Finance Officer (Resilient BARMM Project)

The Organisation

Plan International Pilipinas is a girl-centered community-focused non-government organization, serving the Philippines for the last 64 years.

We are a newly locally registered Foundation, connected to 80+ Plan International offices worldwide.

We work with around 7,000 partner communities, or barangays across the country, delivering programs on (PIER) Protection from Violence, Inclusive Health, Education to Economic Empowerment, and Resilience and Humanitarian.

We have 30,000 sponsored children and 2.5 million program participants, co-creating lasting impact, especially for girls.

📢 We’re Hiring!

Finance and Accounting Officer

Resilient BARMM Project
📍 Based in Cotabato City (Project Sites: Mamasapano, Upi & Marantao)

🌱 About the Project: Resilient BARMM

Plan International Pilipinas, with support from the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID) and Plan International Spain, is launching Resilient BARMM, a climate resilience project in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.

The project aims to strengthen gender-sensitive and youth-led climate resilience in the municipalities of Mamasapano, Upi, and Marantao by:

• Building local capacity
• Supporting sustainable and green livelihoods
• Promoting inclusive and participatory climate governance

By empowering women, young people, and communities, the project contributes to climate‑smart and inclusive development aligned with BARMM’s priorities.

👤 About the Role

The Finance and Accounting Officer will provide essential financial and operational support to ensure smooth and compliant project implementation. You will help manage budgets, review payments, monitor spending, and prepare financial reports.

You will also ensure that all project financial transactions follow donor regulations and Plan International’s accounting procedures.

🛠 Key Responsibilities

• Review the project’s work and financial plans and support budget phasing
• Help the Project Manager monitor budget use and flag any financial issues
• Review PRs, APRs, payment requests, cash advances, liquidations, reimbursements, and petty cash replenishments
• Prepare and submit monthly and quarterly financial reports, including cross‑charge reconciliation
• Scan and upload required financial documents to SharePoint every month
• Provide required financial documents during audits or as needed

🎓 Qualifications & Experience

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Financial Management, or a related field

Technical Knowledge:

• Computer literacy
• Solid understanding of financial management

Experience & Competencies:

• At least 3 years of experience in accounting or financial management
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Demonstrated integrity, accountability, and transparency
• Proactive attitude and ability to work well in a team
• Gender-sensitive and committed to child and human rights principles

🌏 Why Join Us?

This role gives you the opportunity to:

• Contribute to a strategic climate resilience initiative in BARMM
• Work directly with women, youth, and community groups
• Support meaningful, inclusive development and peacebuilding in Mindanao

Development workers passionate about climate resilience, disaster risk reduction, and inclusive governance are strongly encouraged to apply.

Location: Cotabato City (base)

Type of Role: Project-based (until February 2028)

Reports to: Grants Finance and Accounting Manager

Flexible working arrangements

Competitive compensation package (local T&C)

Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the very heart of everything that Plan International stands for.

We want Plan International to reflect the diversity of the communities we work with, offering equal opportunities to everyone regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

Plan International is based on a culture of inclusivity and we strive to create a workplace environment that ensures every team, in every office, in every country, is rich in diverse people, thoughts, and ideas.

We foster an organisational culture that embraces our commitment to racial justice, gender equality, girls’ rights and inclusion.

Plan International believes that in a world where children face so many threats of harm, it is our duty to ensure that we, as an organisation, do everything we can to keep children safe. This means that we have particular responsibilities to children that we come into contact with and we must not contribute in any way to harming or placing children at risk.

A range of pre-employment checks will be undertaken in conformity with Plan International's Safeguarding Children and Young People policy. Plan International also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this scheme we will request information from applicants previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms their understanding of these recruitment procedures.

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