Finance Officer, Caribbean Resilience Initiative (CRI), Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands, Jamaica, or Saint Lucia

Location: Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands, Jamaica or Saint Lucia Valid unrestricted work authorization in the country in which you will be based is required at the time of application for this position. Position Status: Full-time or Part-time, Regular Salary Level: Puerto Rico & US Virgin Islands: $46,000 annually - St Lucia : $5,500 xcd monthly - commensurate on professional experience - **Closing date:** please submit application by J**uly 15** [Risk Level:](https://library.mercycorps.org/record/47705?ln=en) ☐ Level 3 ☐Level 2 ☐Level 1 (Level 3: Frequent contact with participants, direct contact with children, access to sensitive data, and/or high level of accountability. Level 2: Some contact with participants; unplanned non-direct contact with children. Level 1: Likely to have no contact with participants or sensitive data) About Mercy Corps Mercy Corps is powered by the belief that a better world is possible. To do this, we know our teams do their best work when they are diverse and every team member feels that they belong. We welcome diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and skills so that we can be stronger and have long term impact. Achieving our mission starts with how we build our team and collaborate. By bringing together individuals with a variety of experiences, backgrounds and perspectives, we strengthen our ability to solve complex challenges and drive innovation. We foster a culture of trust and respect, where every team member is valued for their contributions, empowered to reach their full potential and motivated to do their best work. The Program / Department / Team Climate change severely and disproportionately impacts US Territories and small island developing States (SIDS) in the Caribbean. Worsening environmental risks like rising and warming seas, volatile dry and wet seasons, and catastrophic storms mean that islands and SIDS bear the brunt of the impacts of climate change, even though their carbon footprint is small relative to the world’s largest carbon producers, and their capacity to cope is constrained by their narrow resource base. Caribbean islands need flexible tools to make them more resilient through the climate crisis. Tools that: - Protect lives - Protect livelihoods - Protect food and water security and - Protect ecosystems and natural resources Mercy Corps began this work following the historic 2016 hurricane season. Since then, with the help of our donors, more than $34 million has been put toward preparedness, response and climate resilience programming in the Caribbean. Mercy Corps has learned that empowering people and their communities with flexible assets and knowledge is the best way to measurably protect lives and livelihoods. The Caribbean Resilience Initiative (CRI) is a sub-regional structure within Mercy Corps which aims to positively impact those communities most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change across multiple Caribbean jurisdictions. Current funded projects are strengthening markets and employment opportunities in collaboration with community based organizations across Jamaica, Grenada, Dominican Republic, Trinida and Tobago, St Vincent and Grenadines; and building centers of community resilience, including solar, water, community gardens, and disaster preparedness, in Saint Lucia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Jamaica, US Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and the Bahamas. The Position The Finance Officer is a member of the finance team of the Caribbean Resilience Initiative (CRI) portfolio and plays a key role in supporting the financial management of CRI programs across multiple jurisdictions in the Caribbean. Working under the direction of the Finance Manager, the position supports accounting, treasury, budgeting, financial reporting, grant management and compliance functions while ensuring adherence to Mercy Corps policies, donor regulations and local statutory requirements. The role also contributes to financial analysis, partner financial oversight and audit readiness to…