Finance Assistant - Maternity Cover

About the role

The Finance Assistant will provide day‑to‑day financial support for Oxfam’s programmes in the Gambella Region while covering a maternity leave. The role involves processing transactions, maintaining cash and bank records, and helping to manage financial risk for the field office.

Key responsibilities

• Settle travel advances and programme floats in line with Oxfam policy and keep the float register up to date.
• Maintain petty‑cash levels, process petty‑cash payments and record all cash and bank transactions daily.
• Prepare and verify payment invoices, ensuring correct budget codes and tax deductions.
• Record payments in cash and bank books and reconcile balances.
• Prepare monthly summaries of statutory obligations for review by the Finance Coordinator.
• Check that expenditures are charged to the appropriate contract and account codes.
• Apply the Oxfam “Paid stamp” to financial documents and file them sequentially.
• Assist with internal and external year‑end audit schedules, providing required documents and answering auditor queries.
• Maintain filing systems for all financial and accounting records, ensuring completeness according to Oxfam policy and local regulations.

Required profile

• Strong attention to detail and ability to follow established financial procedures.
• Experience handling cash, petty‑cash, and bank reconciliations.
• Familiarity with budgeting, expense coding, and tax deduction processes.
• Ability to work in a field office environment and support audit activities.
• Good organisational skills for maintaining accurate filing systems.

Required skills

What we offer

• Full‑time position with flexible working arrangements discussed during the interview.
• Opportunity to contribute to Oxfam’s mission of ending poverty.