Accounting Coordinator Norway

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The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is an independent humanitarian organisation helping people forced to flee. We work in crises across more than 31 countries, providing emergencies and long-term assistance to millions of people every year. We stand up for people forced to flee, advocating their rights. NORCAP, our global provider of expertise, helps improve international and local ability to prevent, prepare for, respond to and recover from crises. NRC also runs the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre in Geneva, a global leader in reporting on and advocating for people displaced within their own country.

Background

The Global Finance (GF) section is responsible for the development and operationalization of the Centre of Excellence for Financial Management in NRC and as such to ensure that NRC delivers high quality, effective and accountable financial management in line with policies, strategies, donor requirements, national legislation, systems, handbooks and guidelines. The section should develop and maintain the overarching financial strategies for NRC, maintain an overall financial monitoring and analytical function and provide relevant financial advice to the SG and SMG on internal and external trends and issues. The section is also responsible to run and coordinate the payrolls for Head Office, expatriate staff and deployees, the NRC annual budgeting process across departments, has the overall responsibility for NRC’s treasury, coordination of all audits of NRC, and is responsible for conducting regular compliance checks and recommend corrective action across the organisation.

The Accounting Coordinator is part of the team led by the Head of Finance and Accounting, covering Accounting, Treasury, Unit4 Agresso systems and related tools. The position is crucial in processing all incoming invoices in the Head Office and transfers to and on behalf of the country offices.

Role

The Accounting Coordinator is responsible for the accounts payable in the Head Office, processing of incoming invoices in Unit4 Agresso, processing domestic and international payments through various payment providers, liaise with country offices to process supplier payments and transfer of monthly funds, including foreign exchange trades, ensuring all supporting documentation meets requirements described in the NRC Financial Handbook.

Responsibilities

  • Responsible for controlling and processing of incoming and outgoing invoices through Unit4 Agresso, manual invoices and SendRegning invoice systems. Responsible for accounts payable in the Head Office (HO) client and follow up of all invoices to ensure invoices are approved and paid within due dates.
  • Provide training and support to employees in effective use of Unit4 Agresso invoice system and manual invoices processing (Annex 27 HO).
  • Responsible for processing Country Office’s (CO) cash requests, payment of supplier invoices and other payments on behalf of COs (Annex 38). Control and liaise with COs to ensure that all supporting documentation meets requirements described in the NRC Financial Handbook.
  • Responsible for foreign exchange (FX) trading on the 360T platform. Based on country offices’ local currency needs, liaise with FX service providers to ensure that trades are executed securely at best competitive rates. Responsible to facilitate country offices supplier payments through FX providers which CO and HO banks cannot process.
  • Responsible for providing the KYC documents and updated forms requested by banks and payments providers.
  • Responsible for responding in a timely manner to compliance verification queries on international payments that are stopped due to OFAC and other international regulations and sanctions. Provide answers and relevant requested supporting documentation so the banks can release the payment.
  • Bookkeeping at HO and upload the required supporting documentation to the transaction in Unit4 Agresso. Perform other assigned bookkeeping tasks such as rebooking requests and rebooking of accruals in the respective periods.
  • Any other tasks as requested by the line manager

Please access the full Job Description for more details about the role.

We are looking for

  • Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities
  • Professional knowledge in accounting and relevant experience in salary work
  • Minimum 2 years of relevant manager experience Fluency in Norwegian and English, both written and verbal
  • Accurate
  • Timely
  • Financial Analytical skills
  • Service minded
  • Graduates are encouraged to apply

We can offer

  • A strongly committed, challenging and international work environment in a large, world-renowned humanitarian organisation.
  • The position is a permanent position
  • Located at our our Head Office in modern locations in central Oslo.
  • Salary by agreement, good pension and insurance schemes.

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

Please note

  • For any other questions please contact Espen Ruud, Head of Global Finance Unit NRC/ [email protected]
  • Please submit all relevant documents and certificates when applying
Added 1 year ago - Updated 1 year ago - Source: nrc.no