Finance Associate (Assistant) at Christian Aid

About the role

• The Finance Associate, Biu will support Christian Aid's financial management functions at the deep field offices and ensure that adequate financial records are kept at the field offices.
• The role will ensure that payment requests for staff in those locations are processed and retired on a timely basis.
• The role will also provide Financial monitoring support to the local implementing partners within that axis, reviewing their financial reports and ensuring timely reporting to CAID.
• The finance associate will be responsible for preparing financial documentation, petty cash reimbursement, petty cash advances, and coordinating payments to volunteers, etc.
• The role is required to be familiar with Christian Aid and donor financial compliance requirements and to ensure that these are operationalized in the field office they are responsible for.

About you

• You must have a degree in Accounting and 2-3 years of experience in a similar role preferably in the international non - governmental sector (INGO). 
• You must have experience working within a fragile context.
• You must have experience working with institutional donors, particularly WFP.
• You must have experience working with Accounting software, preferably SUN. Being a Part Qualified Accountant – ICAN/ACCA is desirable for this role. Understanding of the local language is an added advantage. 

Competency questions 

• As part of your application, you will be asked to demonstrate your suitability by giving answers to the following questions:

Build Partnership

• Give us an example of when you treated others with dignity and respect while recognising that they had different ideas and views to you.
• What was the situation?
• How were you aware of the differences involved?
• What was your task? What outcome were you trying to achieve?
• What actions did you take? How did you demonstrate dignity and respect?
• What was the result of your actions?
• Were you successful? 
• If so, how did you know?

Communicate effectively

• Tell us about a time when you needed to explain something in a simple or different way because someone appeared to have not understood you.
• What was the context?
• What was your task?
• What did you have to communicate differently?
• What did you say?
• How did you say it?
• What was the result?
• Were you successful? 
• If so, how did you know?

Steward Resources 

• Please give us an example of how you have taken account of the need to use resources economically and without unnecessary waste when planning and delivering your work.
• What was the situation?
• What was your task?
• What was expected of you?
• What action(s) did you take? Why?
• What was the outcome?
• How did you know you were successful in using resources economically?