Finance Assistant

Background ACTED is a French humanitarian NGO, founded in 1993, which supports vulnerable populations, affected by humanitarian crises worldwide. ACTED provides continued support to vulnerable communities by ensuring the sustainability of post-crisis interventions and engaging long-term challenges facing our target populations, in order to break the poverty cycle, foster development and reduce vulnerability to disasters. Our interventions seek to cover the multiple aspects of humanitarian and development crises through a multidisciplinary approach which is both global and local, and adapted to each context. Our 4 000 staff is committed in to responding to emergencies worldwide, to supporting recovery and rehabilitation, towards sustainable development. Our teams in the field implement some 380 projects in 34 countries covering the following sectors emergency relief, food security, access to health, education and training, economic development, microfinance, advocacy, institutional support, and regional dialogue, cultural promotion. I. Responsibilities   a.     General objectives   The Finance Assistant is in charge of the base’s Safe and of all operations related to money. S/He will be responsible of the following tasks: Deal with transfers and exchanges of money Manage the petty cash Follow up on the cash flow (PRATIC)     b.    Key responsibilities   On a Daily Basis:   Ensure that the Finance Department has exchange rates of currency Fill in Vouchers on a regular basis and ensure registration of vouchers in the cashbook Proceed with payments for all items and services approved by the Area coordinator Check the Safe & Cashbook at the end of each day and ensure that the balance matches Deal with Money Exchange, change money for the cashbooks whenever needed and register it Deal with Money Transfer, registration and exchange of voucher reference between Country Office and area Deal with projects Cash for Work on a regular basis to ensure payment of field workers   On a Monthly Basis:   At the end of each month, check the balance in the cashbook and in the safe and release the cash checking statement with the area coordinator Check vouchers quality on a regular basis Check Cashbook & SAGA before closing the accountancy for the month Ensure all advances are cleared for the staff, before paying the salary Completing Cash request procedures in coordination with Logistics and Program in the base and report to the Country Office   Experience in Cash Grant programs is an asset.