Programme Finance Officer

Position: Programme Finance Officer
Closing Date: 17/09/2025
City: Kathmandu

Reporting to: Finance Manager

Job Overview and Core Purpose

The Programme Finance Officer will be responsible for monitoring and reviewing partners financial management systems and practices, ensuring alignment with CBM Global financial policies and standards, and donor requirements. S/he plays a key role in strengthening financial management within partner organizations through regular support and capacity building. The incumbent shall work closely with the programme team to ensure effective management of project budgets.

Based: This position will be based in Kathmandu. Frequent travel to field locations will be required.

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Hours: Full-time

Key Responsibilities:

• ​Conduct thorough financial due diligence of potential and existing partners to assess their financial health, internal control, and capacity.
• Lead or support external audits of partner finances.
• Ensure partners’ adherence to all financial clauses in partnership agreements, including funding utilization, reporting deadlines, and audit requirements.
• Conduct comprehensive financial operational and compliance check to assess the adequacy and effectiveness of internal controls, identifying areas of risk and potential inefficiency
• Review and analyse partner financial statements, reports and invoices to ensure accuracy, completeness and compliances with grant agreements, contracts and MOUs.
• Take lead in strengthening partner capacity in internal control systems and processes to ensure that financial resources used by partners are in compliance with CBM Global financial policies, standards and procedures, and with specific donor requirements and contracts and provide training/coaching as needed.
• ​Make appropriate recommendations for any identified deviation or potential mismanagement of partner funds.
• Review and reconcile partner year-end reports with financial progress report and audit report within given deadlines including follow up on issues raised in the management letter.
• Jointly with programme team, conduct partner field visits, perform tasks such as inducting partners on CBM Global finance requirements and procedures, conducting spot checks on finance management, internal control systems and progress on capacity improvement recommendations.
• Ensure appropriate action plan is developed to address the findings of financial monitoring and follow up to ensure the action plans are properly implemented.
• Review designated quarterly finance/narrative reports, year-end closing reports paying special attention to completeness, adherence to CBM Global format, burn rate within approved budget and supporting documentation.
• Update Partner Management System of CBM Global.
• Develop a monitoring system for partner funds flow.
• Support tracking and monitoring of partner’s budget implementation rate in relation to fund transfer rate and ensuring partners receive project funds on time.
• In liaison with programme team, prepare partner savings/unspent funds for approval before making any changes.
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​Safeguarding

• ​Accountable for ensuring that all children and adults who come into contact with CBM Global’s programmes are safeguarded to the greatest extent possible.
• Responsible for ensuring compliance to all aspects of the CBM Global Safeguarding policy and associated standards and procedures.
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Key outcomes expected from this role

1. Financial monitoring of partner organisation carried out regularly.

2. High-quality support provided to partners for efficient financial management.

3. Problems and challenges in financial management at partner level timely identified, reported, and addressed.

4. Financial management capacity of partner organisation improved.

5. Financial compliance / internal control system at partner organisation strengthened.

Person Specification

All of the following requirements are Essential, unless marked with a * when they are Desirable.

​Experience and knowledge

• ​At least 5 years’ work experience in a similar field, particularly with international NGOs or development organization.
• Working knowledge of programme/ budget cycle management, procedures, and donor requirements.
• Experience of partner financial monitoring, support, and capacity building.​

Skills/competencies/personal qualities

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• ​High level proficiency in MS Excel.
• Effective communication skills – verbal and written.
• Effective team player who is also able to work independently.
• Ability to integrate into a multi-cultural environment.
• Ability and willingness to learn, and to pass on information.
• Ability to take initiative, multi-task, prioritize work and meet deadlines.
• Willingness to adhere and commit to CBM Global’s Values and policies.
• Internal Audit experiences will be advantageous*.
• Must be willing to travel 40% of the time.​

Qualifications, training, and education
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• ​Master’s Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration / Management or similar field.
• Professional qualification in accounting (Chartered Accountancy) is an added advantage*.​

​Employee Benefits

• All full-time employees are entitled to the following benefits.
• 20% monthly contribution to Social Security Fund.
• Festival Allowance equivalent to one month salary (on pro-rata basis).
• Leave entitlement of 18 days annual leave, 12 days sick leave and 3 days casual leave per year.
• Group Accidental Insurance equivalent to NPR.7,000,000.
• Medical Insurance to staff and immediate family equivalent to NPR.500,000.
• Mobile Phone with office number (monthly top-up provided).
• ​As part of its commitment to its work with people with disabilities, CBM Global Nepal aims to help successfully employ and retain people with disabilities and those with health conditions. We have a comprehensive equality and diversity policy

Useful Information

Shortlisting and Interviews
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CBM Global Nepal is an equal opportunities employer, committed to ensuring all applications are treated fairly.
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All applications are subject to our shortlisting process; if you are shortlisted, we will contact you and invite you to attend an interview. You may have to complete a written test or any other skills test as part of the recruitment process.

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​Diversity Policy Statement

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Our workplace promotes an inclusive and accessible environment that supports all staff to thrive. We believe that the success of any organisation depends upon its people and their diverse abilities, skills, languages, cultures, and backgrounds. The greater diversity in the staffing of people with different lived experiences helps promote innovation, creativity, and smarter solutions to the constantly changing environments in which we work.

We are committed, in line with the Convention on the Rights of Persons with​ Disabilities (CRPD), to assess all requests for reasonable accommodation. *Reasonable accommodation is any ​modification ​or ​adjustment ​to a​ job ​or ​the ​work ​environment ​that ​will​ enable ​a ​qualified ​applicant ​or ​employee ​with ​a ​disability ​to ​participate ​in ​the job ​application process or to perform essential job functions. People with disabilities and health conditions will be provided with the necessary and ​appropriate ​modification ​and ​adjustments, where reasonable.

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​Employment Checks

CBM Global Nepal is committed to the safety and best interest of all children and vulnerable adults accessing CBM Global supported services and programmes. Relevant background checks including working with children, police and reference checks will be completed prior to the preferred candidate’s employment being confirmed.

All applicants must have the right to work in the country. All offers of employment are made subject to the following criteria: Proof of eligibility and satisfactory employment screening, and two to three references satisfactory to CBM Global Nepal.
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*We only accept applications from Nepali citizens for this role.

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