The Project Management team at Oxford Policy Management is currently seeking two Project Finance Managers on a 6 month fixed-term basis. 

The position will be located in our Islamabad, Pakistan office.

We are an international development consultancy working to improve lives through sustainable policy change in low- and middle-income countries. Our vision is for fair public policy that benefits both people and the planet.

Through our global network of offices, we work in partnership with national stakeholders and decision makers to research, design, implement and evaluate impactful public policy. We draw on our local and international sector experts to provide the very best evidence-based support. We deliver projects with expert knowledge and experience, and can be relied upon for excellence in all aspects of project delivery. We work collaboratively, with ambition, to help deliver impactful public policy that will bring about lasting change.

The Project Finance Manager's objectives are to work closely with the Project manager across a suite of projects, ensuiring that all project financial controls and deliverables are maintained in an accurate and timely manner in line with client and contractual obligations. 

As A Project Finance Manager at OPM, you will be responsible for:

• Updating the central MS Dynamics ERP system with project financial data such as contracted values, billing schedules, cost forecast, contracted values, project resource allocations, basic project data (e.g. start / end dates etc.).
• Running reports showing detailed actuals transaction data for use in governance.
• Running reports and assisting the Project Manager with financial input into project governance processes, both internally for OPM stakeholders as well as external / client stakeholders.
• Inputting into month cost accrual process.
• Running and reviewing monthly variance / actuals report and requesting corrections / journals as required.
• Owning and maintaining the project forecast.
• Generating client invoices, and raising these on the MS Dynamics ERP system.

• Minimum of 5 years’ experience working on complex projects within a consultancy environment
• Strong demonstrable experience of controlling project finances including forecasting, client billing and actuals reconciliation.
• High degree of familiarity with MS Dynamics F&O.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a highly pressured environment.
• Ability to communicate and challenge at a range of levels across the organisation.
• Ability to own and manage your workload, and work independently to set outcomes with minimal direct supervision.
• Ability to prioritise across conflicting demands, and tolerate ambiguity.

• We enable colleagues’ capacity to grow professionally through enhanced learning resources, opportunities to work cross functionally, and space to engage with a range of internal and external industry events.
• Our non-hierarchical culture values support, collaboration, intellectual curiosity, and a rich diversity of perspectives.
• We provide an exceptionally generous annual leave entitlement and a hybrid working model to encourage and enable healthy work/life balance.
• Wellbeing resources including a global Employee Assistance Programme and access to the UnMind app.
• Competitive salary and contributory pension scheme.

We are strengthened by the diversity of colleagues across our global business and are committed to being an equal opportunities employer, promoting a diverse and inclusive workplace for all. 

Our recruitment practices reflect our ambition to make the international development sector more inclusive and firm belief that our work delivers the best outcomes when we actively include a diversity of perspectives and experiences. 

If you share our vision for fair public policy that benefits both people and planet, we would love to hear from you. 

We review and interview applicants on a rolling basis and encourage you to apply by way of CV via our careers site at the earliest.  We may close this advertisement before the published closing date, should a suitable candidate be identified.

Unfortunately, we are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this role and candidates must have a pre-existing right to work in Pakistan for their application to be considered.

Oxford Policy Management is committed to promoting equity, diversity, and inclusion at every level of the business.  Should you require adjustments to make the application process more accessible please inform us through completing this form or scan the QR code below.