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Finance Officer

Health & Wellness
Posted: 24-03-2026
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Application Closing Date

Interested applicants are requested to submit application by 6th April 2026

Context of Role

  • The role reports to the Donor Reporting Officer and working in close collaboration with the Architects of Cooperation (AoCs) and Business Analyst to ensure financial compliance by MAs.
  • The role will work exclusively on donor (restricted) funded activities and becomes the go to person for MA Finances at the secretariat.
  • Operates as an early warning mechanism by detecting financial risks, variances, weak internal controls, incomplete documents and reporting gaps.
  • Leads the strengthening of MA financial systems, reporting templates, and compliance practices aligned with IPPF and donor requirements.
  • The role will support the development, and implementation of finance systems, processes, reporting requirements and reporting standards by MAs.

Role Purpose

To manage financial tracking and reporting of restricted funds across 10 Pacific Member Associations in the Pacific.
The primary purpose of this role is to ensure financial compliance, transparency and accountability in the use of donor funds by MAs. This includes checking financial acquittals, tracking expenditures against approved budgets and Annual workplans (AWP) and supporting MAs in meeting IPPF and donor financial standards.
This is a key role to support the MA Support and Development team, Architects of Cooperation (AoCs), and the Business Analyst to ensure financial compliance and transparency for donor funded (restricted) activities, to monitor financial performance, identify risks, and strengthen financial systems and practices at the regional and MA levels. This role will also provide capacity development support to the MA Finance Officers to ensure financial compliance.

Deliverables

  • To manage financial tracking and reporting of restricted funds across 10 Pacific Member Associations in the Pacific.
  • The primary purpose of this role is to ensure financial compliance, transparency and accountability in the use of donor funds by MAs. This includes checking financial acquittals, tracking expenditures against approved budgets and Annual workplans (AWP) and supporting MAs in meeting IPPF and donor financial standards.
  • This is a key role to support the MA Support and Development team, Architects of Cooperation (AoCs), and the Business Analyst to ensure financial compliance and transparency for donor funded (restricted) activities, to monitor financial performance, identify risks, and strengthen financial systems and practices at the regional and MA levels. This role will also provide capacity development support to the MA Finance Officers to ensure financial compliance.

Essential Skills

  • Qualified accountant or equivalent recognised accounting qualification.
  • Experience of financial project management including grant management for funded programmes.
  • Experience of using of MYOB, NetSuite and working with global systems and processes – dealing with multiple currencies.
  • Experience with donor reporting requirements, budgeting and rolling forecasts.
  • Experience in the international development sector, with Pacific regional experience.
  • Evidence of managing robust standards of performance and compliance to tight deadlines.
  • Evidence of creating an environment of visibility, transparency, integrity, learning and improvement.
  • Demonstrates good judgment and decision-making skills.
  • Advanced excel skills, with strong analytical skills with a keen eye for detail.
  • Excellent Writing and reporting skills in English.
  • High level of organisation skills, planning, and time management.
  • Collaborative and open style of working and ability to adapt to changing needs.
  • Demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to IPPFs vision, mission and values on Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights.

Desirable Skills

  • Rights-based and gender-sensitive perspective.
  • Awareness of and sensitivity to the multi-cultural environment in which IPPF operates.
  • Discretion in handling confidential information.
  • Willingness to travel to project countries or any other MA states or other regions.
  • Understanding of and a commitment to safeguarding including child protection, in a local and international context.
  • Supportive of a woman’s right to choose and to have access to safe abortion services.

About us

IPPF is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all employees, volunteers, contractors and partners to share this commitment. Anyone employed with IPPF agrees to sign and adhere to IPPF’s Code of Conduct and Safeguarding (Children and Vulnerable Adults) Policy.

IPPF is a global movement delivering sexual and reproductive health services and rights. We are a diverse, feminist, and values-driven workplace - multi-national, multi-cultural, multi-racial, multi-lingual, and intergenerational.

We are an equal opportunities employer and appoint on merit through open competition. We actively encourage applications from people with lived experience and from the communities we serve, especially those from marginalised groups.

WHY JOIN IPPF?

  1. IPPF offers meaningful work, an inspiring environment, professional growth, and the chance to make a lasting impact on the lives of individuals and communities around the world. Working for IPPF offers a compelling value proposition:
  2. Mission-Driven Organization: IPPF is a globally recognized leader. By joining IPPF, you become part of a mission-driven organization dedicated to empowering individuals and communities, advancing gender equality, and improving access to comprehensive healthcare services.
  3. Bringing Positive Change: IPPF brings positive change to the lives of millions of people worldwide. Reducing maternal mortality, preventing unintended pregnancies, combating gender-based violence, promoting comprehensive sexuality education, and advocating for the realization of sexual and reproductive health, rights and justice for all, and especially marginalized people.
  4. Global Reach and Influence: IPPF works across all continents, providing a unique opportunity to work on a global scale to shape change and implement innovative approaches to combat racism.
  5. Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion: IPPF is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion in all aspects of its work. You will play a crucial role in building an inclusive and equitable organization that respects and values individuals’ backgrounds, experiences, and identities.

YOUR ETHOS

  • Demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to safeguarding in a local and international context.
  • Demonstrates ability and willingness to work in a diverse, multicultural, multilingual and intergenerational environment that is anti-racist and respectful of others.
  • An intersectional (pro) feminist passionate about sexual reproductive health care rights + justice, including safe abortion.
  • Supportive of people’s rights regardless of sexuality or gender identity/expression and supportive of workers’ rights and access to health care in sex work.

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