Project Accountant, UNHCR

Finance & Economy

Overview

Support financial management of the Livelihood and Economic Inclusion Project.

You have:

• A degree in Accounting or Finance or equivalent professional qualification.
• Experience in financial management, reporting and budget monitoring, preferably within an INGO or development organization.
• Strong understanding of grant management and donor compliance.
• Experience working with partners and supporting their financial capacity.
• Good analytical, communication and problem-solving skills.
• A very good command of English.

The Organisation

Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation that advances children’s rights and equality for girls. We believe in the power and potential of every child but know this is often suppressed by poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination. And it is girls who are most affected.

Working together with children, young people, supporters and partners, we strive for a just world, tackling the root causes of the challenges girls and vulnerable children face. We support children’s rights from birth until they reach adulthood and we enable children to prepare for and respond to crises and adversity. We drive changes in practice and policy at local, national and global levels using our reach, experience and knowledge.

For over 85 years, we have rallied other determined optimists to transform the lives of all children in more than 80 countries.

We won’t stop until we are all equal.

Plan started working in Egypt in 1981 and has a presence in five of the 27 governorates in which the country including Greater Cairo, Alexandria, and Upper Egypt, Plan started working in Egypt in 1981 and has a presence in ten of the 27 governorates in which the country including Greater Cairo, Alexandria, Damietta, Aswan and Assuit. Plan international Egypt implements programmes designed to enable communities to improve the lives of the most marginalised children and their families. Plan Egypt’s Country Strategy focuses on five strategic objectives.

Through a five-interconnected, gender transformative and context-fit country objectives, PIE intends along with the various stakeholders at all levels to continue delivering positive and transformative changes so that “Children, especially girls, and young people grow up in an enabling environment, realizing their rights and contributing in both development and humanitarian settings as active agents of change”.

About the Role

The Opportunity

At Plan International, we work to advance children’s rights and equality for girls. We are currently seeking a Project Accountant to support the financial management of the Livelihood and Economic Inclusion Support for Refugees Project implemented across Cairo, Alexandria, Damietta and Aswan.

In this role, you will provide timely and reliable financial information, analysis and reporting to support effective decision-making and ensure compliance with donor and organizational policies. You will work closely with project teams, program units and partner organizations to strengthen financial performance and accountability across the project.

The Role

As Project Accountant, you will:

• Manage financial oversight of the project across multiple locations and partners.
• Review and consolidate partners’ financial reports to ensure accuracy, compliance and timely submission to management and donors.
• Support project budgeting, cash forecasting and grant monitoring.
• Maintain accurate financial records and ensure transactions are recorded correctly in SAP.
• Coordinate fund transfers and review partner payment requests in line with Plan and donor guidelines.
• Support project audits and ensure timely follow-up on audit recommendations.
• Provide financial guidance and capacity building to project partners.
• Ensure transparent financial reporting and strong documentation systems.

About You

We are looking for a finance professional who is collaborative, detail-oriented and committed to accountability.

You will ideally have:

• A degree in Accounting or Finance or equivalent professional qualification.
• Experience in financial management, reporting and budget monitoring, preferably within an INGO or development organization.
• Strong understanding of grant management and donor compliance.
• Experience working with partners and supporting their financial capacity.
• Good analytical, communication and problem-solving skills.
• Proficiency in digital financial systems (experience with SAP is an advantage).
• A very good command of English.

Safeguarding Children and Young People and Gender Equality and Inclusion (GEI)

• Understands and puts into practice the responsibilities under Safeguarding and GEI policies and Plan International’s Code of Conduct (CoC), ensuring that concerns are reported and managed in accordance with the appropriate procedures.
• Ensures that Humanitarian Program staff are properly inducted on and understands their role in upholding Plan International’s safeguarding and GEI policies;
• Ensures that Plan International’s global policies for Safeguarding Children and Young People and Gender Equality and Inclusion are fully embedded in project design, during implementation and as principles applied in day-to-day work of Programme team;
• Ensures that Plan Egypt contributes to Plan International’s global efforts to ensure safeguarding and GEI, including making sure that relevant reporting and data are submitted.

Location: the Project accountant will be based in Cairo with frequent visits to the project locations in **, Alex. , Damietta and Aswan.**

Type of Role: the project ends on 31/12/2026

Reports to: Head of Support Services

Closing Date: 24/03/2026

This role requires 100% working from the office and the vacancy is open to Egyptian Nationals only

Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the very heart of everything that Plan International stands for.

We want Plan International to reflect the diversity of the communities we work with, offering equal opportunities to everyone regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

Plan International is based on a culture of inclusivity and we strive to create a workplace environment that ensures every team, in every office, in every country, is rich in diverse people, thoughts, and ideas.

We foster an organisational culture that embraces our commitment to racial justice, gender equality, girls’ rights and inclusion.

Plan International believes that in a world where children face so many threats of harm, it is our duty to ensure that we, as an organisation, do everything we can to keep children safe. This means that we have particular responsibilities to children that we come into contact with and we must not contribute in any way to harming or placing children at risk.

A range of pre-employment checks will be undertaken in conformity with Plan International's Safeguarding Children and Young People policy. Plan International also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this scheme we will request information from 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 their understanding of these recruitment procedures.

Please note that Plan International will never send unsolicited emails requesting payment from candidates.

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