Project Finance Officer

About the role

Sightsavers, an international development organisation working in more than 30 countries to eliminate avoidable blindness and promote the rights of persons with disabilities, is recruiting a Project Finance Officer (Job Reference ID 1669) for its Monrovia office in Liberia. The Project Finance Officer will manage project budgets, monitor expenditure, prepare donor financial reports, and support partners, including Liberia's Ministry of Health, to strengthen financial management, procurement and internal controls. The work includes reviewing transactions in the accounting system, ensuring timely and accurate payments, monitoring bank balances and cash flow needs, preparing Budget Versus Actual reports and quarterly financial reports to donor requirements, and sharing donor rules with project, finance and logistics staff and partners. The role is a two-year fixed-term, full-time contract under local terms and conditions. Apply online through the official Sightsavers career portal before the application deadline of 8 November 2026; remote interviews, including an online written task, begin on 16 November 2026.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or Business Administration, plus a completed or well-advanced professional accounting credential such as ACCA, CPA or CIMA Experience managing project budgets and preparing Budget Versus Actual reports Experience writing project reports and preparing quarterly financial reports to donor requirements Procurement experience Project financial management and data analysis skills, including accounting system experience

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