Senior Partnership Finance Officer

Finance & Economy Programme & Policy

Overview

Ensure effective finance management and support partner compliance

You have:

• BA degree or equivalent in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
• Approximately 4-5 years of relevant work experience in Partnership, Audit, Sub grant monitoring, financial management.
• Experienced in accounting policies and standards.
• Computer literate with significant experience in MS. Office.
• Excellent skill with MS. Excel is a must.
• Ability to conduct review and audit remotely.
• Previous experience with International NGOs and/or USAID/OFDA, DFID, ECHO, GAC, UNs, GFFO projects is highly desirable.
• Familiarity with the Syrian context and dealing with Syrian partners is highly desirable.
• Effective communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Strong supervisory skills.
• Ability to prioritize among multiple tasks and make decisions.
• Willing to travel within the region.
• Turkish and English are required, Arabic is desired.
• Travel: 20% to field sites as well as attending regional and global workshops and meetings when required.

Job Description

The Senior Partnership Finance Officer is a position supporting- Partnerships Department. With the overall objective of achieving high quality programming, the main goal of this position is to ensure effective review of partner finance reports and documentation as well as provide support to partner finance staff. The Senior Partnership Finance Officer will support in preparing of IRC internal reports and analysis, payment requests and monitoring of partner financial and accounting systems.

Major Responsibilities: ---------------------------

Financial Management

- Lead all aspects of an effective verification process to partners’ financial reports and supporting documents to ensure compliance with the partnership agreement, donor regulations and IRC policy, providing feedback to partners as necessary and flagging any compliance and financial management issues to IRC management. - Ensure high collaboration with IRC program staff by having a system of mutual sharing and review of partners reports and updates. - Ensure completeness, correctness and accuracy of financial reports according PEER system, IRC policies and donors’ regulations. - Review and prepare partner cash requests from HQ, ensure a tracking system and matching of advance payments and expenses reported. - Provide support to the management by supervising all partner budgets and financial reporting deliverables, advise Senior Partnerships Finance manager and the Program focal points of any potential issues with spending and financial reporting. - Support the preparation of internal finance reporting - Liaise with the Senior Partnerships Finance Manager with regards to any financial reconciliation or payment request as necessary. - Maintain the bookkeeping and files related to all the sub-awards hard copies and soft-copies, filing all sub award financial records and makes it available for management, internal /external audit, and review. - Ensure that all finance documents are timely/properly field and archived as per partnership system filing system - Advise the Senior Partnership Finance Manager of any reporting issue to ensure that all partners’ expenses are compliant with IRC and Donors requirements. - Support the Senior Partnerships Finance Manager to ensure effective partnership finance management, including the timely payments to partners in accordance with partnership agreements, and timely action to resolve any challenges with financial management. - Monitor partners’ BvA and spending, in collaboration with program focal point, and proactively work with partners to agree steps to address any issues identified in their spending. - Support the Senior Partnerships Finance Manager in review partners budgets and surge in budget revision process too when needed.

Program Support & Capacity Strengthening ------------------------------------------------

- Provide support in preparation and conduct of financial trainings for partner organizations. - Liaise with partner organizations on regular basis to provide program support in areas of finance. - Liaise with IRC programs to ensure the consistency between partners’ narrative reports and financial reports. - Provide support to the Partnerships Finance officers/ Assistants and IRC program colleagues on PEERS requirements and procedures.

Monitoring --------------

- Lead/Participate financial and general compliance monitoring visits to partner organizations’ offices when needed. - Support in the drafting of financial and compliance monitoring reports and response plans after each monitoring visit when needed.

Other -----------

- Any other duties as assigned by the Senior Partnerships Finance Manager

Qualifications

- BA degree or equivalent in Accounting, Finance, or related field. - Approximately 4-5 years of relevant work experience in Partnership, Audit, Sub grant monitoring, financial management. - Experienced in accounting policies and standers. - Ability to conduct review and audit remotely - Computer literate with significant experience in MS. Office. - Knowledge in budgeting review process and budget revision. - Previous experience with International NGOs and/or USAID/OFDA, DFID, ECHO, GAC, UNs, GFFO projects is highly desirable - Familiarity with the Syrian context and sealing with Syrian partners is highly desirable. - Effective communication skills, both written and verbal - Strong supervisory skills - Well organized and very good standout colleague - Excellent skill with MS. Excel is a must. - Ability to prioritize among multiple tasks and make decisions. - Willing to travel within the region.

Language/Travel: ---------------------

- Turkish and English are required**, Arabic** is desired - Travel: 20% to field sites as well as attending regional and global workshops and meetings when required.

Deadline to apply 21 May 2023

Key Working Relationships: ---------------------------

Position Reports to: Senior Partnerships Finance Manager

Position directly supervises: Partnership Finance officers/Assistants

Key Internal Contacts: Partnerships, Health & Protection Program/Partnership team, MEAL, Finance and Grant teams of the Syria country program

Key External Contacts: Partner Finance focal points

Professional Standards: IRC staff must adhere to the values and principles outlined in IRC Way Global Standards for Professional Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, Accountability and Equality. In accordance with these values, IRC operates and carries out policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Anti-Workplace Harassment, Respect at Work Fiscal Integrity, and Anti-Retaliation.

Returning National Candidates: We strongly encourage national or returning national candidates to apply for this position. If you are a citizen of the Country in which this position is based and are currently located outside of your home country and possess over two years of international work experience, the Middle East Region has introduced an attractive remuneration package. The package includes competitive compensation, return flight to post, shipping allowance, temporary housing and a relocation allowance. Certain restrictions may apply. IRC strives to attract, motivate and retain qualified national staff in our programs.

Accountability to Clients: IRC staff must adhere to the commitment of contributing to the sustainability and development of its (CR) Client Responsiveness Mechanisms, preserving the culture of prioritizing the needs of our clients and affected communities by systematically listening to their perspectives and using their feedback to make programmatic decisions and give them greater influence over program design and delivery.

Gender Equality: IRC is committed to narrowing the gender gap in leadership positions. We offer benefits that provide an enabling environment for women to participate in our workforce including parental leave, gender-sensitive security protocols and other supportive benefits and allowances.

Diversity and Inclusion: at IRC MENA, we are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. Organizations that are diverse in age, gender identity, race, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability, ethnicity, nationality, and perspective are validated to be better organizations. More importantly, creating a safe workspace environment where everyone, from any background, can do their best is the right thing to do. So, bring your whole self to work.

IRC is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive, respectful and safe work environment where all persons are treated fairly, with dignity and respect. In keeping with our core values of Integrity, Service, Accountability and Equality, IRC strives to maintain a work environment built on mutual respect in which all individuals treat each other professionally, and free of bias, prejudice, and harassment. IRC expressly prohibits and will not tolerate discrimination, harassment, retaliation, or bullying of IRC Persons in any work setting. All IRC staff, wherever they are located, are accountable for creating an environment free of discrimination, harassment, bullying, and retaliation.

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