Finance Officer Palestine Jerusalem (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 Position:

The purpose of a Finance Officer position is to implement delegated areas of responsibility. The following is a brief description of the role:

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in accounting, finance, business, or any other related fields
• Minimum of 3 years of experience working in a similar role
• Good Knowledge of the Palestinian and Israeli taxation laws
• Good Knowledge in salary calculation systems, preferred experience in Oketz and Bisan salary system.
• Previous experience working in complex and volatile contexts
• Good command of English and Arabic, both written and verbal

What we Offer?

You will be working in an international and diverse organization with a dynamic atmosphere.

You will receive support and opportunities to expand your skills and enhance your expertise.

You will be working in our Office in Jerusalem,

This position is Grade (05) Step (01). Salary & Benefits are based on Jerusalem Duty Station.

Reports to: Finance Coordinator.

Recruiter: Judeh Hussein

Contract Duration: Open End.

E-mail: PS.Recruitment@nrc.no

If you are interested to apply for this position, please check the full Job Description: JD Finance Officer 1.docx

Applications are only accepted if submitted through NRC website.

Applications won't be considered without a Resume and a Cover Letter in English.

For more information about NRC's work in Palestine, please check: factsheet_palestine_may2023.pdf (nrc.no)

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

Responsibilities

Specific responsibilities

1. In close cooperation with the finance coordinator, prepare NRC Palestine national salaries (JRS, WB and Gaza) according to Israeli and Palestinian law, and support the finance coordinator in reporting on the salary systems.
2. Follow up with logistics on CO payments and deadlines.
3. Revise and post CO petty cash payments and bank transfer payments on a weekly basis, and check all supporting documents of all CO payments to make sure that they are complete, correct, and in compliance with NRC rules and regulations.
4. Review and post CO transactions
5. Prepare CO invoice posting, post back tools, and Fair Share allocation.
6. Prepare CO salary posting after receiving project allocations from the finance budget unit.
7. Responsible for weekly and monthly bank reconciliation for CO (Country Office).
8. Take responsibility for the month-end closure, including the eBRS, and submit it to the finance coordinator
9. Prepare CO staff timesheets on a monthly basis and follow up with the finance focal point from each area to prepare the monthly time sheets.
10. Prepare all CO transactions’ reallocation post-backs in close coordination with the finance coordinator.
11. Responsible for posting COs as needed.
12. Cooperate with Finance TA on each area on the filling and SSD and be responsible for CO filling.
13. Follow up on international payments to clear account 1560 on a monthly basis.
14. Support the finance Coordinator on annual and project audits.
15. Undertake any other reasonable task assigned by the supervisor.
16. Contribute to the implementation of Safe and Inclusive Programming Minimum Standards across your area of work