Finance Officer
Provide technical support in budget and cash management
Overview
Provide technical support in budget and cash management
You have:
- Degree in Finance or Accounting with at least 2 years work experience in finance or accounting
- Excellent communication skills in English is required
- Proven Management and supervision skills
- Strong analytical and conceptual skills
Contract
This is a DRC - National contract. More about DRC - National contracts.
Band: H – Non Manager
Reporting to: Finance Manager
Unit/department: Finance
Location: Khartoum
Overall purpose of the role:
To provide technical support in budget management, cash and document management while providing support the field office in all matters related to finance.
Responsibilities:
- Review payment documents for accuracy, compliance with DRC/donor policies and completeness.
- Review and sign off cash counts daily together with the cashier/finance assistant. This also requires review of the reconciliations for petty cash done by the finance assistant.
- Maintain an archiving system for transaction vouchers for all transactions booked on Dynamics, with proper referencing and ensure they are attached on system journals and TDL.
- Ensure all documents are scanned and uploaded in Dynamics
- Ensure all cashbooks are uploaded into Dynamics accounting system
- Prepare monthly Bank reconciliations
- Support donor and financial audits by retrieving requested vouchers and liaison with Country Finance Coordinator for missing files.
- Review costs booked in budgets for accuracy
- Ensure costs are rebooked as per budget holder’s requests
- Ensure that staff salaries are booked to correct projects
- Support on banking and petty cash payments on need basis
Experience and technical competencies:
- Stable and robust character.
- Proven Management and supervision skills, team player and proven commitment to accountability practices.
- Strong analytical and conceptual skills.
Education: (include certificates, licenses etc.)
Degree in Finance or Accounting with at least 2 years work experience in finance or accounting
Languages: (indicate fluency level)
- Excellent communication skills in English is required.
Key stakeholders: (internal and external)
- Finance Manager
- Donors
- Budget holders/PMS
- Bank
Potential interview questions
| Can you describe a time when you had to analyze financial data and what was the outcome? | This question assesses your analytical skills and ability to impact financial decisions. | Provide a specific example that highlights your analytical process and the results. |
| How do you ensure compliance with financial policies and procedures? | This question evaluates your understanding and adherence to financial regulations. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| Describe a situation where you had to handle a financial discrepancy. | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| What experience do you have with financial auditing? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| How do you prioritize multiple financial tasks or deadlines? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |