Finance Officer – Seas of Change project

Responsibilities

Financial Advice and Information

• Provide (non) requested financial data, analyse and advice to relevant internal and external parties as input for further decision-making and handling. Give advice, balancing project interests, relevant regulation, corporate standards and guidelines, considering the project set-up with the donor and in line with business requirements and SNV’s corporate financial guidelines and regulations.

Financial Accounting and Administration

• Execute, check and consolidate all necessary activities to assure complete and correct allocation of costs and time. Ensure that internal- and external reporting are aligned to financial regulations, SNV financial standards and guidelines and donor requirements. Assist in the management of intercompany projects

Financial Planning and Control

• Support in being compliant to internal- and external procedures, regulations and SNV and donor guidelines regarding the financial administration of project operations. If applicable execute or support in execution of all financial related activities within the project (annual budgeting process, periodic forecasting, support control, monitoring and auditing).

Reporting

• Provide (input for) financial reports and analysis, to provide insight in the overall project and project financial status to the donor to safeguard financial performance, profitability and to estimate financial risks and take precautions. Ensure correct, exhaustive reporting to donors within agreed timelines, in line with donor and SNV financial guidelines.   

Business Development

• Assist in development of budgets in proposals up to budget value of the set threshold. Take the lead or support in the financial part of a proposal from start to submission by developing, reviewing and refining budgets in line with full cost recovery policy, donor requirements, Finance-Human Resources- and Business Development policies and procedures. Support the registration of financial data (coherence of data) in diverse information systems.