With 75 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.
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Employee Contract Type:
Local - Fixed Term Employee (Fixed Term)
Job Description:
Purpose of the position:
Responsible for ensuring effective financial oversight of donor-funded projects and partner organisations, safeguarding compliance with donor requirements and internal policies. This role involves reviewing and monitoring grant budgets, tracking expenditures, and preparing accurate financial reports for donors and management. The specialist provides capacity-building support to implementing partners on financial systems and compliance, conducts financial risk assessments, and ensures timely disbursement and reconciliation of funds. Additionally, the position collaborates with program teams to align financial management with project objectives, supports audits, and contributes to strengthening accountability and transparency across all grant and partnership arrangements.
Key Outputs/Responsibilities:
1. Funding Requirements, Forecasting & Budget Revisions (15%)
- Prepare detailed funding requirements and forecasts for major grants and GF projects, ensuring alignment with programmatic needs and donor expectations.
- Coordinate quarterly Support Office (SO) forecasts, consolidating inputs from project teams and partners to provide accurate projections.
- Develop grant proposal budgets.
- Process budget revisions, working closely with program and finance teams to update budgets based on actuals, forecasts, and strategic priorities.
- Collaborate with the Senior Analyst to ensure all forecasts and budget revisions are submitted on time and meet quality standards.
2. Reporting & Partner Coordination (15%)
- Prepare and maintain donor reporting templates, ensuring they meet donor and organizational standards.
- Coordinate the collection, review, and consolidation of partner financial reports, providing feedback and support to partners as needed.
- Compile and submit VAT claims, ensuring all supporting documentation is accurate and complete.
- Liaise with partners to ensure timely submission of financial reports and VAT claims, and follow up on outstanding items.
- Coordinate finance planning and reporting meetings with program managersx
3. PBAS Commitment & Credit SA Coordination as well as intercompany transactions (15%)
- Coordinate the process for credit SAs to SOs, ensuring that PBAS (Planning, Budgeting and Accountability System) commitments are accurately reflected and communicated.
- Liaise with SOs and internal teams to resolve any issues related to credit SAs and PBAS commitments, ensuring compliance with donor and organizational requirements.
- Track and document all PBAS commitments and credit SA transactions for audit and reporting purposes.
- Review and reconcile intercompany billing transactions using Blackline and the General Ledger, ensuring accuracy and timely approvals in line with global deadlines.
- Validate and record Global Centre GL entries, ensuring proper classification and alignment with organizational financial reporting standards.
- Conduct regular balance sheet account reconciliations, identifying and resolving long-outstanding items to maintain financial integrity.
- Monitor and account for direct cash deposits and local income, ensuring accurate recording and compliance with donor and internal policies.
4. Data Management, Compliance & Stakeholder Engagement (15%)
- Ensure all financial data related to major grants and projects is accurately recorded, maintained, and archived for audit and compliance purposes.
- Monitor compliance with donor and organizational policies, identifying and addressing any gaps in financial management or reporting.
- Engage with internal and external stakeholders, including program teams, partners, and SOs, to facilitate effective communication and collaboration.
- Support the Senior Analyst in preparing for audits, donor reviews, and management meetings by providing relevant financial data and analysis.
- Maintain documentation and audit trails for all intercompany and GL activities to support transparency and accountability.
- Monitor grant compliance indicators like LDR compliance, grants at risk, cost recovery, burn rate, grants audit findings closure, screening and grant closure processes.
- Mentor and coach staff on grant financial policies, procedures and grants financial management in general.
5. Invoice Processing, Mobile Money & Asset Management (10%)
- Upload invoices into Provision for the Shared Service Centre, ensuring completeness, accuracy, and proper coding.
- Provide strategic oversight on staff advances, ensuring timely liquidation, proper documentation, and adherence to internal financial policies.
- Manage supplier invoice workflows, including scanning, uploading, and coordinating with Shared Services to ensure timely and accurate processing.
- Support mobile money disbursements to stakeholders and beneficiaries in collaboration with FP&A, ensuring proper authorization, documentation, and reconciliation.
- Update the asset register and perform asset verification in collaboration with Admin and Supply Chain Management (SCM), ensuring all projects assets are accurately recorded and accounted for.
