NPO Finance Officer

Supporting the Financial Manager of an NPO with accurate, timeous, and sound financial
record-keeping, this role plays an essential part in maintaining compliance and
the overall operational health of the financial management system. Operating
within a flexible, 4-day in-office hybrid schedule, the position ensures robust
financial controls across various programmes.

Working on a 12-month contract, you will be overseeing general ledger accounts,
coordinating payroll adjustments, managing payment distributions, and
delivering accurate management accounts and budget variance reporting.

Key
Responsibilities

·  General Ledger & Reporting: General Ledger and Subsidiary Ledger reconciliations (including bank, suspense,
debtors, creditors, and interdepartmental accounts); execute month-end and
year-end account closure procedures.

·  Payroll & Masterfile Administration: Liaise with
the outsourced payroll administrator regarding changes, update salary
schedules, consolidate and reconcile payroll data, and manage statutory returns
and leave schedules; post monthly journals (payroll, depreciation, and
non-routine entries); capture and maintain masterfile information (creditors,
debtors, payroll, assets) on cloud-based accounting systems.

·  Management Accounts & Monitoring: Create, review,
and process month-end journals to prepare monthly management accounts; compile
periodic budget versus actual comparison reports

·  Payments & Invoicing: Prepare invoices for
stakeholders and funders; load invoices for payment; process payments across
programmes; resolve failed payments, and ensure precise ledger allocations.

·  Travel & Expenses: Facilitate travel arrangements
as required; manage expense reporting, reconciliation, and accounting; oversee
the issuance, reconciliation, replenishment, and accounting of petty cash.

Requirements

·       Degree or Diploma in Accounting or Finance.

·       Proven experience in
cloud-based accounting platforms (eg Sage).

·       Hands-on experience in
general ledger maintenance, subsidiary ledger reconciliations, and supporting
month-end/year-end closure processes.

·       Demonstrated history of
loading, processing, and tracking payments, alongside invoice preparation and
ledger allocation.

·       Experience liaising with
outsourced payroll administrators and managing payroll reconciliations and
statutory returns.