Credit Controller

Oxfam is a global movement of people working together to end the injustice of poverty.

Are you someone who is keen to know more about institutional donors and government donors?

Do you fancy to take the challenges of influencing the country teams and large donors for timely collection of grant instalments?

Do visible achievements strongly encourage you to take further challenges?

If the answers to all these three questions are ‘Yes’ for you, then, you are the one whom we are looking for. Go ahead to take this role and enjoy what you like. We can confirm that this role will ensure all these three areas for you?

The Role

Oxfam Great Britain is looking for Credit Controller, who will be responsible to be the focal point for donor grant debtors management, to influence the country teams to undertake all reasonable and realistic measures to ensure timely collection of grant instalments from donors, to prepare reports and analysis to facilitate decision making by management and support the country teams to decide on steps for timely collection of grant instalments, establish a fit for purpose grant debtors management system in the organization.

What we are looking for

Our Credit Controller will bring excellent skills of influencing, analyzing and systems thinking to the team.

The incumbent will further enrich our team by bringing in proven experiences of managing outstanding debtors, ability to be tenacious, accounting experiences and knowledge, planning & organization skill, rapport building skill, advanced experiences of working with word, excel & powerpoint, knowledge and experiences of working on funds from major institutional donors like DFID, SIDA, ECHO, EU, USAID etc.

We offer

This role will give you an opportunity to make a difference in the management of grant debtors, influencing others to get things done, system and tools development, updating policies, procedures and guidelines and rapport building, to work with a group of passionate people that are specialists in providing finance support for global natured donor contracts, coordinating donor proposals and reporting, providing leadership, donor contract management, risk mitigation, problem solving , coordinating critical and global audits etc, training and development, offers fair pay and competitive benefits package

Flexfam

We believe flexible working is key to building the Oxfam of the future, so we’re open to talking through the type of flexible arrangements which might work for you. We think this role would work particularly well as a partial home-based position

Our values and commitment to safeguarding

Oxfam is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour at work including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and financial misconduct; and committed to promoting the welfare of children, young people, adults and beneficiaries with whom Oxfam GB engages. Oxfam expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment through our code of conduct. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate ourvaluesare recruited to work for us.

The post holder will undertake the appropriate level of training and is responsible for ensuring that they understand and work within the safeguarding policies of the organisation.

All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records and terrorism finance checks. Oxfam GB 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 his/her understanding of these recruitment procedures.

We are committed to ensuring diversity and gender equality within our organisation and encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply.

How to apply

As part of your online application, please upload your up to date CV and a covering letter explaining your suitability against the essential criteria in the job profile.

About us

Oxfam is a global community who believe poverty isn’t inevitable. It’s an injustice that can be overcome. We are shop volunteers, women’s right activists, marathon runners, aid workers, coffee farmers, street fundraisers, goat herders, policy experts, campaigners, water engineers and more. And we won’t stop until everyone can live life without poverty for good.

Oxfam GB is a member of international confederation of 19 organisations working together with partners and local communities in the areas of humanitarian, development and campaigning, in more than 90 countries.

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