Part-Time Accountant

POSITION DESCRIPTION
 
Job Title: Part-time Accountant
Reports To: Finance Manager
Location: Beirut with significant travel to Nabatieh, Baalbek, and Tripoli
 
About Heartland Alliance: Heartland Alliance (HA) advances the human rights and responds to the human needs of endangered populations—particularly the poor, the isolated, and the displaced—through the provision of comprehensive and respectful services and the promotion of permanent solutions leading to a more just global society. In Lebanon, HA provides holistic services focusing on psychosocial support, violence prevention, livelihoods strengthening and social cohesion to diverse vulnerable populations affected by the Syrian refugee crisis, including women and girls, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex (LGBTI) individuals, and survivors of Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV), torture and trauma.
 
 
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The Accountant’s primary responsibilities will be to collect and review subrecipient financial reports, support data entry, and provide capacity building training to subrecipient staff as needed. 
                   
SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES:

Visit partner sites in Nabatieh, Baalbek, Beirut, and Tripoli to verify financial reports, collect original receipts, cross check accurateness and fix any errors;
Support and train partner staff as needed on appropriate financial procedures per award agreement requirements;
Liaise with the Finance Manager on financial reporting issues with the subrecipients in order to support them;
Organize all hard copy payment vouchers, petty cash vouchers and receipts from partners as well as Heartland Alliance receipts when requested;
Record/Scan receipts and support data entry of expenditures in Excel as needed;
Support preparation of financial reports by budget line, especially as pertains to partner expenses;
Conduct inventory checks on supplies purchased on the award as requested;
Identify and implement new systems to improve subrecipient reporting processes as needed;
Report to the Finance Manager and support other tasks, as requested.

Report immediately any litigious / suspicious voucher / receipt / document to the finance coordinator

 
SCHEDULE
3 days per week with significant travel outside Beirut.
 
QUALIFICATION & EXPERIENCE

Undergraduate degree in Finance or Accounting;
Extremely detail-oriented;
Minimum of one year of experience working as an accountant;
Demonstrated experience conducting training in finance or accounting;
Strong MS Office skills, especially Excel including advanced formulas;
Experience traveling outside of Beirut and working with Syrian refugees in Lebanon; and
Written and Oral fluency in both Arabic and English.

 
Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. 
The employee is regularly required to sit, stand and walk.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

 
Work Environment:  The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The employee may be required to remain on Organization premises during breaks and/or meal periods and may be required to stay on Organization premises until their replacement arrives.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions.
The noise in the work environment is moderate.

 
Heartland Alliance makes all hiring and employment decisions without regard to race, creed, color, age, gender, gender identity, marital or parental status, religion, ancestry, national origin, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, sexual identity, immigrant status, political affiliation or belief, ex-offender status (depending on the offense and position to be filled), unfavorable military discharge, membership in an organization whose primary purpose is the protection of civil rights or improvement of living conditions and human relations, height, weight, or HIV infection, in accord with the Organization's AIDS Policy Statement of September, 1987. Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodation should contact the Employee Services Office at (312) 660-1431.
 
To apply please send Cover Letter and CV to [email protected]