Finance Officer

The Company

A Global organisation, who have experienced significant growth over recent years, with a presence across over 30 countries. Involved in diverse & humbling projects, the 10,000+ strong workforce, are involved in insightful and rewarding international work

About the roles:

We are looking to hire two Finance Officers for our client, an interesting organisation based in Dumfriesshire.

1) The Finance Officer will support the Regional Finance Manager in providing finance advice and support to several large projects

2) The Finance Officer (Global) will support the Grants Manager in ensuring contractual and regulatory compliance for a portfolio of global grants.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support the production of timely financial donor reports and fund requests.
• Provide support in the development of donor budgets utilising the financial planning system.
• Support in the development of systems, tools and processes to ensure the budgeting and forecasting process operates efficiently and effectively.
• Assist the financial monitoring and review of grants/contracts, working closely with colleagues to forecast and report on project costs to completion.

• Assist in the monitoring of compliance against Donor regulations and financial and logistics standing operating procedures, carrying out desk and field-based audits.

• Assist monitoring of compliance against overseas statutory regulations, including company registration, financial reporting and taxation.
• Assist in the production of transactional reports/documentation for grant/contract audits, liaising with the external auditors & colleagues as required.

This job description is intended to summarise the main duties and responsibilities of the posts; this is not intended to be a full and exhaustive list of tasks. All staff are expected to demonstrate flexibility and willingness to perform appropriate tasks when the need arises.

Skills and experience required

• At least 2 years’ experience in a finance role
• Use of Excel to manipulate and analyse data (ability to produce pivot tables, VLookup, SUMIF etc.)
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Willingness to travel oversees

Salary & Benefits being offered

A friendly, welcoming, and supportive place to work, employees can enjoy a variety of benefits which include:

• Salary region up to £30,000
• Contributory pension - employer will match up to 5% of contributions.
• 25 days annual leave and 8 public holidays.
• Non-contributory life assurance (3 x salary)
• Private medical insurance.
• Occupational health services.
• Hybrid/Flexible working.
• Cycle to work scheme

Closing date: 12noon on Tuesday 2nd April 2024