Finance Assistant Sudan Country Office -Nationals Only

Contract

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

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.

Employment with NRC may lead to employment in or deployment to Regions, Countries, Areas or Offices that may be host to considerable health, safety and security risks. NRC takes this very seriously and we have procedures in place to reduce known risks, but will never be able to take away all risks.

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

The purpose of the Finance Assistant position is to assist in the day-to-day implementation of support functions.

Qualifications

Generic professional competencies:

• Experience from working as a Support Function in a humanitarian/recovery context

• Previous experience from working in complex and volatile contexts

• Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities

• Good knowledge of English and Arabic .

• Bachelor Degree in accountancy or business administration is an asset

Context/ Specific skills, knowledge and experience:

• Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills.

• Financial analysis skills

• Attention to detail

• High integrity

• Self-reliant and motivation .

• Good knowledge of financial reporting systems

• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines

• Possess cultural awareness and sensitivity

• Ability to work independently and as part of a team

• Good computer skills with hands on experience on computerized accounting systems.

• High attention to the finance responsibility.

Behavioural competencies:

• Handling insecure environment

• Planning and delivering results

• Empowering and building trust

• Communicating with impact and respect

• Attitude wisely and balance the variance cases

Responsibilities

General responsibilities:

1. Works by NRC policies, tools, manuals, and guidelines.
2. Assists in the implementation of support functions by the action plan.
3. Ensures correct archiving of documents to Office 365 and filing tree.
4. Encourages and makes proposals for the improvement of support functions.
5. Manages the cash and bank balances and reconciles the same with the books.
6. Prepares bank transactions and cash transactions.
7. Prepares reports such as bank and cash count reconciliations.
8. Prepares other tasks assigned by your line manager.

Specific responsibilities

• Ensure, in coordination with the relevant project staff, that project/program expenditures are incurred consistent with donor agreements and budgets, before processing any payments.
• Process payment related to Sudan projects and ensure it is following the donor agreement.
• Follow up on cash advances and proof of payments tracking (finger prints / receipts) and ensure time clearance with staff / implementing partners concerned.
• Ensure that the petty cash and bank limit are in line with the Financial handbook/SOP.
• Ensure that the supporting documentation is complete and saved on the office 365 and filling tree.