Location: Nepal
Salary: Competitive
Contract Type: Fixed Term
Full Time: 35 hours per week
Application Closing Date: 24 April 2020

Role Overview

Provide financial support to program team and partner NGOs for specific project/s, manage and maintain grant financial management activities in order to ensure an efficient, secure and controlled financial environment in compliance with VSO policies and procedures, donor requirements and local regulations.

Skills, Qualifications and Experience

Essential:

Qualification

• Qualified Accountant (ACCA, ACA, CA or Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or bachelor’s degree in Accountancy with strong project and partners management experience.
• Skilled financial accountant with knowledge of financial management of restricted donor funding, reporting, procurement procedures, donor rules and regulations for non-profit organizations.

Experience

• Line Management – experience of managing partner staff with the ability to develop and build capacity building plans and coach.
• Strong leadership experience in budget management for partner including project budget. Knowledge of Internal, External and Project Audit. Strong attention to detail
• Financial Business Partnering - Service oriented, customer focused approach. Experience of working in and understanding a global organization, using knowledge to analyses and interpret financial information to support program and partners
• Communication Skills - Good verbal and oral communication skills in English and local languages. Able to effectively communicate technical financial information to a wide range of audiences and experience of remote and cross-cultural communication, demonstrating sensitivity to cultural and language differences.

Competencies and Behaviors

• Ability to be open minded and respectful
• Ability to be resilient and adaptive to new situations
• Ability to facilitate positive change and build.
• Sustainable working relationships
• Ability to seek and share knowledge

Financial and Risk Management: Sound knowledge of financial and risk management skills

Information Technology: Good level of computer skills (Windows, Power Point, Word, Outlook, and Internet), with advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel, use of accounting software and reporting packages – SUN preferred.

Travel requirement: Able to travel in country and internationally occasionally and spend time away from work- base location and home.

Commitment to VSO’s mission, values, People First principles and core approaches (Social Inclusion and Gender, Social Accountability, and Resilience).

Desirable:

• Volunteering for Development and Youth Engagement
• Understanding and valuing the role of volunteering for development.
• Valuing the role of young people in development.

Experience of working with international and national professional volunteers and youth plus personal experience of volunteering for development is a significant advantage

Competencies and Behaviour

At VSO we believe progress is only possible by working together. Whether you want to join us as an employee, or as a volunteer working in your own country, overseas or online, our selection process includes an assessment based on these core competencies:

• Ability to be open minded and respectful
• Ability to be resilient and adaptive to new situations
• Ability to facilitate positive change and build sustainable working relationships
• Ability to seek and share knowledge

Equal Opportunities: VSO promotes equal opportunities and values a diverse workforce.

Eligibility: Nepalese
Contract: National

VSO reserves the right to close this job early if we receive a sufficient number of applications.