Finance Assistant Afghanistan Kandahar

Contract

This is a Professional contract, Grade 3 (NRC) contract. More about Professional contract, Grade 3 (NRC) contracts.

Purpose of the Job

The purpose of the Finance Assistant position is to help ensure good stewardship, transparency and accountability of financial resources by Managing the day-to-day financial activities, Implementing financial policies, procedures and systems that promote good stewardship and internal control.

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Generic responsibilities

• Adhere to NRC policies, tools, handbooks and guidelines
• Implements independently procedures and activities within own function or core competency as delegated
• Responsible for organizing and delivery of tasks in line with priorities and standards
• Develop and maintain knowledge of the specialist area of work in which technical assistance and support is being provided, in order to be most effective in supporting the team
• Use initiative in day to day problem solving in line with agreed procedures, priorities and standards for the area of work
• Development of holistic and needs based programmes, including cash-based interventions and marked based programmes
• Prepare and develop status reports as required by management
• Ensure proper filing of documents
• Promote and share ideas for improvement in your area of expertise
• Assists in the development of the department budget and ensures spending remains within acceptable variances;
• Support the Manager in addressing any personnel matters within the department.
• Verifies and records department staff compliance with the agency’s administrative and financial policies and procedures, including travel expense claims and staff attendance reports.
• Prepares financial, expenditures and payment authorization forms.

Specific responsibilities

• In-charge of all financial matters in kandahar office
• Responsible for verifying of payments to contractors, & other payments as stipulated in the contract/agreement(s) & in line with NRC Financial policies and procedures;
• Analysis financial information and prepare financial reports in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
• Maintain all financial records properly (hard copy and soft version);
• Verification of staff salary payroll, periderm, travel and other allowances;
• Verification of all purchase requests and cash advances
• Participation in all suppliers bidding selection committees
• Responsible to make cash forecast on monthly basis and send to Kandahar office for the process
• Ensure the inclusion of cash-based interventions and marked based programmes in country and area-based strategies and their implementation across and within NRC’s core competencies
• Provide an enabling environment for the implementation of cash-based interventions, including multi-purpose cash assistance, emergency cash responses
• Prepare vouchers and their supporting documents
• Assist to maintain hard and soft filing system
• Maintain budget tracking sheet.
• Maintain and follow supplier, landlord and payroll tax clearing forms
• Prepare monthly tax reports
• Prepare bank reconciliation of bank account.
• Perform other duties as required from his supervisor