Accountant

MAIN OBJECTIVE OF POSITION

Main purpose:

Controlling the daily cash/check management, supporting the project accounting staff, overseeing and pre-paring the projects books in accordance with the Finance Manager's instructions and MSF protocols, standards and procedures in order to provide accurate, reliable and updated financial information

Accountabilities:

Controlling the daily cash and check management and ensuring that all receipts and documentation meet MSF requirements (procedures, deadlines, information, signatures ...). Tracking bills/vouchers, invoices and other running costs and analyzing the related information (costs, service contracts ...) in order to give reliable and updated information;

Controlling cash advances and cashbook movements for each petty cash box, recording all IN and Out transactions, ensuring that cashbox balances always reflect the actual amount of money kept in the cashboxes and investigating any discrepancy. Ensuring strict compliance with cash control procedures for each cashbox / currency (daily cash control, weekly cash inventory and reconciliations);

Performing currency exchange operations in accordance with the country's exchange rate policy;

Ensuring a monthly accounts report in accordance with MSF procedures, checking individual entries and preparing the necessary administrative documents (originals) as a basis for justification and explanation of payments and receipts made;

Being responsible for the processing of accounting software peripheral accounting (project and capital) including checking the quality of the mission accounting allocations and their conformity (correct encoding of salaries, following up and matching of internal transfers and advances in the mission, checking invoices and their allocations, preparing payment order documents to be sent to Coordination). Analyzing the problems of the cash box discrepancies and giving technical help to find solutions;

Process the payment to suppliers, organize payment terms and keep strict on all documentation involved, informing the finance manager of any sort of disparity;

Being responsible for filing accounting documents and their annexes, preparing documents for audits, organizing the scanning of documents and archiving mission financial documents;

Informing supervisors of any issues / problems that may arise in their job performance;

Additional tasks assigned by the finance manager (e.g. bank reconciliation).

SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS:

Education       Essential diploma or professional qualification in Accounting / Finance / Business Administration.

Experience      Essential previous experience in administration and accountability (minimum 1 year).

Experience or knowledge of MSF AdminFin procedures is considered an asset

Languages      

Fluency in Arabic is mandatory.

Basic knowledge in English is mandatory

Fluency in English is considered an asset

APPLICATION PROCESS

Send to the MSF e-mail your motivation letter with updated CV, highlighting in the subject the post you are applying to:

msfocb-barelias-hrrecruiter@brussels.msf.org

Example: “Name Surname – Accountant”

OR

Place your motivation letter with updated CV at the MSF Bar Elias project’s CV Box, highlighting in the envelope your name and the post you are applying to.

Example: “Name Surname – Accountant”.

Address:

MSF Bar Elias Hospital

Old municipality building at Bar Elias center, next to the PHC

Bar Elias, Beqaa

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

DEADLINE: Completed applications must be received by: Monday, February 5th 2018