Finance Officer

The Overall Responsibility of a Finance Officer is:

• To work on overall financial monitoring and support capacity building for Lebanon office and partners and to practice rigorous financial control mechanism.
• To make sure that IFE-EFI’s financial procedures, policies and requirements are implemented in compliance with the EU and EU Regional Trust Fund MADAD and to contribute to the achievement of IFE-EFI’s goals and vision.

We seek a person who:

• Participates in preparation of annual requests for funds (concept notes), budget and other funding requests; provides financial support to Program Team; prepares financial reports for activities using IFE-EFI specific format; close monitoring on budget and revision in collaboration with HQ.
• Ensures accurately recording of all transactions made by cash or bank or any other form in the IFE-EFI financial system; monitors timely receipt and expenditure returns from Program Team and ensures correct data entry and reconciliation in the system; ensures that work advances are accounted for in line with IFE-EFI and donors ‘financial guidelines.
• Manages daily operation in the area of accounting system which is in line with IFE-EFI and donor (ie. EU) requirements, maintains cash and non-cash transactions, manages bank transactions, ensures the use of proper and correct budget code; monitors cash payment and ensures the records or entries are up-to-date; pays attention on fluctuating exchange rate used for any transactions.
• Provides feedback and enhances internal controls to satisfy IFE-EFI audit requirements; takes part of providing data and records during the audit process; reports immediately on irregular spending to Senior Finance and Accounting Officer or Country Manager as deemed appropriate.
• Takes part of payroll preparation in line with national fiscal system under guidance of HQ Senior Finance Officer and HR Manager.
• Complies with Finance and Procurement guidelines when dealing with any transactions; provides initiative to review current guidelines and proposes relevant recommendation.
• Ensures proper financial documentation in Lebanon office; prepares well and sends documentation to HQ in timely manner; follows the financial check-list.
• If required, reviews the partner financial reports; provides technical assistance with partners to enhance the finance and administrative organization and internal control.
• Collects the leave request for Country Manager’s approval and sends them to HQ HR Manager prior to payroll; updates the leave balance accurately in timely; collects the time sheet and verifies accuracy before sending them to HQ HR Manager.
• With support of HQ HR Manager, takes the role of info-sharing to staff in relation to HR matters; prepares related statistics or reports related to HR.
• Takes part of regular staff meeting and respects to the weekly task report in line with performance management.
• If required, support IFE-EFI’s other project activities with guidance from Senior Finance and Accounting Officer and Country Manager.

Why should you apply?

• Impact: You will strengthen access to protection, participation and services for women refugees and host communities.
• Meaningful: You will be a part of a key feminist consortium aiming to improve the livelihood, agency and legal and social protection for Syrian women refugees and women in host communities in Lebanon.
• Career: You will be expanding your skills-set and competence in finance and accounting.
• A great place to work: You will work in a dynamic environment with colleagues sharing values to respect of human rights of women and men.