Finance Technical Officer

Role and responsibilities

• A core part of the Country Office Finance team, NRC seeks to hire a motivated finance professional as a Finance Technical Officer to lead on financial reporting, reconciliation process, and day to day financial tasks and duties in coordination with other departments and head of units.

Generic responsibilities

• Contribute to the understanding of all NRC’s Financial, Administration, and Logistics policies and procedures and ensuring the correct implementation of policies and procedures by NRC, oPt
• Contribute to implementing Safe and Inclusive Programming Minimum Standards across your work area.
• Ensure that NRC’s donor’s financial rules and regulations are adhered
• Contribute to the understanding of the NRC projects in oPt, and the reporting deadlines
• Advise and support staff on Cash Payments policies, and documents required.
• Prepare and develop periodic related reports, and responsible for monthly cash flow forecasts related to Cash Payments.
• Ensure proper filing and archiving of all financial documents according to NRC standards
• Promote and share ideas for improvement of the Finance function.
• Responsible for monthly reconciliations and booking

Function specific responsibilities:

• Support Cash Service Provider financial reporting and reconciliation processes for all areas in coordination with Project Managers and Heads of Departments.
• Verify that vouchers and the supporting documents comply with NRC’s procedures
• Focal point for communication with the cash service provider in accordance with global NRC Cash programming guidance as per approved SOP and guidelines.
• Verify the payments voucher and transfer the nessary funds based on the approved request in line with NRC Palestine cash SoP.
• Ensure timely payments to cash service provider and review the top-up files.
• Get daily cash out report from Cash Service Provider platform to allow for real-time reconciliations
• Follow-up on SMS status reports to trace any undelivered messages and minimize the pending cases.
• Perform daily/weekly reconilcation and bookkeeping and utilize the NRC Agresso accounting system
• Investigate and resolve any discrepancies identified during the reconciliation process and ensure timely adjustments.
• Support the Finance Coordinator with tasks related to monthly accountancy tasks
• Undertake any other reasonable task assigned by management

Qualifications

Professional competencies 

• These are skills, knowledge and experience that are important for effective performance.

Generic professional competencies: 

• Knowledge of the donor policies and procedures
• Previous experience working with humanitarian donors.
• Previous experience from working in complex and volatile contexts
• Previous experience in working with Cash provider and banks is a plus.
• Good command of English and Arabic, both written and verbal

Context/ Specific skills, knowledge and experience: 

• Bachelor degree in accounting, finance or any related field
• Minimum of 3 years’ relevant experience in similar finance position in a humanitarian/recovery context
• Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities
• Knowledge about own leadership skills/profile
• Good communication skills,
• Previous experience in INGO is a plus

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