Finance Officer - Beirut

ROLE PURPOSE: 
The Finance Officer will provide appropriate levels of security and internal controls over the organization’s resources (funds and PPE) and operations in compliance with the policies and standards of the Save the Children Financial Manual. The post holder will ensure that SCI sub-grants are implemented and reported in conformity with the general accepted accounting principle and reporting standard.

CHILD SAFEGUARDING: 
Level 2 – the responsibilities of the post may require the post holder to have some contact with or access to children or young people.

SCOPE OF ROLE: 
Reports to: Finance Coordinator

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:
Cash Disbursement and Bookkeeping

• Verify the accuracy, validity, legitimacy of all payments and the completeness of financial documents (purchase requests, purchase orders, invoices...), proper coding and authorization before payments are made. 
• Ensure that cash and bankbooks records are updated on daily basis, ensuring that all coding is in line with donor and country coding structure.
• Manage Agresso processes for accuracy and ensure data is uploaded into system on regular basis.
• In collaboration with HR, ensure that salary advances are closed as soon as possible and that departing staff have closed all advances. 
• Carry out a daily consolidation of the petty cash, and ensure all payments are made in a timely manner.
• Ensure all the supporting documents are archived and stored in a safe place, and a scanned copy shared with the country office on monthly basis.

Financial Systems

• Maintain robust and adequate financial internal control systems and cash management across the field office in line with SCI’s Finance Manual, Awards Management and good accounting practices.
• Ensure SCI financial policies and procedures applicable in the field offices and ensure that changes in policies are communicated to staff at all levels.
• Maintain good working relationships with program staff, logistics, partners and other stakeholders.
• Ensure that audit recommendations are being implemented on time and that field staff fully understand and comply with the standard financial procedures.
• Maintain an effective filing system for financial transactions and project documents and ensuring that all financial documents are accurately supported, approved and coded, and that all cheque books, cheque list, petty cash are reconciled.
• Maintain and archive all of the documents and provide scanned or hard copies to auditors whenever requested.

Partnership

• Assist in partnership assessment with the Finance coordinator and program staff
• Maintain close follow-up with partners in terms of financial reporting, vouching, and verification visits
• Be involved in grant opening and close-out meetings with partner
• Assist in capacity building for the partners

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor Degree in Accounting, finance or business management

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS:

• Minimum 2 years’ experience in finance and partnership
• Very good written and spoken English 
• Communication skills
• Advanced Microsoft excel skills
• Analytical skills and accuracy
• Prior experience with donors’ requirements and NGOs

Additional job responsibilities
The duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the role holder may be required to carry out additional duties within reasonableness of their level of skills and experience.

Equal Opportunities 
The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI Equal Opportunities and Diversity policies and procedures.

Child Safeguarding
We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

Safeguarding our Staff
The post holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI anti-harassment policy.

Health and Safety
The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with SCI Health and Safety policies and procedures.

We offer a competitive package in the context of the sector.  This role is offered on the basis of national terms and conditions only.

The Organisation
Save the Children works in development and humanitarian contexts with children and partners to help families, communities, and governments identify and use innovations to ensure all children survive, learn and are protected.

We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realize the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard.  

We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:
• No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday
• All children learn from a quality basic education and that,
• Violence against children is no longer tolerated 

We know that great people make a great organization, and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children.  We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive environment where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued. 

We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

All employees are expected to carry out their duties in accordance with our global anti-harassment policy.