Finance and Compliance Assistant

Specific Duties and Responsibilities

Responsibility #1: Partnership Compliance: 65%

•             Follow up with partner on financial reports and supporting documents submission on bimonthly basis.

•             Review thoroughly supporting documents of expenses in submitted and approved financial reports.

•             Follow up and update on monthly basis Partnership tracker.

•             Tracking of copies of supporting documents at CO level of partners.

•             Lead partner compliance presentations (at least one presentation for each partner)

•             Initiate MOU process related to local partners, municipalities or other local authorities .

•             Share monthly report on partner visits related to spot checks and supporting documents.

•             Track partnership agreements final soft copies on shared folder.

•             Ensure project managers are compliant with CARE rules and process regarding partnership payments.

•             Initiate sub-award agreement as per sub-award process at CARE International.

•             Ensuring proper monitoring of the projects implemented by the partners for donor compliance and progress against objectives

•             Support the partners in the development of proposals and budgets; once requested by FGM

•             Participate in partnership opening, review and closure meetings.

•             Maintaining proper and professional communication with CARE partners based on Partnership principles of Equality, Complementarity, Transparency, Results Oriented

•             Review compliance issue at partners office

•             Assist in potential partners due diligence and organizational capacity assessment tool (OCA) for finance and accounting policies and provide bridger checking

•             Work closely with FGM and partners to ensure all partners have proper anti-fraud and corruption policy.

Responsibility #2: Finance and Compliance (35%):

•             Hold/lead BFU meetings with partners on bi-monthly basis with clear agenda and action points.

•             Report on monthly basis to SFGM progress on accounting and financial reporting capacity building plan of each partner+ update capacity building objective tracker.

•             Jointly with each PM update on monthly basis partner forecast in BFUs based on submitted partner financial reports

•             Coordinate with other departments on compliance of timesheets including monthly spot checks and follow up

 Qualifications / special skills or knowledge

• Experience in 1-2 years in similar position .
• Extensive knowledge in finance or accounting
• Extensive experience interacting with and relating to gender professionals and international stakeholders at senior level.
• Team player with strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to build strong internal relationships and networks.
• Motivated self-starter who enjoys working in a collaborative and international environment

 Experience

At least   0-1  years of relevant experience, especially at NGOs, academic organizations, standard-setting bodies, public agencies focused on finance , accounting and partnership financial managment

Academic background

BS in one Finance or accounting

PSEA and Save Guarding Child policy

CARE International in Lebanon is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.

CARE International in Lebanon and its employees and stakeholders abide by the CARE International Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) and Child Safeguarding Policies.