Finance Officer, Migration Programme (Dublin)

Irish Red Cross; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 38,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

The Irish Red Cross is seeking a Finance Officer – Migration Programme to support financial requirements of migration projects and maintain a full audit trail for vouched expenditure. This full-time, specific-purpose contract runs until June 2027 in Ireland.

Key duties include processing invoices, managing budgets, generating periodic financial reports, and ensuring procurement and time-sheets align with donor and organisational policies.

Qualifications

• Proven knowledge of accounting and payroll.
• Minimum 2 years of experience in a similar financial role.
• Experience managing multiple cost centres.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Highly organised, reliable, and methodical in work.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to interact professionally with a diverse range of stakeholders.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office programs, particularly Excel.
• Fluent in English, both written and spoken.
• Demonstrated experience in financial/business administration.
• Experience with EU Commission Grants; preferably AMIF.
• Experience with and/or knowledge of EU procurement rules and Public Procurement Regulations and relevant procedures.
• Knowledge of the work of the Irish Red Cross.

Responsibilities

• Undertake financial processing, validation, coding, and monitoring of inbound invoices and payments within agreed payment terms.
• Budget management and reconciliation of the programme’s finances.
• Data management, analysis, and preparation of routine, periodic, and exceptional reports as required by management and stakeholders.
• Financial processing and recording of expenses and payment requests related to the programme team.
• Ensure that all documentation is in line with organisational financial procedures and provides an effective audit trail to identify all project income and expenditure claimed from the Department.
• Maintain accurate records of financial transactions in the system (e.g., Soldo, iPlicit).
• Prepare financial transaction reports as requested by finance and migration team management.
• Organise and ensure availability of all supporting documentation required for the project’s financial reports.
• Prepare procurement documentation as needed, ensuring relevant documentation confirming procurement of services for the project complies with organisational, donor and national procurement requirements.
• Support with preparation and verification of time-sheets, in line with funding streams, with relevant team members.
• Draft financial reports and statements on project expenditure against the project budget on a quarterly basis, including annual financial statements.
• Support project management staff with desk-based and on-site verifications regarding payment claims and operations.
• Assist project management staff in ensuring financial documentation complies with donor requirements and is processed in a timely manner.

Skills

Accounting

Payroll

Cost centres

Communication

Tools

Excel

Job description

The Irish Red Cross is seeking a Finance Officer – Migration Programme to support financial requirements of migration projects and maintain a full audit trail for vouched expenditure. This full-time, specific-purpose contract runs until June 2027 in Ireland.

Key duties include processing invoices, managing budgets, generating periodic financial reports, and ensuring procurement and time-sheets align with donor and organisational policies.