Are you aiming to work for an organization where it is worthwhile investing your personality, your skills and your time? Are you looking for a job that is exciting and has clear goals? Welcome to Welthungerhilfe – one of the largest and most respected private organisations for development cooperation and humanitarian aid in Germany. Our vision is clear: “Zero Hunger by 2030” – If you want to become part of our global mission to end hunger around the world, we look forward to receiving your application as:

Finance Officer

Based in Juba, South Sudan

Announcement date: 31/1/2025

Closing date: 19/2/2025

Contract duration: 10 months with possibility for extension depending on funding and performance.

Salary grade: 7

Background

Welthungerhilfe (WHH) has been working in today’s South Sudan since the late 1990’s. Since the country’s independence in 2011, Welthungerhilfe has implemented 87 projects ranging from rapid disaster relief to reconstruction and long-term development cooperation projects with local partners, with an overall volume of over EUR 420 million. Through 19 projects in five states (Northern Bahr el Ghazal, Unity State, Western, Central and Eastern Equatoria), we supported 610,000 people in 2020 alone. Welthungerhilfe receives institutional grants from German federal funds (GFFO, BMZ, GIZ), UN (WFP, FAO, SSHF) and the European Trust Fund (EUTF). WHH SSD primary areas of work in South Sudan are food security, agriculture, food systems, nutrition, WASH and infrastructure rehabilitation, under the overarching umbrella of climate resilience and adaptation. Established in Germany in 1962 under FAO-led campaign against hunger, currently operates in 36 countries globally.

Job purpose:

As Finance Officer you will implement financial management standards effectively within the assigned programs and projects. This involves ensuring that all financial and administrative processes at the project and country office locations are both auditable and efficient, contributing to the project’s overall success, ensuring the financial administration of the project complies with Welthungerhilfe and donor standards, supporting the Head of Finance in carrying out their supervisory responsibilities, guiding partner organizations on financial management, ensuring they meet their contractual obligations and maintain auditable records.

Key responsibilities:

• Ensure that financial administrative processes in the Country Office are auditable and efficient.
• Support and instruct projects and projects partner organizations in matters relating to financial management.
• Monitor and react to emerging financial risks related to co-funding.
• Maintain a system for high quality verification of expenditures and supporting documentation.
• Implement, maintain and monitor a system for checking eligibility of expenses in relation to donor regulations and WHH regulations.
• Ensure that the quality and accuracy of financial reports for grants at periodic intervals.
• Coordinate the training of national and international staff and project partner organizations.
• Coordinate and supervise the Country Office statements on audit and accounting reports and checking the implementation of appropriate recommendations and requirements.
• Be involved in all financial administrative matters with actual and potential co-financers on location, including maintaining contacts and examining financing modalities regarding ongoing and planned individual projects.

Your profile:

• Five or more years of progressive financial management experience is required.
• A holder of bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance.
• Certified Public Accountant Finalist or equivalent.
• Five years’ experience in grants management as well as an understanding of donor regulations, i.e. WFP, BMZ, GIZ, UNICEF, OCHA, AA and EU.
• Audit experience as an added advantage.
• Three years of experience in an international NGO/UN field office is preferred.
• Demonstrated experience and skill in budget preparation and analysis, financial reporting preparation and presentation and proven ability to translate technical financial data into informative reports. Proven experience working with partners
• Strong Accounting skills and experience, including management of general ledgers, journal entries, payroll, payables and balance sheets.
• Advanced computer skills in MS Office programs, particularly Excel
• Supervisory skills and strong organizational skills.
• Proven sense of professional discretion, integrity, and ability to work well with others in stressful situations.
• Fluency in English is essential.

Application procedure:

Interested applicants can submit their application (max. four pages) in English, including copies of certificates/ diplomas, national ID, providing names of three referees and a telephone contact.

The applications are to be submitted to:  Imatong Employment Solutions

For online applications please click here.

Hard copies may be dropped to the Imatong Employment Solutions office in Thong Ping. Please contact +211 921 277 383 for directions.

Applications should not reach later than 19 February 2025 at 5pm.

To view the approved advert from the South Sudan Ministry of Labour, please click here.

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. Qualified females are strongly encouraged to apply.