Tearfund has an exciting opportunity for a Grants and Finance Manager to join our team in Pakistan to support programmes and projects through local partners.

The Grants and Finance Manager will be part of the senior management team to maintain a system of financial record keeping from which to provide the Country Director, field management and Tearfund UK with timely, accurate and meaningful financial management information to enable them to monitor and manage the programme (partners and field offices) effectively. In accordance with Tearfund policies and guidelines, to maintain a system of sound internal controls in order to safeguard Tearfund assets, mitigate against the risk of financial loss and fraud and satisfy donor and statutory audit requirements. To ensure the programme’s financial accounting records and systems and procedures are compliant with Tearfund standards.

We are looking for candidates with:

• Qualified accountant or an appropriate finance related qualification
• Degree or equivalent level of experience
• Proven post qualification finance experience in humanitarian or development finance management
• Proven experience in budgeting and budget management
• Demonstrated experience working with accounting software and online systems
• Demonstrated experience in overseeing organisational finance compliance
• Proven experience in donor financial reporting
• Proven experience in managing people, building a team and in capacity building national staff

The successful applicant will also have:

• Excellent written and verbal communication, particularly in communicating complex financial data to non-finance staff
• Solid experience of using corporate finance systems and use of products such as Excel and finance management software
• Ability to communicate complex financial data to non-finance staff
• Ability to lead, participate and facilitate in collective staff prayer and bible studies
• Organised with strong administrative skills

Do you have the required skills and experience? If so, we’d love to hear from you.

This role will be based in Islamabad, Pakistan. Applicants must have the right to live and work in the location.

The recruitment process will include specific checks related to safeguarding. In addition, personal identification information will be submitted against a watchlist database to check against criminal convictions as a counter-terror measure.