Finance Coordinator
LAW seeks an experienced professional who shares our passion for human rights and championing strong financial coordination to the front line. If you have the right skills and experience join the LAW Family!
Please submit your CV and covering letter outlining how your previous experience and skills match this role (neither exceeding 2 pages of A4) to:
recruitment @legalactionworldwide.org. The heading of the application should read ‘Finance Coordinator-Lebanon’.
This position is on rolling basis - LAW will be scheduling interviews as the applications come in; therefore to avoid any disappointment please apply early.
Start date: Immediate start / December 2022
At LAW we are strengthened by the diversity of our colleagues reflecting the people and communities that we represent and support. Our team includes many nationalities with diverse professional backgrounds, skills, and knowledge. This enables us to deliver and understand the cultural and political contexts on the ground and to tailor our support effectively and appropriately.
To learn more about LAW please visit our website: www.legalactionworldwide.org.
Accounting
- Process registrations of all transactions in the financial tool, in a timely and accurate manner.
- Preparing monthly cash calls and yearly including forecast projections;
- Record payments to be validated by the HQ;
- Implementation and monitoring of financial controls including bank and Petty cash reconciliations to be validated by the Programme Manager and the Head of Finance;
- Work in collaboration with the Accounting Officer based in Geneva, to ensure that transactions are accurately allocated,
- In collaboration with the staff based in Geneva, provide monthly intercompany account reconciliations.
- Collate all invoices related to the specific grants managed and ensure these are processed and paid in a timely manner;
- Support the Geneva Finance team to prepare the yearly statutory audit.
- Review monthly payroll after the validation by the HR officer, before to record the payments.
- Provide every month exchange rate to be registered in LAW finance tool, including calculation of the exchange rate to be used.
Budget Management
- Prepare in collaboration with the Programme Manager, the yearly budget;
- Ensure compliance with LAW policies and accounting principles, and donors’ regulations;
- Communicate accurate and up to date financial related matters to all concerned parties and act as the focal person to report projects’ results;
- Deliver monthly budget follow up and forecast including grants, with the Lebanon Programme Manager.
- Deliver analysis on potential amendment required in link with project grants.
Grant Coordination
- Deliver support to the Programme Manager with setting up the budget for any new grant proposal;
- Ensure optimal allocation of expenses in line with approved budgets and projected expenditures (master budget, consolidated allocation tables, BPO, etc.);
- Maintain financial archives in accordance with LAW internal policy and donor requirements;
- Draft and prepare funding request and financial reports for donors;
- Support with preparing and managing internal and external audits as per donor policies;
- Coordinate and be focal point with partners and implementing partners for LAW and be able to provide training if required;
- Prepare advance payments to partners and ensure supporting document are provided;
- Provide an accurate breakdown for all payments done by LAW to partners for each grant,
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