Finance Officer - UK at The HALO Trust in Milton Keynes, England, GB

Location: Carronfoot, Thornhill (Dumfriesshire) OR London - Hybrid working ( 2 days in office)

Salary: £32,550

Hours: Full Time

Contract Type: Permanent

Reports To: Regional Finance Manager

Key Internal Contacts/Relationships: Regional Team & Programme Staff

Job Purpose: Finance Officer will support several HALO programmes by providing high-quality financial analysis, advice, and operational support. The role will work closely with programme teams around the world, helping ensure strong financial management, donor compliance, and accurate budgeting.

About HALO:

HALO is the leading global NGO addressing the impact and drivers of conflict in 30 countries and territories, with over 8,000 staff. Most of our staff are local employees and include a growing number of women.

Our primary duty is to serve people affected by conflict, clearing landmines and the explosive remnants of war that threaten lives and livelihoods long after fighting has finished. We make land safe where war has ended, while also assisting those affected by active conflict and endemic violence.

HALO addresses human suffering caused by armed violence in some of the world’s most fragile places, securing weapons and ammunition and working with both state and community actors to reduce the prevalence of armed violence.

About the role:

As a Finance Officer, you’ll support several HALO programmes by providing high-quality financial analysis, advice, and operational support. You’ll work closely with programme teams around the world, helping ensure strong financial management, donor compliance, and accurate budgeting.

This role offers a rare opportunity to develop an international finance career. You’ll join a supportive team with the global reach and stability of an established international NGO.

Responsibilities:

Donor Contract Management

• Support the production of accurate and timely donor financial reports and fund requests
• Assist in the development of donor budgets using HALO’s financial planning system (Adaptive Insights)
• Contribute to the development and improvement of systems, tools, and processes to ensure efficient budgeting and forecasting
• Support financial monitoring of grants and contracts, including forecasting costs to completion in collaboration with programme teams

Programme Support

• Support programmes in the preparation of country budgets aligned with anticipated donor funding
• Prepare, submit for approval, and post monthly journals in the accounting system
• Support the review and reconciliation of implementing partner financial reports and payment requests

Programme Compliance

• Assist with monitoring compliance with overseas statutory requirements, including company registration, financial reporting, and taxation
• Support compliance with donor regulations and HALO financial and logistics standard operating procedures, including desk- and field-based audits
• Assist in the preparation of documentation for grant and contract audits, liaising with external auditors and country teams as required

General:

• Uphold HALO’s core values and standards, promoting its ethos and mission statement.
• Ensure familiarity with and adherence to all HALO policies and procedures, especially the code of conduct and safeguarding

Essential Requirements:

• Strong, demonstrable experience in a finance role
• Advanced Excel skills, including data analysis (e.g. pivot tables, VLOOKUP, SUMIF)
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

Desirable Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, business administration, or a related discipline

• Contributory pension, HALO will match up to 5% of contributions

• 25 days annual leave and 8 Public Holidays

• Non-contributory Life assurance

• Occupational Health Services

• Private Medical insurance

• Flexible Working

• Cycle to work scheme

Please submit a CV (no more than 2 pages) and a cover letter (no more than 1 page) outlining how your experience matches the key skills and competencies required by Sunday 6th September 2026.

Applications without a cover letter tailored to this position will not be considered.

We reserve the right to amend the closing date depending on the number of applications received.

The HALO Trust is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any applicant for employment because of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.

The HALO Trust is committed to attracting, developing, and retaining talented individuals from a wide range of backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives.

The HALO Trust is committed to ensuring that it provides a safe and trusted environment which safeguards and promotes the welfare and wellbeing of anyone who comes into contact with, or is part of, the Charity, with a zero-tolerance approach to behaviours which challenge this.