About the role

  • Finance Officer supporting HALO programmes with financial analysis and operational tasks. Collaborating closely with teams globally to ensure financial management and donor compliance.

Responsibilities

  • Support the production of accurate and timely donor financial reports and fund requests
  • Assist in the development of donor budgets using HALO’s financial planning system (Adaptive Insights)
  • Contribute to the development and improvement of systems, tools, and processes to ensure efficient budgeting and forecasting
  • Support financial monitoring of grants and contracts, including forecasting costs to completion in collaboration with programme teams
  • Support programmes in the preparation of country budgets aligned with anticipated donor funding
  • Prepare, submit for approval, and post monthly journals in the accounting system
  • Support the review and reconciliation of implementing partner financial reports and payment requests
  • Assist with monitoring compliance with overseas statutory requirements, including company registration, financial reporting, and taxation
  • Support compliance with donor regulations and HALO financial and logistics standard operating procedures, including desk- and field-based audits
  • Assist in the preparation of documentation for grant and contract audits, liaising with external auditors and country teams as required
  • Work within the framework of HALO’s core values, ethos, and mission
  • Contribute to the achievement of programme and organisational objectives
  • Maintain familiarity with and adhere to all HALO policies and procedures
  • Comply with HALO’s Health and Safety procedures, including participation in risk assessments and evacuation procedures as necessary

Requirements

  • Proven background in financial operations, budgeting, forecasting, reconciliation, and month-end processes
  • Experience working within a fast-paced, multi-stakeholder environment
  • Ability to interpret financial data to support decision-making and provide clear, actionable insights
  • Experience with financial controls, compliance, and audit preparation is highly desirable
  • Advanced Excel skills; should be confident using complex formulas and functions such as PivotTables, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, SUMIF(S), INDEX/MATCH
  • Ability to clean, manipulate, and analyse large data sets efficiently
  • Experience building dynamic spreadsheets, dashboards, or financial models
  • Strong attention to detail and accuracy when handling data
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to communicate financial information clearly to both financial and non-financial colleagues
  • Strong relationship-building skills, with the confidence to challenge, influence, and support stakeholders at all levels
  • Ability to work collaboratively within a team while also being self-motivated and proactive
  • Clear, concise written communication, including the ability to produce high-quality reports and summaries

Benefits

  • 25 days’ annual leave plus 8 statutory holidays
  • Non-contributory life assurance
  • Private medical health cover
  • Pension contributions matched by HALO up to 5%
  • Emergency medical insurance while travelling overseas (including on leave)
  • Flexible working policy

Job title

Finance Officer

Job type

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

£32,000 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

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