Bid & Pricing Finance Manager (1993)

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

Are you a professional accountant with strong knowledge of charity accounting and institutional donors’ projects/grants financial management?

Do you have strong experience in developing and implementing commercial contract/tender (e.g Payment by Result, Fee rate, etc..) or complex grants with institutional donors for charity organizations like Oxfam GB?

Do you have strong experience in developing tools, reports and managing data using Excel advance formulas and Power BI?.

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

The Role:

Oxfam GB is looking for a Bid & Pricing – Finance Manager, who is a commercial and proposal specialist and will lead, coordinate, and develop pricing models, cost proposals, and detailed budgets for all commercial tenders and complex grants from Institutional donors in close collaboration with Oxfam affiliates, countries, and regions for a portfolio of circa £1m + applications.

What we are looking for:

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

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

Professional accountancy qualification – e.g. CIMA, ACCA or qualified by experience with strong knowledge of charity accounting, countries prog costs structures, cost recovery strategies and commercial contracts rules.
Excellent knowledge of Excel such as pivot table, macros, power queries, data validation, formulas, and logic statements; including skills to create finance models and reports with Power BI.
Experience of developing cost/pricing models for commercial contract/ tender or grant opportunities from institutional donors like FCDO (Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office), AfDB (Asian Development Bank), SDC (Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation) etc.
Experience of working on Payment by Results and building fee rates.
Ability to lead a broad range of complex and high value bids.
Good communication and interpersonal skills and fluent written and spoken English.
Ability to influence outcomes, facilitate processes and work with others on tasks or projects, without direct line management authority.
Ability to work within a multi-cultural, multi-lingual, and multi-disciplinary environment that values diversity and inclusion.

We offer:

We offer a competitive salary and a range of additional benefits to staff including flexible working options, generous pension 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.

Flexfam:

We believe flexible working is key to building the Oxfam of the future, so we’re open to talking through the type of flexible arrangements which might work for you. We think this role would work particularly well as full time.

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.