Finance Officer

All NRC employees are expected to work in accordance with the organisation’s core values: dedication, innovation, inclusivity and accountability. These attitudes and believes shall guide our actions and relationships.

1. Role and responsibilities

The Finance Officer is responsible for organizing and delivering the day-to-day operational finance processes by ensuring adherence to NRC’s policies and donor requirements.

Generic responsibilities

1. Ensure adherence to Financial Handbook, other NRC policies and donor requirements
2. Implement financial systems and procedures according to Financial Handbook and other NRC policies at office level
3. Advise and support staff on procurement financial policies, and documents required.
4. Prepare and develop periodic related reports on activities and as requested by the line manager
5. Promote and share ideas for improvement of the Finance function.
6. Ensure proper filing and archiving of all financial documents according to NRC standards
7. Line manage the related Finance staff in the function and provide technical support to the Finance teams in field offices.
8. Ensure that NRC’s related activities are implemented within  NRC’s Protection mainstreaming guidelines and report any breaches/concerns to the line manager and/or focal point for proper action

Specific responsibilities

• Prepare suppliers, bank accounts and cashbox reconciliations
• Ensure timely payment of contractors, suppliers and other expenditures and verify that vouchers and supporting documents meet NRC standards before payment

• Perform daily bookkeeping and utilize the NRC Agresso accounting system.
• Check and verify all the supporting documents (purchase requests, purchase orders, quotations, authorization of payment, etc.) and ensure they comply with NRC’s procedures
• Record budget allocations and accounting codes of the expenses
• Record VAT for all invoices on monthly basis and ensure proper filing
• Ensure sufficient cash in the bank and in the cash boxes and that cash payments are done properly
• Ensure that cash and bankbooks records are updated on daily basis, ensuring that all coding is in line with donor and country coding structure.
• Prepare payments for all centralized commitments including; NSSF, income tax, consultants and vendors; in accordance with NRC’s financial procedures and contract policies.
• Coordinate with Finance teams in different areas regarding cost allocations of basic running costs, before recording.
• Support, manage and provide capacity building of Finance Assistants with daily tasks and activities.
• Perform other Finance related tasks as requested

Critical interfaces

By interfaces, NRC means processes and projects that are interlinked with other departments/units or persons. Relevant interfaces for this position are:

• Beirut office Support and Programme Staff
• Field Finance teams
• Auditors (Internal and External)

1. Competencies

Competencies are important in order for the employee and the organisation to deliver desired results. They are relevant for all staff and are divided into the following two categories:

1. Professional competencies

• Bachelor degree in Finance or a related major
• Minimum of 2 years’ relevant experience in Finance/Accounting
• Knowledge of Audit requirements
• Previous experience from working in complex and volatile contexts

• Fluent in English and Arabic, both written and spoken
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel

2. Behavioural competencies

• Planning and delivering results
• Analysing
• Handling insecure environments
• Communicating with impact and respect
• Managing performance and development