Job Description
The Finance Officer is
responsible for generating and consolidating financial reports from all field
offices. Finance Officer reports to the Finance Manager
Responsibilities
Generic responsibilities
- Ensure adherence to Financial Handbook,
other NRC policies and donor requirements
- Review bank account and cashbox
reconciliations for the country office
- Review bank reconciliation statements and
vouchers from the Field Offices to ensure that they are executed according
to the Financial Handbook and other requirements, and give relevant
feedback to the Field Offices
- Prepare the financial Project Summary
- Ensure proper filing of documents and
transactions both from the field and country office.
- Distribute information and reports as
required
- Train and develop financial team
Specific responsibilities
- Review of payment vouchers to ensure
coding of transactions and supporting documents is correct before posting
to the financial system.
- Assist the Finance Manager in Preparation
of financial reports and budget reviews.
- Assist in the planning of all internal
and external audits
- Conduct training in financial management
and monitoring in the Area offices staff, Specialists, Budget
holders/Coordinators and other relevant project personnel and Implementing
Partners
- After projects are completed, assist
closeout of grants in accordance with applicable NRC, policies, and
procedures.
- Conduct Finance induction for new staff
on Finance Manuals, Budget Monitoring and general Finance procedures
- Distribute severance, medical and WIBA
monthly charges for staff to various projects as allocated in the monthly
salaries distribution
- Circulate the timesheets for both
national and international Staff on a monthly basis to HR and uploading
the signed timesheets for international Staff to Aggresso.
- Be the finance representative in Bid
analysis and tender processes happening in country office
- Assist in review of partners
documentation and report.
Qualifications
- Bachelors Degree in Finance, commerce or
Accounting
- Certified Public Accountant (CPA), level
2
- 3 years experience from working as a
Finance Officer in a humanitarian/recovery context
- Previous experience from working in
complex and volatile contexts
- Specific familiarity with donor
reporting
- Documented results related to the
position’s responsibilities
- Knowledge about own skills/profile
- Good computer skills in MS Office
- Good Knowledge of English
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