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Contract: 1 Year
Starting Salary: $23,405 USD
Location: Kost, Sudan
Job Profile
CAFOD is ooking for a Finance Officer to support financial management and accounting for our Kosti field office in Sudan. This role will help ensure accurate financial records, strong budget monitoring, and compliance with organisational and donor requirements. The postholder will also work closely with partner organisations to strengthen financial systems, reporting, and accountability.
Key Responsibilities
Maintain accurate financial records, bookkeeping, and reconciliations for the Kosti field office.
Support monthly accounts, payroll processing, payments, and budget monitoring.
Prepare financial reports, forecasts, and budget analysis to support decision-making.
Work with partner organisations to strengthen financial systems, controls, and reporting.
Review partner financial reports and help ensure compliance with organisational and donor requirements.
Support audits, grant reconciliations, and the timely submission of donor financial reports.
Identify and escalate financial risks or compliance concerns where needed.
Safeguarding
All CAFOD staff share responsibility to promote and maintain a strong safeguarding culture, including identifying the key actions they should take given their role and responsibilities
Job Specific Competencies
An accountancy qualification or strong practical finance experience.
At least three years’ experience in finance, accounting, or administration, ideally with an international organisation or NGO.
Experience supporting partner grants, donor compliance, or financial reporting.
Good knowledge of accounting systems, ideally SUN Accounting System (Infor10) or QuickBooks.
Strong Microsoft Office skills, particularly Excel and Word.
Fluent written and spoken English.
CAFOD is a welcoming, supportive workplace committed to a safe, inclusive culture where everyone is respected. CAFOD will make reasonable adjustments at every stage of the recruitment process to ensure candidates with disabilities or individual needs are fully supported.
Safeguarding for Children and Vulnerable Adults
CAFOD recognises the personal dignity and rights of children and vulnerable adults, towards whom it has a special responsibility and a duty of care and respect. CAFOD, and all its staff and volunteers, undertake to do all in our power to create a safe environment for children, young people and vulnerable adults and to prevent their physical, sexual or emotional abuse. CAFOD is committed to acting at all times in the best interests of children and vulnerable adults, seeing these interests as paramount. Any candidate offered a job with CAFOD will be expected to adhere to CAFOD’s Safeguarding policy and sign CAFOD’s Code of Behaviour as an appendix to their contract of employment and agree to conduct themselves in accordance with the provisions of these documents. This post involves contact with children, young people and vulnerable adults, or has responsibility for people who will do, and applicants will be subject to specific checks related to safeguarding issues.
All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references, and appropriate screening checks can include criminal records and terrorism finance checks. CAFOD also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this Scheme, we will request information from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms their understanding of, and consent to, these recruitment procedures
How to apply
To view the complete job description and submit an application, please visit: CAFOD – FO Kosti