Senior Finance Officer

Tearfund in Ethiopia is looking for an experienced Senior Finance Officer. The Senior Finance Officer (SFO) is responsible for ensuring donor compliance for all financial management issues and providing accounting functions and financial management input to our Ethiopia team.

Tearfund is a UK based, Christian INGO working in over 45 of the poorest countries around

the world, to lift people out of poverty, using local partners and churches wherever possible.

Key to our success are our values and characteristics, and the dedication and professionalism of Tearfund staff and partners in the countries we work. Tearfund has been working in Ethiopia since the 1970s. Along with our in-country partners, we have supported the establishment and development of more than 20,000 self-help groups (SHGs) across 50 locations in Ethiopia, as a sustainable, holistic approach to fighting poverty and its manifestation.

The Senior Finance Officer (SFO) is responsible to ensure the financial affairs of Tearfund are managed ethically and professionally in order to maximise its impact to end poverty and injustice, and to restore dignity and hope in some of the world’s poorest communities.

Do you have experience of:

• Finance management
• Document review & control
• Bank & cash management
• Compliance with donor rules/regulations and statutory obligation
• Internal control environment

If the above describes you, have a look at the attached Job Profile and do apply.

Applicants who have the right to live and work in Ethiopia will be considered for this position.

The role is based in Addis Ababa. It is offered full time.

All applicants must be committed to Tearfund’s Christian beliefs.

The recruitment process will include specific checks related to safeguarding. In addition,

personal identification information will be submitted against a Watchlist database to check

against criminal convictions as a counter-terror measure.

Documents

• ETH – Senior Finance Officer -Job Profile .pdf (293.32 KB)