Finance Officer
Interested Candidates Should Send A Motivation Letter Explaining Their Interest In This Position And A Current CV To [email protected] With “Finance Officer” In The Subject Line.
Key Responsibilities:
- Accounting Management and Processing
- Prepare and develop budgets for submission to the management and donors/funders in coordination with Operations Manager
- Provide financial reporting of actual expenses against work plans & budgets to the Executive Director and Operations Manager. Maintain excellent relations with the banks and other stakeholders
- Oversee the financial record-keeping function of the organization: Control the reconciliation of documentation (expenses, banks and cash, payroll and tax, etc.)
- Upload the financial information needed on the system (Quickbooks and others)
- Respond to Project Managers requesting budget summaries for their activities
- Process scheduled/required payments and channel to the Operations Manager
- Ensure a proper recording of accruals in line with contracts and agreements
- Support the preparation of annual and project audits and approve them before final submission
- Prepare and submit the answer to the auditors’ management letter
- Prepare periodical and annual financial statements
- Prepare monthly accounting reconciliations (banks, petty cash) to be approved by Operations Manager
- Prepare and manage the payroll and support all other employer payroll related requirements
Leadership and Oversight
- Develop the annual budget of the organization in coordination with management
- Prepare forecasts and monitor expenses and reconcile the funding outlooks with needs
- Identify funding gaps or cash deficits and alert in an opportune manner on the necessary budgetary adjustments
- Provide financial information required for proposals or grants modifications and take part in grant agreements review
- Meet deadlines and prepare the financial statements for grants reporting in the correct formats
- Setup a secure filing system for financial documentation
- Act as a focal point during audits, enforce internal and external audit recommendations in a timely fashion. Secure an adequate budget and resources to enable the audit activities
- Maintain healthy financial practices across the organization, projects and programs
- Ensure all financial practices implemented across the project comply with standards
- Review and authorize transactions within the threshold
- Enforce “four eyes principle” and other appropriate control systems to prevent errors, inappropriate use of funds, unsupported expenditures, fraud, or any other ethical breaches
- Make recommendations for ongoing improvements in functionality as required.
Qualifications:
Master’s degree in finance is a plus, business administration, management, or economics with completed accountancy qualification (CIMA/ACCA/ACA or similar)
Good command of English, and Arabic; French is an asset
Minimum 3 years of relevant work experience, experience with NGO(s) in Lebanon is a plus
Proficient with Excel and other office applications, including QuickBooks
Willingness to integrate up-to-date digital tools in financial processes
High attention to detail
Ability to process large amounts of data
Knowledge of and previous experience in tax declarations: NSSF and Income Tax.
Ability to handle multi donors and multiyear budgets
Donor/contract management experience
Very good communication skills
Good organizational skills
Honesty, confidentiality and discretion
Manage filing system on Google drive
NOTE:
Daleel Madani, the civil society network, serves as a platform for organisations to post their professional opportunities, but is not involved in the recruitment process. The hiring organisation is solely responsible for the job and candidate selection.
- Lebanon
- Beirut