Senior Finance Coordinator (GFATM)

About the role

The Senior Finance Coordinator supports the GFATM Finance Operations at Save the Children's Yangon head office. The role develops and maintains robust internal controls for the Global Fund programme in line with the Finance Manual and Global Fund policy, ensuring quality, accuracy and clear communication with clients. It is a fixed-term position reporting to the Head of Finance & Grant, with no direct reports and no financial approval authority.

Key responsibilities

• Verify the accuracy, validity and legitimacy of payments, including electronic banking, and ensure creditors are paid promptly
• Prepare bank instructions, maintain the bank status sheet and reconcile with monthly statements
• Maintain the procurement tracker and disbursement tracker, and review procurement requests for completeness
• Follow up on outstanding staff floats and verify invoices, vouchers and transactions against donor and Save the Children requirements
• Ensure transactions are coded correctly in the Agresso accounting system and complete month-end procedures
• Lead audit preparation for selected transactions and support internal and external audits
• Coordinate financial policies and reporting with programme staff, provide administrative support and help with accounting and financial monitoring training
• Comply with the Child Safeguarding Policy, the Code of Conduct and the anti-harassment and health and safety policies

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in a finance-related field; CPA/ACCA or a postgraduate degree in a related field preferred
• Minimum four years of finance experience in a national or international organization; Global Fund project experience is an asset
• Experience in external or internal audit or compliance work for international organizations is preferable
• Willingness to travel to field offices, up to 25% of working time, and to work in emergencies
• Criminal record self-declaration required due to child safeguarding level 2

Required skills

• Excellent analytical skills and sound knowledge of budgeting and budget management
• Understanding of financial systems, internal controls and contractual compliance
• Ability to manage a complex workload under tight deadlines
• Strong written and spoken English and excellent organizational skills