- Job Title: Finance Officer, South East Asia and the Pacific Department
- Location: Cotabato, Philippines
- Reporting to: Finance Manager, South East Asia and the Pacific Department
- Duration: Fixed term contract until 31st December 2023 (subject to funding)
- Salary: PHP 480,000 per annum plus pension (PHP 40,000 per month pro-rated)
Conciliation Resources
Conciliation Resources is an independent international organisation working with people in conflict to prevent violence, resolve conflicts and promote peaceful societies. We believe that building sustainable peace takes time. We provide practical support to help people affected by violent conflict achieve lasting peace. We draw on our shared experiences to improve peacebuilding policies and practice worldwide. We have worked in the South East Asia and the Pacific regions since 1994 and currently have four programmes: A regional Pacific Programme, a Fiji Programme, a Papua New Guinea Programme and a Philippines Programme.
We work with partner organisations and individuals to create an environment in which long-term change is possible, supporting key actors in the conflicts (officials, civic actors and politicians) to explore options for progress through dialogue, analysis and access to new thinking; engaging with hardliners and enabling broad participation including marginalised groups. We help civil society groups become more effective in advocating for rights, encouraging debate and achieving policy change, which will contribute to potential reconciliation.
Job Purpose
We are headquartered in London, with a branch office in Wurundjeri Country / Melbourne. The SEAP Department also has team personnel and offices spaces in the Philippines and Fiji.
The Finance Officer will have responsibility for a range of finance functions and services. The role is responsible for providing technical finance assistance to the organisation including the programme teams to ultimately support the delivery of the work of Conciliation Resources.
The Finance Officer works closely with others in the Finance Team and other staff across Conciliation Resources as well as our organisational partners. This is a key role in both delivering and assist in developing our financial controls framework, processes and procedures and being able to respond and solve problems.
Please note that all candidates who apply for this position must have the right to work in the Philippines as the role is based in Cotabato City, Philippines.
Person Specification
Essential Knowledge and Experience
- Graduate study or local equivalent by experience in accounting, business, finance or similar.
- Proficient knowledge and experience of Infor SUN or equivalent accounting system.
- Proficient knowledge of MS Office (excel) and database software.
- Experience of using financial accounting software to maintain ledgers, prepare bank reconciliations, exporting data for subsequent interpretation and other financial systems to place orders or retrieve information to support budget holders and keeping organisation financial records up to date.
- Experience of undertaking a range of financial administrative duties including data input and retrieval.
- Excellent numeracy and accuracy skills with a high level of attention to detail.
- Able to work quickly and accurately to tight deadlines.
Desirable Knowledge and Experience
- Knowledge of AASB accounting standards for charity accounting.
- Knowledge of ATO regulations including payroll and GST.
- Experience of handling financial reporting to institutional donors such as the DFAT and EU.
- Experience of handling an organisation’s payroll processes.
- Experience of processing financial transactions for expenditure in multi-currencies.
- Experience of working with staff who are not office based on financial issues.
Other Role Requirements
- Excellent computer and IT skills, preferably in a Mac environment including Excel and Word.
- Excellent English verbal and written communication skills.
- Good problem-solving skills/innovative.
- Willingness to be self-servicing, with a proven ability to work as part of a team as well as independently.
- Commitment to our goals and values.
Please see Job Description for more details on responsibilities and tasks.
How to apply
Please submit the Applicant Form and Applicant Statement to aurecruitment@c-r.org by 5pm AEST, Tuesday 23rd May 2023.
The successful candidate will be required to undergo pre-employment checks which include national police checks. Please be advised that it is requirement for all our staff to submit their COVID-19 vaccination proof.
CR’s SEAP department (Conciliation Resources Australia) branch office is based on Wurundjeri Country / Melbourne, Australia. We respectfully acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land, the Bunurong, Boon Wurrung and Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung peoples of the Eastern Kulin Nations and pay respect to their Elders past, present and emerging.
We acknowledge that the land on which we meet and learn was the place of age-old ceremonies, of celebration, initiation and renewal, and that First Peoples have continuing connection to the lands, water and sky. We value the unique backgrounds, experiences and contributions that each person brings to our community by encouraging and celebrate diversity. First Peoples’, those identifying as LGBTQIA+, people of all ages, with diverse abilities as well as culturally and linguistically diverse people are encouraged to apply.