Practical Action is an international development organisation putting ingenious ideas to work so people in poverty can change their world.
We help people find solutions to some of the world’s toughest problems. Challenges made worse by catastrophic climate change and persistent gender inequality. We work with communities to develop ingenious, lasting and locally owned solutions for agriculture, water and waste management, climate resilience and clean energy. And we share what works with others, so answers that start small can grow big.
We’re a global change-making group. The group consists of a UK registered charity with community projects in Africa, Asia and Latin America, an independent development publishing company and a technical consulting service. We combine these specialisms to multiply our impact and help shape a world that works better for everyone.

Practical Action is an unconventional, multi-disciplinary change making organisation.

• A highly innovative community development charity operating in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
  Practical Action community projects use ingenious ideas to design, test, refine and prove new ways to overcome poverty and disadvantage and then ‘open source’ knowledge of what works so that it can be implemented at a greater scale by others.
• A world-class consulting operation that helps socially responsible business, government policy makers and other development organizations. This draws on learnings from our own development work as well as the combined brainpower of a roster of over 2,000 expert consultants. Practical Action Consulting helps to extend the reach of our influence by providing the best advice to others, whose work can make a bigger difference.
• A well-respected specialist development publisher. Practical Action Publishing brings together development practitioners, researchers and thought leaders to create publications that stimulate discussion, strengthen peoples’ capabilities and inspire sustainable change.
   

OUR AIMS
We help people find solutions to some of the world’s toughest problems, made worse by catastrophic climate change and persistent gender inequality. Our aims are to:

• Make agriculture work better for smallholder farmers, many of them women, so they can adapt to climate change and achieve a good standard of living
• Help more people harness the transformational effects of clean affordable energy and reduce avoidable deaths caused by smoke from indoor stoves and fires.
• Make cities in poorer countries cleaner, healthier places to live and work.
• Build disaster resilience into the lives of people threatened by hazards – reducing the risk of hazards and minimizing their impact on lives and livelihoods.

HOW WE WORK
We work on holistic solutions that change systems and have a framework to help us achieve our aims:

• Analyze the root causes of a poverty and vulnerability.
   
• Define the change at scale we need to make.
   
• Develop activities along three complementary paths: Demonstrate, Learn and Inspire.
  - Demonstrate that our solutions are sustainable in the real world.
  - Learn by capturing evidence and adapting our approach.
  - Inspire wider support to multiply our impact.

Job purpose:
To provide a mainstream professional and business focused finance management service, with proactive solution-based approach, ensuring that all operational business requirements are effectively managed to deliver expected result, To maintain updated financial accounts for efficient accountability and control of all financial resources in Practical Action Sudan, to improve accounting system through effective reporting, and to support all operational financial activities, donor management activities and the Finance team in delivering a superior level of service and support.

• To upload accurate and clear financial data to the finance system and prepare accrual accounts and journals.
   
• To control budgets through production of monthly budget balances and tracking sheets.
   
• To implement “month-end and year-end "financial processes including balance sheet reviews, bank/cash reconciliation and outstanding.
   
• To track partners payments and clearances.
   
• To assist on Practical Action audits as per guided by the Finance manager.
    
• To participate in the projects’ forecast "quarterly, bi-annually, and annually".
   
• To monitor cash and bank balances and actual spent against budgets.
   
• To maintain good records keeping of projects’ expenditures and precise usage of projects numbers, budget codes and fund codes.
   
• To ensure close monitoring, follow up and support to Area’s projects Accountants and ensure all document’s submission to Kassala office.
   
• To ensure proper procurement policies are in place and review missing /additional documents required prior finalizing payment.
• To ensure all finalized payments are uploaded to the finance system (SUN), as well as maintaining good filing systems and proper archiving.
   
• To ensure liquidation of staff floats/advances are cleared on a timely manner as per Practical Actions finance manual.
   
• To review all payment requests and ensure completing authorizations and compliance are in alignment to Practical Actions policies.
   
• To assist on the annual financial closure as per guided by the Finance manager.
   

Other:

Any other duties commensurate with the level and grade of the role which may from time to time be requested by the line manager.

To be successful in the role, the ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate:

Qualifications Knowledge & Experience: 

• A bachelor’s degree in accounting.
• A minimum of 2-year experience in a related role. (INGOs Experiences will be preferred).

Skills, Abilities and Competencies:

• Ability to communicate effectively (written and verbal) in English.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Ability to work under pressure and adhere to strict deadlines.
• An honest person and with high integrity and morals.

Additional Requirements for the Role:

• Proactive with a high team spirit and ability to work with colleagues at different levels and different locations.
• Gender & culture sensitive.

How to Apply:

Interested candidates should submit their application letters clearly indicating Job title, C.V. and copies of educational and experience certificates through one of the following: 

1. Hac Office -Kassala.
2. Or electronically though Sudanjob.net website.

Please DO NOT submit original certificates. Applications and attached documents are not returnable.
Only short-listed candidates will be called for interview.

“We treat all applications for employment on their merits and do not take into consideration any factors that are not relevant to the job such as gender, race, religion, ethnic or national origin, caste, tribe, belief, age, marital status, pregnancy, caring responsibilities, sexual orientation, or disability”.

“Practical Action is committed to safeguarding and protecting children and vulnerable adults and as such candidates will be subject to pre-employment checks including criminal checks and terrorist financing”.

Closing: Date Thursday, July 25th, 2024