Finance Specialist - Danish Refugee Council, Addis-Abeba

Organisation

Danish Refugee Council

Location

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

About the Role

The National Finance Specialist serves as the technical anchor for donor budgeting and reporting, financial analysis, forecasting, and Budget & Finance Unit (BFU) leadership across the country programme. The role ensures consistent and standard quality control, strengthens ERP/Dynamics data integrity, and provides targeted coaching and capacity-building to Finance staff and relevant stakeholders.

Operating with a high degree of independence and capable of remote management, the Specialist delivers timely, accurate, and compliant financial outputs across a complex, multi-donor portfolio. The position plays a central role in coordinating and advising on all financial aspects of the country's reporting cycles, ensuring that financial management practices align with donor requirements and the Finance Chapters of DRC's Operations Handbook.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

Donor Budgeting & Proposal Development

• Lead development of donor proposal budgets and revisions (ECHO, EU, SIDA, FCDO, BHA/USAID, DANIDA, GFFO, SDC, UNICEF, etc.) ensuring alignment with donor rules, cost eligibility, exchange rate assumptions, and internal cost-coverage strategy
• Draft and validate budget narratives, cost allocation rationales, and consistency checks against logframes and procurement/HR plans
• Coordinate with Program, HR, and Supply Chain to ensure complete, realistic, and on-time budget packages
• Provide specialized knowledge and operational know-how within budgeting and reporting areas

Donor Reporting Leadership

• Own the end-to-end donor financial reporting cycle: calendars, data extraction, reconciliations, currency conversions, cross-checks against GL/ERP and BFUs, and final quality control
• Produce clear, error-free reports and management notes including variance explanations and risk flags