Financial Planning and Analysis

• Develop detailed original project budgets in Adaptive Planning and translate them into donor-specific formats
• Ensure all budgets comply with donor requirements, HALO budgeting processes, and broader programme needs
• Deliver budgets within agreed timelines and standards
• Monitor the financial performance of active contracts, collaborating with relevant departments to ensure:
• Compliance with budgetary and contractual obligations
• Adherence to HALO Global Budget Framework Terms and Conditions
• Identify and report significant budget deviations promptly to the Deputy Head of Projects
• Support the development and implementation of corrective action plans as needed.
• Prepare reforecasts in Adaptive and donor formats when project delivery deviates from the original plan
• Work cross-functionally to revise plans while maintaining compliance with donor and internal requirements
• Prepare accurate interim and final donor financial reports, ensuring:
• Alignment with underlying financial data
• Consistency with narrative reports
• Timely submission in line with donor deadlines
• Provide detailed variance analysis and explanatory narratives
• Regularly review project expenditures to ensure cost eligibility
• Process financial transactions related to project activities
• Verify that all supporting documentation is complete, appropriate, and audit ready
• Deliver ad hoc financial reports, spend-out plans, budgets, and reforecasts as required
• Provide clear documentation of underlying assumptions and justifications
• Provide transactional reports/documentation for grant/contract audits
• Work within the framework of HALO’s core values and standards
• Ensure familiarity with and adhere to all HALO policies and procedures
• Undertake the role in a manner appropriate to the cultural context and within the local legal framework
• Understand and uphold the standards outlined in HALO’s safeguarding policy, acting with due care and attention to safeguard the well-being of anyone that meets HALO’s work and reporting concerns if they arise
• Discharge duties and responsibilities under HALO’s health and safety procedures
• Carry out any other duties as directed to meet the finance groups standards and operational requirements.

Project Finance Manager

HR Manager, Finance