Finance Officer - Budgeting & Reporting

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Danish Refugee Council, one of the world’s leading humanitarian NGOs, is currently looking for a highly qualified Finance Officer – Budgeting & Reporting.

About the Job

Overall purpose of the role is to be responsible for update and maintenance of master budget, creation of budget for new proposals and modification requests, prepare various donor and special purpose financial reports, producing relevant financial previsions and reports on a regular basis and responsible for creation of budget vs actual reports for each project.

This role has a country focus and ensures compliance to DRC procedures and guidelines within the country. The role contributes to the development of country strategies, which are translated into action plans and day-to-day tasks. The role provides support and/or technical guidance to country operations while overseeing country activities.

Duties and Responsibilities****:

Budget control, planning and reporting

  • Update and maintain a mission level master budget offline as well as in the ERP software.
  • Ensure the implementation of shared cost tools.
  • Liaise with program managers on regular budget monitoring.
  • Prepare monthly BFUs showing spending in each project.
  • Review transactions and ensure they are allocated to the correct projects.
  • Prepare and use budget control tools for regular budget follow up.
  • Inform finance manager and program managers about any major budget variances.
  • Prepare donor financial reports and special purpose financial reports.
  • Prepare budget modifications as per the inputs from program managers.
  • Support the development of new proposals with financial information for budgeting.
  • Ensure bi-weekly cash book upload to the ERP.
  • Assist in preparation of monthly financial report (with all supporting documentation attached to it)
  • Ensure approved budgets derails are correctly entered in the ERP (Microsoft Dynamics)
  • Use MS Power BI for preparation and verification of all financial reports.

Transfers, payments and bank reconciliations

  • Verify bank payments ensuring that payment documents comply with DRC and donor regulations.
  • Prepare bank reconciliation on a regular basis and inform finance manager regarding any variances.

Accounting

  • Ensure all expenses are entered in the DRC Dynamics in time with highest quality and correct coding.
  • Ensure to update cashbooks on a daily basis to reflect the actual status of existing cash count and bank balance in all currencies.
  • Ensure all bank accounts statements are reconciled.
  • Monitor and clear all vendor accounts in ERP.

About you

To be successful in this role, you must have a university degree in Finance/Accounting or Business Administration or equivalent professional qualification.

Moreover, we also expect the following:

Required qualifications

  • Minimum 3 years of relevant work experience in financial/accounting field.
  • Experience in preparation of donor financial reports.
  • Experience in providing inputs for budget development.
  • Advanced proficiency in MS Excel.
  • Advanced proficiency in PowerPoint and Word.
  • Fluency in local language: Turkish or Arabic
  • Experience of working in NGOs.
  • Experience in preparing budgets and financial reports.

All DRC roles require the post-holder to master DRC’s core competencies:

Striving for excellence: Focusing on reaching results while ensuring an efficient process.

Collaborating: Involving relevant parties and encouraging feedback.

Taking the lead: Taking ownership and initiative while aiming for innovation.

Communicating: Listening and speaking effectively and honestly.

Demonstrating integrity: Upholding and promoting the highest standards of ethical and professional conduct in relation to DRC’s values and Code of Conduct, including safeguarding against sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment.

We offer

Contract length: 8 Months

Employment Band: H

Designation of Duty Station: Country Office (Hatay)

Start date: 01.05.2022

Salary and conditions will be in accordance with Danish Refugee Council’s Terms of Employment for Nationals.

Application process

All applicants must upload a cover letter and an updated CV (no longer than four pages) in English. Applications sent by email will not be considered.

Closing date for applications: 01.04.2022

For further information about the Danish Refugee Council, please consult our website drc.ngo

Added 2 years ago - Updated 1 year ago - Source: drc.ngo