Position Title: Finance Assistant for Saiga Conservation Alliance
The Saiga Conservation Alliance (SCA) is a based in the United Kingdom non-profit, non-governmental organization for the conservation of the saiga. Since 1998, the Alliance has been cooperating with international donors and organizations, as well as with partners in the saiga range countries – Kazakhstan, Russia, Uzbekistan, and Mongolia – implementing various projects.
SCA core and project activities have a lot to do with finance – managing expenses, reconciling transactions, budget planning, and preparing financial reports for regulatory authorities and donors. The SCA is looking for a Financial Assistant to carry out these ongoing financial activities.
Report to: SCA Programme manager, SCA Chair.
Key responsibilities are:
Participate in budget planning and management, and recording of spend against budget.
Interact with project teams to ensure that spend is aligned with budget and reporting is completed in the required time frame.
Interact with banks and with our field teams to ensure payments are made appropriately and in a timely fashion.
Collect all the necessary invoices, receipts, and other documentation needed for processing payments and reporting.
Update financial spreadsheets with transactions.
Track and reconcile bank statements.
Prepare financial reports – both project-related and related to funder and Charity Commission requirements.
Qualifications Required:
Salary:
£15-20/hour depending on experience (all taxes and banking charges included).
Payment conditions:
This is an individual part-time freelance contract (10-20 hours/week) that should include all costs required to produce the above deliverables. Payment will be released in monthly installments on production of time-sheets.
What do we offer:
– Work for a well-respected conservation organization headquartered in the UK
– Ongoing position (the contract will be for 1 year initially with subsequent extension)
– A good salary and an exciting job that enables you to take the initiative and to progress in your career
– Flexible working arrangements with regard to location and scheduling
How to apply: Please send a CV and a covering letter stating how you meet the qualification requirements to the Saiga Conservation Alliance (saigaalliance@googlemail.com) before 21st October 2022. Applications will be considered on a rolling basis, and we expect the successful applicant to start as soon as possible, before 1st December.