Finance Officer – Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea At Tetra Tech

Why Tetra Tech International Development?

As a leading global development consulting firm, our purpose is to contribute to a world where people, communities and the planet thrive.

Tetra Tech International Development works with governments, businesses and NGOs to solve complex development challenges. Our dedicated team helps partners including DFAT, USAID and the Asian Development Bank to deliver effective and sustainable projects in more than 80 countries around the world.

• Open to PNG Residents and Citizens
• Located in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
• Full-time, fixed-term contract until June 2027

The Program

Australia Awards PNG (AAPNG) support Papua New Guinea to achieve its development goals through education, knowledge transfer, and institutional capacity building, and to build enduring relationships with Australia.

We do this by supporting institution-to-institution partnerships and inclusive collaborations, forge people-to-people links, support high quality education, and strengthen accredited training institutions in PNG.

AAPNG offers the next generation of leaders in Papua New Guinea opportunities to acquire professional and technical knowledge and skills relevant to the priorities of the Government of PNG. The program ensures opportunities are provided for women, people with disabilities and people from rural and remote locations.

The program includes three study options:

• Australia Award Scholarships for Papua New Guineans to undertake long-term study in Australia, primarily at the postgraduate level;
• Australia Awards In-PNG Scholarships for Papua New Guineans to undertake long-term study in PNG to meet critical workforce gaps; and
• Australia Awards Short Course Awards for Papua New Guineans to undertake short-term professional development study in Australia or PNG, often receiving an Australian qualification.

The Position

The Finance Officer reports to the Finance Coordinator and as a member of AAPNG, fosters continuous improvement and innovation, ensures quality delivery, and maximizes possible program outcomes for AAPNG.

Some key responsibilities include:

• Preparing payments including Payment Vouchers (PVs) for eligible expenses ensuring proper coding based on the Chart of Accounts (CoA)
• Processing payments including cheques, electronic fund transfers (EFT), petty cash disbursements, or Transactive Banking batches, etc.
• Inputting expenditure data into Tetra Tech accounting systems
• Ensuring that expense descriptions conform to the AAPNG expense description protocols Contributing significantly to the preparation of the monthly Expenditure and Forecast Report (EFR) for the Program

The Person

The Finance Officer has an extensive experience in accounting, finance and business administration operations and reporting. They have the ability and willingness to manage continuous improvement and change. Qualification in accounting is highly desirable.

This role is well suited to a PNG national.

Some key requirements of the role:

• Proficiency in the use of accounting software like Quickbooks and strong MS Excel skills
• Demonstrated skills in business financial operations (approvals, payments, accounting, reporting)
• Meticulous attention to detail
• Ability to collaborate and work in a ‘can-do’ team culture

Tetra Tech International Development has a 40-year history in successfully delivering international development projects on behalf of donors right around the world, including Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, USAID and the UK’s Department for International Development (now known as the Foreign and Commonwealth Development Office). Our people work side by side with local partners to support stability, economic growth and good governance, positively changing people’s lives.

Tetra Tech International Development has robust policies and guidelines which exemplify our commitment to safeguarding and technical excellence in gender equality. Our team of dedicated GEDSI advisers work closely with our staff and partners to ensure a context-specific and consistent approach is applied to all our programmes to improve the livelihoods of the world’s most marginalised groups.

Tetra Tech International Development is also committed to respectful workplaces and does not tolerate sexual exploitation, abuse or harassment of any kind.

Tetra Tech International Development is an equal opportunity employer of choice and is committed to child protection.