Finance Assistant - North Office

ROLE PURPOSE: The Finance Assistant will be responsible for making payments for Save the Children North, whether they are in the field or in the office. And will be responsible for managing the ‘petty cash’ and issuing advances and reimbursements to staff. And maintaining good working relationships with staff and suppliers. SCOPE OF ROLE: Reports to: Finance Officer Reporting to: None KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY: Support the delivery of effective Programmes, in both development and humanitarian contexts, by: Handle petty cash, includes: issuing advances and reimbursements to staff; keeping updated hard and soft copies of the petty cash ledger and carrying out a daily consolidation of petty cash to be approved by the Financial Officer. Preparing GLACOS on daily basis and sent it to the finance officer for posting. Manage finance department filing and documentation Control Petty Cash replenishment for the North Office Receive cash when applicable and issue receipts. Handle payable/expenditure accounts. Prepare regular entries to the general journal. Prepare proper coding on all vouchers for valid account/cost centre /donor combinations. Check invoices, bids analysis and calculations. Handle travel advance staff. Follow-up on missing signatures and documents. Preparing the monthly cash reconciliation Assist in preparing the monthly cash forecast. Contribute in preparation of all periodic financial statements and reports as per instructions, and to prepare any other necessary report and compilations as requested by the Finance Officer. Assist the auditors as required, generally and in their yearly reviews. Assist in monitor payments and financial reports from Partner Organizations.  Hence, conduct field visits to partners for monitoring and capacity building purposes. Undertake any other financial tasks requested by the Finance Officer when the need arises.   QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE Bachelor Degree in Accounting, finance or business management Fresh graduates are accepted Able to work within a team Very good written and spoken English and Arabic languages and communication skills Availability for internal travel. Organized with good in time management, and respect deadlines Trustworthy Analytical skills and accuracy Prior experience with donors’ requirements