Finance Officer

• Do you want to do work that really matters? Help us end avoidable blindness
• Full time, 2-year contract role with possible renewal based in Vientiane Capital, Laos (Flexible work arrangements available)
• Closing Date: Wednesday the 14th of May 2025

ABOUT THE FRED HOLLOWS FOUNDATION

The Fred Hollows Foundation is an international development organisation working to prevent blindness and restore sight. We continue to carry on the legacy of Professor Fred Hollows, who believed every person had the right to quality eye care, no matter where they live. The Foundation is known around the world as an organisation that works with purpose and determination. With a reputation for excellence, we are well known for making change happen.

The Foundation has grown to work in more than 25+ countries throughout Africa, South Asia, Southeast Asia, the Middle East and the Pacific, as well as Australia. The Foundation has restored sight to more than 3 million people worldwide. We have an ambitious five-year strategic plan that aims to take us even closer to realising our vision of a world in which no person is needlessly blind, or vision impaired and Indigenous Australians exercise their right to sight and good health. To find out more about our work, please visit our website https://www.hollows.org

THE OPPORTUNITY

The role of the Finance Officer (FO) is to ensure financial process integrity in FHF Lao PDR’s program operations, fully meeting established institutional policies, standards and donor requirements across budget execution, in-country financial management, banking operation, partner and staff advance reconciliations and reporting requirements.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Monitor and report on project and workstream finance management activities to ensure efficiency and consistency with established work plans to support Programme management.
• Undertake the financial management processes of the country program to ensure programming and administrative expenses are correctly recorded in the global finance system (SUN Systems), accurately and on time per the global timetable
• Support the monitoring of project budget and track expenditures to ensure that program resources are optimally allocated and utilized.
• Support the manager and program team to prepare monthly TT request, quarterly forecast budget planning.
• Support the manager in providing guidance and financial management training to the project team and key stakeholders on the procedures, policies, and tools of all operational transactions.
• Provide proactive support in developing the financial capacity of project partners to improve their financial skills generally and the management and reporting of FHF projects in particular.
• Monitoring budgeted expenditure and compliance to FHF financial regulations by the partners.
• Support the manager to identify financial issues from across projects and workstreams and to advise project staff on remedial measures to maintain integrity of delivery and improve financial operational processes to increase efficiency.
• Support Country Manager on the asset management, external audits, HQ’s internal audit, document filing, and other office accounting tasks.
• Build finance management capability within and across teams and partners to drive a culture of engagement and collaboration within The Foundation.
• Collaborate with financial coordinator, cluster country teams, CSN (Finance and Operations Coordinator-Asia/Global Program) and Head office.
• Maintain financial filing systems (physical and electronic), reporting/documentary quality to support reporting to Global Office and donors (e.g. ANCP) and other program stakeholders.
• Work with Operation Coordinator and Country Manager to develop, monitor/manage detailed procurement plans, requisition procedures, budget execution plans and schedules in line with yearly work programs and budget lines.
• Participating the government stakeholders meeting related to financial on behalf of Lao office
• Assist managers to develop budget variation, prepare partners’ meetings, training and project mentoring system related to the tasks.
• Supporting another project team to do double checking quarterly budget planning and reporting when required.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in finance and accounting or other related field of study required.
• Strong experience in auditing, accounting, budgeting, reporting, risk management and financial management at international organizations, or multinational businesses.
• Strong competence in the use of standard software programs: Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Outlook.
• Experience with international accounting software (ideally SUN Systems).
• Clear communication skills verbally and in writing in English required, with excellent Lao language skills.
• Proven experience in promoting an organizational culture of trust, transparency, respect, and partnership.
• Proven experience in processing and sharing information easily.