Finance Officer - UK

The HALO Trust; Thornhill; Hybrid; GBP 29,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension 5% match

Annual leave 25 days

Public holidays 8

Life assurance

Private medical insurance

Flexible working

Cycle to work

Occupational health

Job summary

The HALO Trust in the United Kingdom is seeking a Finance Officer to provide high-quality financial analysis and operational support across programmes. You will work with programme teams worldwide to ensure strong financial management, donor compliance, and accurate budgeting.

This role offers an international finance career within a respected NGO, reporting to the Regional Finance Manager. The position is based in Thornhill/London with hybrid work and a preference for experienced finance

Qualifications

• Strong, demonstrable experience in a finance role.
• Advanced Excel with pivot tables, VLOOKUP, and SUMIF.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Produce donor financial reports and fund requests.
• Develop donor budgets using Adaptive Insights.
• Improve budgeting and forecasting systems and processes.
• Monitor grants and contracts and forecast costs to completion.
• Review and reconcile partner financial reports and payments.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Strong financial analysis

Interpersonal skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in finance or accounting

Job description

Location: Carronfoot, Thornhill (Dumfriesshire) OR London - Hybrid working ( 2 days in office)

Salary:£32,550

Hours: Full Time

Contract Type:Permanent

Reports To:Regional Finance Manager

Key Internal Contacts/Relationships: Regional Team & Programme Staff

Job Purpose

Finance Officer will support several HALO programmes by providing high-quality financial analysis, advice, and operational support. The role will work closely with programme teams around the world, helping ensure strong financial management, donor compliance, and accurate budgeting.

About HALO

HALO is the leading global NGO addressing the impact and drivers of conflict in 30 countries and territories, with over 8,000 staff. Most of our staff are local employees and include a growing number of women.

Our primary duty is to serve people affected by conflict, clearing landmines and the explosive remnants of war that threaten lives and livelihoods long after fighting has finished. We make land safe where war has ended, while also assisting those affected by active conflict and endemic violence.

HALO addresses human suffering caused by armed violence in some of the world’s most fragile places, securing weapons and ammunition and working with both state and community actors to reduce the prevalence of armed violence.

About the role

As a Finance Officer, you’ll support several HALO programmes by providing high-quality financial analysis, advice, and operational support. You’ll work closely with programme teams around the world, helping ensure strong financial management, donor compliance, and accurate budgeting.

This role offers a rare opportunity to develop an international finance career. You’ll join a supportive team with the global reach and stability of an established international NGO.

Responsibilities

Donor Contract Management

• Support the production of accurate and timely donor financial reports and fund requests
• Assist in the development of donor budgets using HALO’s financial planning system (Adaptive Insights)
• Contribute to the development and improvement of systems, tools, and processes to ensure efficient budgeting and forecasting
• Support financial monitoring of grants and contracts, including forecasting costs to completion in collaboration with programme teams

Programme Support

• Support programmes in the preparation of country budgets aligned with anticipated donor funding
• Prepare, submit for approval, and post monthly journals in the accounting system
• Support the review and reconciliation of implementing partner financial reports and payment requests

Programme Compliance

• Assist with monitoring compliance with overseas statutory requirements, including company registration, financial reporting, and taxation
• Support compliance with donor regulations and HALO financial and logistics standard operating procedures, including desk- and field-based audits
• Assist in the preparation of documentation for grant and contract audits, liaising with external auditors and country teams as required

General

• Uphold HALO’s core values and standards, promoting its ethos and mission statement.
• Ensure familiarity with and adherence to all HALO policies and procedures, especially the code of conduct and safeguarding

Essential Requirements

• Strong, demonstrable experience in a finance role
• Advanced Excel skills, including data analysis (e.g. pivot tables, VLOOKUP, SUMIF)
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

Desirable Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, business administration, or a related discipline
• Contributory pension, HALO will match up to 5% of contributions
• 25 days annual leave and 8 Public Holidays
• Non-contributory Life assurance
• Occupational Health Services
• Private Medical insurance
• Flexible Working
• Cycle to work scheme

Application deadline: Sunday 6th September 2026.

The HALO Trust is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any applicant for employment because of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.

The HALO Trust is committed to attracting, developing, and retaining talented individuals from a wide range of backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives.

The HALO Trust is committed to ensuring that it provides a safe and trusted environment which safeguards and promotes the welfare and wellbeing of anyone who comes into contact with, or is part of, the Charity, with a zero-tolerance approach to behaviours which challenge this.