[ONLY BANGLADESHI NATIONALS ARE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY]

Oxfam is a global movement of people working together to end the injustice of poverty.

Do you have strong experience in budget preparation, financial monitoring, and compliance management for multi-donor projects?

Do you have proven skills in partner capacity building, financial reporting, and systems management, such as PeopleSoft?

Do you have the ability to coordinate effectively across teams and ensure compliance with donor and government regulations?

If the answer is yes, then we would like to hear from you.

The Role:

The Senior Programme Finance Officer plays a critical role within Oxfam Bangladesh’s Finance and Compliance team by providing proactive and effective financial management for assigned thematic portfolios. This includes preparing and reviewing budgets, monitoring programme and partner financial performance, ensuring cost recovery, and producing timely financial reports. The role is responsible for ensuring compliance with donor requirements, NGOAB regulations, and Oxfam policies, while facilitating capacity building for partners and teams. It involves close coordination with programme, funding, logistics, and compliance teams to support decision-making and strengthen financial systems, ensuring transparency, accountability, and alignment with Oxfam’s mission and strategic objectives.

This is a fixed-term contractual position, valid until 30 June 2026, with minimal possibility of extension.

What we are looking for:

We’re looking for a candidate who cares about Oxfam's mission to end poverty and is personally aligned with our feminist principles and values of empowerment, accountability, and inclusion in all you do.

An ideal candidate for the role will also be/have:

• A post-graduate degree in Finance, Accounting, or Management, with completion of a Chartered Accountant (CA) course.
• At least 5 years of demonstrable experience in financial management, including budgeting, reporting, analysis, and delivering a range of finance services — ideally within an INGO context.
• Proven track record in coordinating statutory and NGOAB audits, with sound knowledge of donor compliance requirements, local laws, and regulations.
• Demonstrates strong interpersonal and communication skills, capable of translating complex financial information into clear, understandable terms for diverse audiences.
• Experienced in navigating complex operational environments, with proven exposure to emergency response and resilience programming.

We offer:

 We offer a competitive salary and a range of additional benefits to staff, including flexible working options, generous gratuity scheme, annual leave, additional leave allowances, company sick pay, life assurance and a range of other benefits. 

From the day you join Oxfam, we invite you to stretch and learn in your role. Our wide range of Learning & Development opportunities includes in-house courses, e-learning modules, on-the job learning opportunities, coaching and mentoring, and much more. 

You can read more about all Oxfam has to offer here.

How to apply:

As part of your online application, please upload your up-to-date CV and Cover Letter explaining your suitability against the essential criteria in the job profile.  

Our values and commitment to safeguarding

Oxfam is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour at work including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and financial misconduct; and committed to promoting the welfare of children, young people, adults and beneficiaries with whom Oxfam GB engages. Oxfam expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment through our code of conduct. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our values are recruited to work for us.

The post holder will undertake the appropriate level of training and is responsible for ensuring that they understand and work within the safeguarding policies of the organisation.

All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records and terrorism finance checks. Oxfam GB also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme.  In line with this Scheme, we will request information from job 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 his/her understanding of these recruitment procedures.

We are committed to ensuring diversity and gender equality within our organisation and encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply.

About us

Oxfam is a global community who believe poverty isn’t inevitable. It’s an injustice that can be overcome. We are shop volunteers, women’s right activists, marathon runners, aid workers, coffee farmers, street fundraisers, goat herders, policy experts, campaigners, water engineers and more. And we won’t stop until everyone can live life without poverty for good.

Oxfam GB is a member of international confederation of 21 organisations working together with partners and local communities in the areas of humanitarian, development and campaigning, in more than 90 countries. 

A thriving diverse Oxfam:

It’s people power that brings about change. To play our part as a global organisation working to overcome poverty and inequality, we need equality, diversity and inclusion across our community of staff, partners and volunteers. Together, we’re committed to becoming a more diverse workforce, better able to tackle the global challenges that face our world today.

To do that:

• We need to dismantle the unequal power structures that exist everywhere, this including Oxfam and the wider development and charity sectors.
• We need an inclusive Oxfam where everyone can bring who they are to our work and feels celebrated for the differences they bring.
• We want and need everyone, and that means we need you.