Senior Finance Officer Risk

Posted date

8th September, 2025

Last date to apply

16th September, 2025

Country

Pakistan

Locations

Islamabad

Category

Finance

Type

Fixed-Term

Position

1

Experience

3 years

ChildSafeguarding Level 3 - the responsibilities of the post may require the post holder to have regular contact with or access to children or young people

ROLE PURPOSE:

As a member of the Finance Team, this position will assist the Manager Finance & Awards for overall Financial Management of SC in Pakistan.

SCOPE OF ROLE:

Reports to: Manager Finance & Awards.

Staff directly reporting to this post: Nil.

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

As a member of the Finance Team, contribute to:

• Follow an organisational culture that reflects our values, promotes accountability and high performance and frees up our people to deliver outstanding results for children and excellent customer service for our Members and donors

Regular:

• Compliance check of all payments to ensure that documentary evidence is fully complete and abiding the SCI policies and procedures.
• Ensuring payment processing is aligned with statutory regulations and global policies and complying with risk management and internal controls.
• Proactively reviewing the processes, practices and documents to identify weakness.
• Compliance check of MPCA payments and communications with bank.
• MPCA reconciliations and preparation of reports for Senior Management.
• Preparation of Financial statements according to International Financial Reporting Standards issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and Accounting Standards for Not-for-Profit Organizations (NPOs) issued by the ICAP.
• Make bank payment vouchers to ensure completeness and accuracy of documentation
• Focal person for conducting Annual Audit and project-based audits.
• Focal person for MPCA communications with bank.
• Assist Manager Finance & Awards in Year-end processes and month end processes including preparation and reconciliation of schedules.

Risk Management:

• Provide assistance in risk management functions and related communications across the CO.
• Keep track of and coordinate the CO's risk management deliverables such as quarterly risk management plans, yearly Letters of Assurance, Aid Diversion assessments and track progress of the mitigation's measures.
• Facilitate the RMP process, regular updates to SMT and risk management committees' meetings.
• Assist in the continuous improvement of SCI risk management framework, including systems, processes, and centralized reporting, staying abreast of best practices, and contributing to the effective development of risk management system architecture.

Audits:

• Coordinate Audits as per HQ and donor's requirements.
• Coordinate input into GA's TORs for audit engagement.
• Coordinate the CO's management responses prior to their submission to GA.
• Review findings of external audit reports.
• Ensure follow-up recommendations by maintaining a register of findings, action plans developed in response to such findings and action taken in accordance with such action plans.
• Prepare summary reports for SMT review with emphasis on major findings

Finance and Program Staff Capacity Building:

• Assist Manager Finance & Awards for capacity building of Program staff and budget holder to understand the financial reports.
• Assist the Line Manager for capacity building of new hired staff around cash matters of SC.

Work for Emergency Situation:

• Ability to work for long hours under emergency situation.

BEHAVIOURS (Values in Practice)

Accountability:

• holds self accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values
• holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.

Ambition:

• sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages their team to do the same
• widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
• future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale.

Collaboration:

• builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters
• values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength
• approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.

Creativity:

• develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
• willing to take disciplined risks.

Integrity:

• honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• MBA in Finance or CA /ACMA/ ACCA part qualified.
• At least 3 years' experience
• Some initial experience like internship in any reputed organization.
• A "Can do" and service oriented attitude
• Ability to work independently to a high professional standard
• Sensitive to the cultural & political environment
• Fluent spoken & written English language

Additional job responsibilities

The duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the role holder may be required to carry out additional duties within reasonableness of their level of skills and experience.

Equal Opportunities

The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI Equal Opportunities and Diversity policies and procedures.

Child Safeguarding:

We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

Safeguarding our Staff:

The post holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI anti-harassment policy.

Health and Safety

The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with SCI Health and Safety policies and procedures.

Save the Children has zero tolerance towards Sexual Exploitation and Abuse, Fraud, Bribery and Corruption.

Save the Children holds its Safeguarding principles and policies with high importance and commits to rigorous procedures to ensure all our personnel and programs are safe, particularly for children. All candidates will, therefore, be subject to strict background checks.

Qualified candidates from minorities, indigenous groups, women and people with disabilities are highly encouraged to apply.

Only short-listed candidates will be called for an interview.