The Project Finance Officer provides support to all financial requirements of the assigned projects based in provinces to ensure transparency, accuracy and compliance with WWF Laos and WWF network financial systems, policies and procedures as well as local legal requirements.
WWF-Laos works with government, civil society, the private sector and other partners to address the drivers of biodiversity loss and to move towards a greener nature-based future where the people of Laos can thrive and live in harmony with nature. Conservation is WWF’s core work, and our programmes in Laos are implemented under four broad thematic areas: Forests, Wildlife, Freshwater and Circular Resilience.
Contract duration: 1 year initial with possible extension with industry leading benefit and salary package and ample opportunity for professional development.
Job Responsibilities
- Ensure accurate data entry in Oracle and GMS, including project coding and financial uploads following steps and timelines as guided by the regional finance team as well as line manager;
- Assist in the development, monitoring, review and update of project finance and accounting activity work plans;
- Provide technical guidance, capacity building, coaching to project staff, project partners and Government counterparts on all aspects of finance to ensure compliance with finance policies and procedures, and legal requirements;
- Support the project team to ensure and manage third party contracts following the organisation’s and legal requirements, procedures on contracts;
- Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports for project teams and management;
- Ensure staffs submit time sheets, and maintain the monitoring sheets of the project up to date (e.g. prepayments, outgoing contracts);
- Record daily transactions and prepare calls for funds;
- Prepare bank transfer and ensure timely processing of payments in line with WWF-Laos policies;
- Support the project team members on annual budget preparation including project staff cost allocation;
- Support Senior Project Finance Officer (SFO) in conducting due diligence/ Bridger insight (Compliance gap analysis);
- Monitor outstanding advances and follow up for clearance;
- Ensure proper filling of all original finance related documents at field office and regularly upload them into the SharePoint;
Job Requirements
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in finance and accounting, Business Management, Business Administration, or in relevant fields;
- 3 years of working experience in finance and accounting administration, particularly in budgeting, with international NGOs is desirable;
- Proficiency in accounting software (Oracle) is preferred.
Required Skills and Competencies
- Thorough understanding of local finance and accounting systems and laws and regulations;
- Basic knowledge of international finance and accounting standards;
- Advanced or excellent proficiency in MS Excel functions.
- Good understanding of finance and accounting practices in INGOs in Laos
- Demonstrate good command in English both written and verbal communication.