Chemonics Group UK Ltd. is currently seeking to recruit a Finance Officer to oversee the effective delivery of financial functions within the Yemen programme. The role will be responsible for ensuring accurate financial management, strong internal controls, and full compliance with organisational policies and procedures.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities (Essential Functions)

The Finance Officer supports the financial accounting operations of the project by ensuring compliance with organizational policies, donor requirements, and applicable regulations. The role is responsible for maintaining accurate financial records, processing financial transactions, supporting budgeting and reporting activities, and working closely with project staff, partners, and the corporate finance team to ensure efficient and compliant financial management throughout the project.

Key Responsibilities

Following principal duties and responsibilities:

• Supports the Finance Manager and deputises for this position when needed.
• Ensures that accounting operations are sustained in the office while also ensuring programme and project accounting policies are followed.
• Supervises the daily financial operations of the contract, which includes cash flow management, time sheet recording, reporting to FCDO on the financial aspects of the programme, and any necessary monitoring of obligations, budgets, and expenditures.
• Works with the bookkeeper and senior finance manager to coordinate and implement proper protocols to ensure the field offices are operating under consistent financial practices.
• Ensures continuous liquidity for the project; and investigates and identifies new ways of achieving project efficiencies.
• Supervises the day-to-day field presence in areas of operations, administration, and logistics
• Records and processes monthly field office programme and project expenditures in the internal accounting system and submit expenditures to the corporate office on monthly basis.
• Prepares monthly financial projections and wire transfer requests to receive funds from London Corporate office.
• Prepares payroll calculations and ensure full compliance with all tax requirements with applicable countries prior to making payroll.
• Processes payment of vendors and cheque preparation. 
• Performs financial tracking of local fund partners and subcontractors and other analysis upon request.
• Assists with ad hoc financial monitoring and analysis of grant and project budgets and actual versus obligated disbursements and financial transactions as needed.
• Ensures all necessary taxes are withheld from applicable payments based on country requirements.
• Tracks VAT expenditures for all applicable countries and ensure forms are submitted to Finance Officer.
• Uses strong interpersonal skills to effectively work with all staff and ensure financial policies are followed.
• Performs other duties as assigned by the supervisor or Deputy Team Leader, or equivalent.

Required Skills and Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty and responsibility satisfactorily. The qualifications listed below are representative of the required knowledge, skills, and/or abilities needed to perform the principal duties.

• A degree in accounting, business or commerce and minimum of five years’ experience in accounting
• Computer literacy in word processing, spreadsheets and preparation of graphs, tables, charts with Microsoft Office (including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) and accounting software is necessary
• Experience and knowledge of Yemen Local Labour Law preferred.
• Experience working with international donors strongly preferred.
• Excellent verbal and written and communication skills.
• Demonstrated leadership, versatility, and integrity

Training and Development

During your employment:

• You must complete the Annual Standards of Business Conduct training, Cyber Security and GDPR training and any other mandatory trainings as relevant to your role or deemed mandatory by Chemonics Management which will be paid for by the Chemonics.