Senior Finance Coordinator (GFATM)

About the role

SCI Asia is recruiting a Senior Finance Coordinator for its GFATM programme in Yangon. The role supports the Finance Operations team in building and maintaining strong internal controls for the Global Fund programme, in line with SCI's Finance Manual and Global Fund policy, while ensuring service quality, accuracy and clear communication with clients. It reports to the Head of Finance & Grant.

Key responsibilities

• Verify the accuracy, validity and legitimacy of all payments, including electronic banking payments, and check that supporting documents (purchase requests, work orders, pro forma invoices) are complete and approved before payment.
• Process payments according to budget holder authorisation and the delegation scheme, prepare bank instructions accurately and reconcile bank statements.
• Maintain the bank status sheet, online bank authorisation sheet, procurement tracker and disbursement tracker, and help the sub-grant team with source-to-pay requests.
• Follow up on outstanding staff floats, review and verify invoices and vouchers, and ensure transactions are correctly coded in the Agresso accounting system.
• Carry out month-end procedures and submit full financial documents to the regional and Yangon finance teams.
• Prepare audit documentation, lead audit preparation for selected transactions and support internal and external auditors and fund agency reviews.
• Coordinate financial policies and reporting with programme staff, provide administrative support, and help deliver accounting and financial monitoring training.
• Comply with the Child Safeguarding Policy and be ready to work in emergencies anywhere in Myanmar.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in a finance-related field; CPA/ACCA or a postgraduate degree is preferred.
• At least four years of finance experience in a national or international organisation.
• Experience with the Global Fund project, external or internal audit, or compliance work for international organisations is an asset.
• Strong English, written and spoken, and excellent organisational and time-management skills.
• Willingness to travel to field offices, up to 25% of working time.

Required skills

• Sound knowledge of budgeting and budget management.
• Understanding of financial systems, internal controls and contractual compliance.
• Ability to analyse complex financial data and produce management information.
• Ability to handle a complex workload under tight deadlines.