Deadline: 22 August 2025
Purposeful is a movement-building hub for adolescent girls. We amplify girls’ voices, resource their resistance, build solidarity between and across girls’ movements, catalyse collaborative philanthropy and support innovation in grassroots programming with and for girls.
Our work is both global and deeply local. In Sierra Leone, we bring our work together into one integrated strategy, sparking a groundswell of girls who can access and imagine new possibilities for themselves and their communities. Across the world, we support girls’ organising and activism through a girl-led participatory grant-making process called the With and For Girls Awards. No matter where we are, we work so that girls and their allies can access the resources, networks and platforms they need to
remake the world for themselves.
Purposeful is a proudly feminist organisation, with a strong intersectional power analysis. We pursue strategies that prioritise the collective liberation of girls. We are looking for team members who share our feminist ideals. We believe the best work happens in dialogue, and we value collective decision-making. We believe in celebrating success, amongst staff and partners alike.
We are looking for team members with a deep commitment to collaborative working, and who bring a sense of joy and humour to what can be challenging work. We pride ourselves on our diversity, the multiple languages we speak and places we live. We are all parents or have other caring responsibilities. We prioritise work-life balance, many of us have other projects and passions outside of Purposeful. As a team we prioritise opportunities for learning, sharing, and embedding different worldviews. We are looking for team members who thrive in diverse and cross-cultural contexts, and who bring passion, creativity and a thirst for learning to their work.
We are our partnerships. We are most proud of the shared vision we have built with our partners – rooted in mutuality, trust, and collaboration. After years of informal and formal support to the Sierra Leone Adolescent Girls Network, we are proud to be part of a growing ecosystem of organisations working with and for girls. We are looking for team members who will work tirelessly to rebalance power disparities in funder-partner relationships, acting as responsible stewards of resources of and for our movements.
- Job Title: Finance Officer
- Reporting To: Head of Finance
- Location: Remote, with some preference for London, Freetown, or Nairobi
- Contract Type: Full-time
- Duration: 1 year
- Compensation: $24,000
CONTEXT OF THIS ROLE:
As Purposeful grows in scale and complexity, the strength of our financial systems is essential to how we move resources with integrity. Purposeful is a feminist organisation working across multiple currencies, jurisdictions, and funding streams – supporting movements through grants, partnerships, and advocacy. Behind every disbursement is a commitment to transparency, accountability, and care.
The Finance Officer will play a key role in safeguarding this commitment by ensuring that financial data is accurate, documentation is clear, and reporting flows smoothly. Working closely with the Finance Team, this role supports the systems that allow us to move resources boldly and responsibly – ensuring we remain accountable to our values, our partners, and our funders.
This is a detail-oriented role that touches every part of our work – from grant allocations to audit preparation – and sits at the heart of Purposeful’s mission to resource resistance across the globe.
SCOPE OF WORK
- Financial Data Entry & Reconciliation
– Enter and reconcile day-to-day financial transactions in the accounting system,
including expenses, transfers, payments, and receipts.
– Ensure all entries are accurately coded to the appropriate cost centres, grants,
or funding streams.
– Review and reconcile staff expense claims, payment vouchers, and supporting
documentation. - Budgeting & Grant Allocations
– Support the allocation of expenditure to budget lines across multiple funding
sources, ensuring compliance with donor requirements.
– Maintain the habit to monitor actual spend against budgets using existing systems (Netsuite), highlighting any anomalies or risks.
– Assist in the preparation of internal budget summaries and financial snapshots for program and leadership teams. - Financial Reporting
– Assist in compiling donor financial reports by collecting, reviewing, and
formatting financial data in line with donor requirements.
– Liaise with grants and programme teams to ensure alignment between financial
and narrative reports.
– Maintain up-to-date and audit-ready documentation to support all reporting
outputs. - Managing Fiscal Sponsorship Financial Reports
– Ensuring that income from fiscal sponsorship partners are accurately recorded
– Preparing regular income and expenditure reports for fiscal sponsorship partners
and addressing reconciling items.
– Represent the Finance team in update meetings with potential or current fiscal partners. - Audit & Compliance Support
– Organise financial documentation and support sampling processes during
internal and external audits.
– Maintain orderly and accessible digital and physical filing systems for all financial
records.
– Support implementation of financial policies, templates, and compliance
checks, working closely with the Head of Finance.
How to apply?
Please send your CV and a covering letter to applications@wearepurposeful.org
