Finance Assistant

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

Purpose of the role

The Finance Assistant is responsible for assisting in the day to day implementation of financial procedures in Lebanon by ensuring adherence to NRC’s policies and donor requirements.

What you will do

• Comply with Financial Handbook and other NRC policies
• Verify that all vouchers and supporting documents are according to standards set in the Financial Handbook, and register them into the accounting system
• Prepare and verify approved payments
• Record all cash movements
• Follow up on advances and refunds
• Prepare and arrange for bank withdrawals and transfers, and present for verification
• Maintain the filling system for all financial and accounting documents
• Ensure that expenditure from the main account are accounted in appropriate budget lines and on relevant projects
• 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

Specifically you will;

•  Utilize the use of NRC Agresso Accounting System and ensure daily bookkeeping
• Reconcile monthly payroll bank account with Financial Service (FSP) statements on a weekly basis
• Act as focal person for FSP on staff contribution deposit and any adjustments/ trouble shooting, and ensure timely communication, reimbursement from service provider
• Prepare/download staff contribution report and submit reconciliation to Finance Coordinator and Finance Manager for review and approval
• Work directly with the Tax consultants/auditors on all types of taxes, deposits into MoF through online portal
• Manage the office petty cash and ensure its accuracy and sufficiency on daily basis
• Assist the Finance Officer in the monthly accounting closing process, ensuring accuracy and completeness of the ledger and all supporting documents
• Provide scanned copies of payments related to other countries
• Ensure that all transactions are properly authorized and fully documented
• Liaise with other NRC departments to issue due payments
• Ensure that all payment requests comply with donor requirements

Professional competencies

• Bachelor degree in Business Administration/Finance
• 1-2 years of relevant work experience
• Experience in working on accounting/payroll in a humanitarian context
• Proficient in English both spoken and written

Behavioral competencies

•  Planning and delivering results
• Working with People
• Analyzing
• Communicating with Impact and respect

What We Offer

NRC is an equal opportunities employer and aims to have staffing diversity in terms of age, gender, ethnicity, nationality and physical ability.

We offer an opportunity to match your career to a compelling cause and a chance to meet and work with people who are the best in their fields.

We are also looking for people who share our values:

• To be dedicated in what we do;
• To be innovative with our solutions;
• To act as one unified and inclusive team;
• To be accountable to the donors that make our work possible; the people we exist to serve, and to each other… the members of our NRC family.