and performance of all programs/projects/sub-units and partners in the country, ensuring compliance with global standards, systems and processes, law of land as well as donors’ rules on financial management.

TECHNICAL EXPERTISE, SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE

Essential Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or equivalent is required;
• At least 4 years’ experience in a similar role;
• Fair knowledge in grants and project management.
• Excellent proven knowledge in MS Office (Excel, Word, Outlook)
• Knowledge and use of accounting software (Preferably SAP)
• Preferred qualifications: knowledge of and experience with the key donors in the industry is strongly preferred.
• Experience providing capacity development assistance to sub-grantees strongly preferred.
• Experience working with sub-grantees required.
• Experience in staff management is desirable.

Knowledge:

• Knowledge of using SAP or D365 Microsoft Dynamics

Skills

• Excellent communication, problem solving and record keeping skills
• Strong analytical and financial interpretation skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Ability to meet deadlines
• Committed, honest and transparent
• High degree of confidentiality and integrity
• Proficient in computer skills and use of relevant software and other applications.

Languages required;

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in Somali is also mandatory (As the role is for the Nationals only)

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Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the very heart of everything that Plan International stands for.

We want Plan International to reflect the diversity of the communities we work with, offering equal opportunities to everyone regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

Plan International is based on a culture of inclusivity and we strive to create a workplace environment that ensures every team, in every office, in every country, is rich in diverse people, thoughts, and ideas.

We foster an organisational culture that embraces our commitment to racial justice, gender equality, girls’ rights and inclusion.

Plan International believes that in a world where children face so many threats of harm, it is our duty to ensure that we, as an organisation, do everything we can to keep children safe. This means that we have particular responsibilities to children that we come into contact with and we must not contribute in any way to harming or placing children at risk.

A range of pre-employment checks will be undertaken in conformity with Plan International’s Safeguarding Children and Young People policy. Plan International also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this scheme we will request information from applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms their understanding of these recruitment procedures.

Disclaimer: Plan International is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate applicants on any basis. We also do not charge Job seekers any fees at any point of the recruitment process.

Female candidates are highly encouraged to apply for this position.