The Finance Assistant is responsible for assisting in the day to day implementation of financial proceduresย in Lebanon by ensuring adherence to NRCโs policies and donor requirements.
Generic responsibilities
- Comply with Financial Handbook and other NRC policies
- Verify that all vouchers and supporting documents are according to standards set in the Financial Handbook, and enter them into the accounting systemย
- Make and verify approved paymentsย
- Record all cash movementsย
- Follow up on advances and refunds
- Prepare and arrange for bank withdrawals and transfers and present for verification
- Maintain the filling system for all financial and accounting documents
- Ensure that expenditure from the main account are accounted in appropriate budget lines and on relevant projects
- Ensure that NRCโs related activities are implemented within NRCโs Protection mainstreaming guidelines and report any breaches/concerns to the line manager and/or focal point for proper action.
Specific responsibilities
- Utilize the use of NRC Agresso Accounting System and ensure daily bookkeeping.
- Manage the office petty cash and ensure its accuracy and sufficiency on daily basis.
- Assist the Finance Officer in the monthly accounting closing process, ensuring accuracy and completeness of the ledger and all supporting documents.
- Support the Finance Officer in the preparation of the monthly financial report
- Provide scanned copies of payments related to other countries.
- Work closely with Logistics on Purchase Requests and Purchase Orders and follow up accordingly
- Liaise with other NRC departments to issue due payments
- Ensure that all payment requests comply with donor requirementsย
- Monitor bank account to ensure availability of sufficient balancesย
- Ensure that all transactions are properly authorized and fully documented.ย
- Prepare payments for beneficiaries and vendors; in accordance with NRCโs financial proceduresย
1. Professional competenciesย
- Bachelor degree in Business Administration/Financeย
- 1-2 years of relevant work experience
2. Behavioural competenciesย
What We Offer
NRC is an equal opportunities employer and aims to have staffing diversity in terms of age, gender, ethnicity, nationality and physical ability.
We offer an opportunity to match your career to a compelling cause and aย chance to meet and work with people who are the best in their fields.
We are also looking for people who share our values:
To be dedicated in what we do; To be innovative with our solutions; To act as one unified and inclusive team; To be accountable to the donors that make our work possible; the people we exist to serve, and to each otherโฆ the members of our NRC family.