Finance Assistant

Job description

Job title: Finance Assistant

Salary: Local terms and conditions apply

Location: Lusaka, Zambia

Contract: 12-month Fixed Term Contract (renewable)

Hours: Full time, 35 hours per week

About the role

Sightsavers Zambia office are currently seeking a Finance Assistant to support the Finance and Support Services Manager (FSSM) in planning, budgeting, reporting, and information management on a day-to-day basis, while also working collaboratively with other relevant teams in the country office (CO), across the region, and globally.

As the Finance Assistant you will analyse all invoices, prepare payment vouchers and cheques for approval. You will also process payments to Suppliers, assist the development of new project documents, and participate in CO Design Processes including the preparation of budgets and forecasts for CO.

Further duties include:

• Administers funds under CO including but not limited to day-to-day funds management and ensures that all payments are duly authorized, checked, and supported with appropriate receipts and signatures.
• Processing of vouchers and journals into the SUN system on a regular basis for validation and posting into the general ledger.
• Regularly file all accounting and financial records in the appropriate folders to facilitate easy reference and retrieval.
• Work with Country office staff to retire travel advances in accordance with Sightsavers policies and procedures.
• Submit accurate quarterly reports for projects to FSSM.
• Provide support to Programme staff in reviewing budget during activities and preparing the monthly funds request.
• Ensure the follow up of funds transfer to partners for the monthly checklist.
• Track country office cashflows and prepare and submit timely and accurate monthly Funds Request.
• Support FSSM in the preparations for annual external audits and provision of information requested by auditors during both interim and year-end audit.
• Support the FSSM and Country Director with the implementation of internal and external audit recommendations as required.

Skills and Experience

As the ideal candidate you will hold a professional accounting qualification, or degree in Finance/Accounting, or have equivalent experience. You will possess programme finance experience within an NGO and have a background in auditing.

Required experience and knowledge also include;

• Experience of working with Government organisations.
• Experience in financial management, programme/project management and administration.
• Project financial management, budget and data analysis skills.
• Excellent communication skills (both oral & written).
• Ability to work with minimum supervision.

This is a varied and involved role, and the above is not an exhaustive list of duties or required professional skills. Please see the Job Description for full details.

Candidates are welcome to demonstrate their ability to match the person specification by expanding on how their experience, training and/or qualifications might have provided them with the knowledge or skills required for the role. Successful candidates will be appointed on merit.

Next Steps

To apply for this exciting new opportunity, please submit your CV via our recruitment portal and answer all of the application questions. We are particularly interested in learning of your motivations for applying.

We anticipate that interviews will take place on 23 September at our Lusaka office, and the evaluation process will include a written task and an oral interview, to be completed by shortlisted candidates.

Closing date: 30 August 2026

As a global equal opportunities employer, Sightsavers is committed to embracing diversity throughout our workforce by creating an inclusive environment that reflects the many cultures and locations where we work. Our workforce will be truly representative of all sections of society and we will actively promote the inclusion of individuals with a disability. Sightsavers is a Disability Confident Leader and qualified people with a disability are particularly encouraged to apply.

Sightsavers is an employer that does not tolerate any form of harassment and has zero tolerance for sexual exploitation and abuse. All potential candidates will be subjected to rigorous background checks and controls.