Finance Officer 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 officer position is to support and assist the finance coordinator and the team in the day to day implementation of the finance function responsibilities.

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 as 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

Generic responsibilities

• Adhere to NRC policies, tools, handbooks and guidelines .
• Prepare and develop status reports as required by Finance coordinator .
• Promote and share ideas for improvement of the finance function .
• Support on CO ’s cash boxes and bank reconciliations at monthly financial closure .
• Ensure accurate maintenance of all financial and accounting files and transactions
• Ensure there is sufficient cash in the bank and in cash boxes .
• Verify supporting documents to ensure completeness before payments are processed .
• Ensure proper and adequate filing system for financial documents
• Conduct weekly cash counts with the Finance Assistant and month end cash counts with the Finance Coordinator.
• Prepare all necessary information for internal or external audits .
• Assign duties, supervise, and train Finance Assistants .

Specific responsibilities

• Ensure, in coordination with the relevant project staff, that project/program expenditures are incurred consistent with donor agreements and budgets.
• Conduct and following up financial reports with Implementing Partners and report any violation for the terms of signed agreement between IP & NRC.
• Follow up on cash advances and proof of payments tracking ( finger prints / receipts) and ensure time clearance with staff / implementing partners concerned.