Finance Officer

SOUL for Development · 1 week ago
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Location
Aden Office
Department
Finance Unit - SOUL
Employment Type
Full-time
Applications Received
88
Closes On
26 Sep, 2025

About SOUL

SOUL for Development is a national NGO, founded in February 1997 by a group of Yemeni professionals out of their desire to achieve a higher quality of life for Yemeni women and children. Since its inception, it has implemented over 80 development interventions in 18 out of Yemen's 22 governorates, benefiting over 5, 500,000 people. As a result, the organization has established itself among the most effective civil society organizations in Yemen that are working on health, education, and WASH issues in support of women, children, and youth. Operating out of its Headquarters in Sana’a and its offices in Taiz and Aden, SOUL, provides critical educational, health, and WASH services to urban and rural communities.


Job Information

Job Title:  Finance Officer.

Location: Aden.

Contract Type: Full Time.

Contract Duration: 9 Month.

Start Date: 01 Dec 2025.


The Finance Officer is in general responsible for:

  1. Ensure effective, efficient and accurate financial operations and administrative procedures.
  2. Deliver financial support and guidance to Programs
  3. Fulfil daily accounting tasks and assist in coordinating financial functions and services
  4. Produce relevant financial reports on a regular basis.


Key Duties & Responsibilities:

  1. Ensures that all payments are made on a timely manner and in compliance with SOUL's policies and procedures as well as donor's guidelines and instructions.
  2. Ensures that all payments are in line with the requirements of the local Laws and regulations.
  3. Ensures timely, complete, accurate and proper recording of all the financial transactions.
  4. Assists in the preparation of the project budgets.
  5. Ensures that all financial transactions are sufficiently, and accurately supported by relevant supporting documents and duly approved by the appropriate authorized person.
  6. Responsible for the periodic preparation of internal and external reports related to the project.
  7. Responsible for the periodic budget vs. actual variance analysis reports.
  8. Responsible for the project's cash management and cash forecast, and ensures timely collection of funds from the donors and proper management of funds according to the approved budget.
  9. Responsible for maintaining proper, accurate and complete fixed assets records.
  10. Keeps records for the project-related expenditures that cannot be billed to or collected from donors and share the records with relevant management members.
  11. Responsible for following up the status of advances, and loans and ensures timely liquidation.
  12. Ensures that bank accounts are reconciled on a monthly basis.
  13. Review of project records and accounts, crosscheck reports against budgets, investigate differences and any variances to projections and resolve.
  14. Ensures appropriate archiving system for financial documents.
  15. Review and process payroll and wages payments and ensures accurate and complete legal deductions.
  16. Conducts monitoring field visits and suggest improvements to the procedures and reports, if/when needed.
  17. Act as a single point of contact with other departments, and provides support to the project management/staff with respect to project financial matters.
  18. Facilitates the work of the internal and external auditors by providing all required supporting documents, clarifications, and analysis.
  19. Responsible for the monthly financial and accounting close.
  20. Any other duties assigned by the Finance Manager.


Qualifications & Experience:

  1. Bachelor's degree in finance, or accounting.
  2. Minimum 3 years of relevant work experience in financial/accounting field in Local NGOs
  3. Good knowledge of internal control procedures, and the IFRS.
  4. Advanced skills in MS Office applications, especially Excel.
  5. Strong command of Arabic and English languages
  6. Good communication skills
  7. Flexible to work long hours and weekends, if needed.
  8. Strong representation and negotiation skills
  9. Willingness to commit and adhere to the values, mission and vision of SOUL.
  10. Ability to adhere to deadlines.
  11. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.


Application Process:

  1. Applications with no detailed information within the specified Form will not be considered.
  2. Due to the urgency of this appointment, selection processes would be on a rolling basis.
  3. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.


Deadline for receiving applications is 26.09.2025