- Monitor direct cash deposits in collaboration with the Shared Service Centre, validating transactions and addressing discrepancies.
6. Follow-Up on Cost Recovery & SCR Monitoring (10%)
- Track cost recovery performance across grants and projects, identifying gaps and initiating follow-up actions.
- Monitor Support Cost Reallocation (SCR) ratios and ensure they remain within GC guidelines.
- Collaborate with grant management and finance teams to improve SCR compliance and address under-recovery issues.
- Prepare SCR analysis reports for management review and decision-making.
7. Cash Flow Forecasting & Disbursement Management (10%)
- Prepare and maintain detailed cash flow forecasts, ensuring sufficient liquidity for operational and project needs.
- Perform timely and accurate disbursements of partner funding and other project payments, ensuring compliance with organizational policies and donor requirements.
- Monitor and ensure consistent achievement of target low compliance rates, proactively identifying and addressing potential risks in disbursement processes.
- Actively engage with banks to resolve queries, facilitate transactions, and maintain strong working relationships for efficient financial operations.
- Process payments timely, ensuring that all payment batches are processed efficiently, securely, and in compliance with donor and internal controls.
- Manage petty cash; hold, disburse, replenish and reconcile National office float.
8. Payroll Analysis & Audit Support (10%)
- Provide detailed analysis of payroll liabilities, ensuring proper funding and compliance with organisational policies.
- Provide detailed analysis of payroll liabilities, ensuring proper funding and compliance with organisational policies.
- Support the audit process by preparing required documentation, responding to queries, and ensuring audit readiness across all financial operations.
- Support donor spot checks, expenditure verification and internal/external audit requirements for the grants.
Competencies/Attributes:
- Strong organisational skills;
- Excellent communication skills both written and spoken;
- Professional interaction with colleagues and external stakeholders;
- Ability to handle multiple tasks without compromising quality and attention to detail;
- Strong skills in Micro-soft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook);
- Cross-cultural sensitivity and emotional maturity to handle different personalities;
- Ability to work under pressure while maintaining a positive attitude;
- Ability to maintain organisational and stakeholders’ confidentiality;
- Good understanding of World Vision core values and Mission Statement;
- Must be a committed Christian, able to stand above denominational diversities;
- Attend daily devotions and perform other duties as required.
Other Core Competencies:
- Be Safe and Resilient
- Learn and Develop
- Deliver Results
- Be Accountable
- Improve and Innovate
- Build Relationships
- Engage, Influence, Lead and Grow Others
Qualifications: Education/Knowledge/Technical Skills and Experience
- A Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance is a minimum requirement.
- A professional qualification such as ACCA or CIMA will be an advantage.
- Minimum of 3 years of experience in a financial management role in NGO environment.
- In-depth working knowledge of accounting software packages, especially Sun Systems, Vision XL and Vision Executive.
- Excellent computer literacy skills, especially in MS Excel.
- In-depth working knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and the WVI Finance policies and procedures.
- In-depth working knowledge of grant accounting and operational issues.
- Knowledge of how to prepare, review, and present financial statements and financial reports.
- Experience in the management of internal and external audits
- Able to perform complex financial analyses.
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Working Environment / Conditions:
- 100% office work with minimal field activities
- Local travel to the community at least once a quarter
Application Requirements:
Please upload your CV and covering letter with copies of educational certificates, transcripts and national ID. You are requested to provide, on your CV, full details of three referees (two professional and one spiritual) plus one HR Practitioner. Please provide the required details: full referees’ names, designation, email address, and contact numbers.
Closing Date: 19th July, 2026
As a child-focused organisation, World Vision Lesotho is committed to the protection and well-being of children. We follow strict child safeguarding policies and conduct thorough background checks, including criminal record checks, to ensure a safe environment for children.
World Vision Lesotho is an equal opportunity employer and upholds Gender Equality, Disability, and Social Inclusion (GEDSI) principles. WORLD VISION DOES NOT REQUIRE ANY FORM OF PAYMENT FOR A JOB OFFER OR OTHER RELATED CONSIDERATIONS
Applicant Types Accepted:
Local Applicants Only
