Accountant and Administrative Coordinator

Job Description:

The Accountant and Administrative Coordinator supports the Centre for Lebanese Studies by ensuring the integrity of accounting information by recording, verifying, consolidating, and booking transactions; reconciling account balances and bank statements, maintaining general ledger and preparing month-end close procedures. Also, the Accountant and Administrative Coordinator will handle administrative and logistical tasks related to the project.

Main Job Tasks and Responsibilities:

·       Handle all accounting transaction in compliance with IFRS.

·       In charge of preparing all bank transfers, correspondences, and reconciliation.

·       Issuing payments and suppliers reconciliation.

·       Project Management, including:

o   Allocation of grants and expenses into related projects

o   Proper documentation and filing of each project

o   Prepare Project budgets

o   Compare and control Budget vs. Actual figures and report differences

·       Assist the Financial Manager in preparing Financial Reports, Balance Sheet, Income Statement, Cash Flow and yearly budget.

·       Preparing official declarations: NSSF – Tax on salary – etc…

·       Setting and implementing accounting policies and procedure.

·       Liaise with auditors.

·       Liaise with the project manager with all the budget updates related to the project

·       Petty cash management.

·       Responsible for the archive and filing system.

·       Process Payables, Receivables and Payroll.

·       Organize logistics and purchase materials needed for the projects.

·       Organize workshops and events related to the projects

Contribute to the dissemination of information about the organizations’ activities in the ‎press, on Facebook and CLS’s websites.

Skills and Competencies:

-          Thorough knowledge of financial accounting statements

-          Hands-on experience with accounting software packages

-          Advanced MS Office tools especially excel skills

-          Excellent analytical skills and good aptitude for numbers and quantitative skills

-          Accuracy and attention to detail, meticulous

-          Fluent in Speaking, Reading and Writing English and Arabic

-          Proven ability to produce results within tight deadlines in a complex environment

-          Ability to work independently with minimal supervision

-          Ability to work within a team

-          Efficient and Effective team and task management