Bookkeeper

The Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH offers the following vacancy in Lebanon:                                                     Bookkeeper   Tasks: 1.         Financial services Executes Accounting for GIZ Office journals incl. financing journals monitors income, expenditure and the monthly bank reconciliation monitors real accounts (payables, receivables) and reports regularly to the officer responsible for the contract and cooperation and the administration and finance coordinator , Head of Administration carries out accounting tasks using WINPACCS accounting software and prepares monthly end-of-period accounts and bank reconciliation vouchers submits the end-of-month accounts from the project accounting, cash books and account balance vouchers (through or from WINPACCS) to the officer responsible for the contract and cooperation and forwards them to GIZ Head Office Annual List of Project Account Balances related to office journal for GIZ Office and all project checks invoices and prepares transfers accordingly for the payments done through the office.   2.        Internal control checks the vouchers and receipts submitted by the projects/programmes for completeness and allocation to cost units and categories, and corrects these where necessary   3.      Phone and reception services answers and accepts phone calls and messages and/or forwards them maintains a call-back list of all incoming calls which cannot be taken by the relevant staff member operates the answering machine appropriately registers, documents and organises incoming and outgoing correspondence (fax, emails, packages and personally delivered messages)   4.        Other duties/additional tasks reports all problems with financial administration and compliance without delay is responsible for filing in accordance with GIZ rules performs other duties and tasks at the request of management     Required qualifications, competences and experience at least 5 years’ professional experience in a comparable position in an international organization. University degree in business administration Arabic native speaker; very good knowledge of English language, ideally a knowledge of French Well versed in using standard office software Work experience in the field of administrative and financial project management     Applications: Only qualified candidates are requested to send their application:  motivation letter and CV to lena.hage@giz.de before 31 January 2016. All applications will be dealt with in strict confidentiality. Only short listed candidates will be contacted.   GIZ is committed to gender balance and diversity without distinction as to race, sex or religion, and without discrimination of persons with disabilities. Remuneration will be in accordance with the candidate's qualification and experience and in line with local standards