Accountant

Introduction about MSF:

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)  is an international, independent, medical humanitarian organization that delivers emergency aid to people in 70 countries who are affected by armed conflict, epidemics, natural disasters and exclusion from healthcare. MSF offers assistance to people based on need, irrespective of race, religion, gender or political affiliation and our actions are guided by medical ethics and the principles of neutrality and impartiality.

We offer basic healthcare, carry out vaccination campaigns, operate nutrition centers, and provide mental healthcare. Our activities include the treatment of injuries and disease, maternal care and the provision of humanitarian aid.

Responsibilities:

MSF is recruiting an accountant responsible for controlling the daily cash/check management, supporting the projects' accounting staff, overseeing and pre-paring the projects books in accordance with the Accountancy Manager's instructions and MSF protocols, standards and procedures in order to provide accurate, reliable and updated financial information. The position is based in Beirut with frequent field visits to MSF project in Bekaa.

Accountabilities:

• Controlling the daily cash and check management and ensuring that all receipts and documentation meet MSF requirements (procedures, deadlines, information, signatures ...). Tracking bills/vouchers, invoices and other running costs and analyzing the related information (costs, service contracts ...) in order to give reliable and updated information
• Controlling cash advances and cashbook movements for each petty cash box, recording all IN and Out transactions, ensuring that cashbox balances always reflect the actual amount of money kept in the cashboxes and investigating any discrepancy. Ensuring strict compliance with cash control procedures for each cashbox / currency (daily cash control, weekly cash inventory and reconciliations)
• Performing currency exchange operations in accordance with the country's exchange rate policy
• Ensuring a monthly accounts report in accordance with MSF procedures, checking individual entries and preparing the necessary administrative documents (originals) as a basis for justification and explanation of payments and receipts made
• Preparing the timely payment of taxes
• Being responsible for the processing of accounting software peripheral accounting (project and capital) including checking the quality of the mission accounting allocations and their conformity (correct encoding of salaries, following up and matching of internal transfers and advances in the mission, checking invoices and their allocations, preparing payment order documents to be sent to HQ). Analyzing the problems of the cash box discrepancies and giving technical help to find solutions
• Being responsible for filing accounting documents and their annexes, preparing documents for audits, organizing the scanning of documents and archiving mission financial documents
• Informing supervisors of any issues / problems that may arise in their job performance
• When requested, replacing or supporting other members of the Finance Team in coordination office or in the projects

Education: Essential degree or professional qualification in Accounting / Finance / Business Administration.

Experience: Essential minimum 1 year experience in accounting and administration. Previous NGO experience is desirable.

Languages:  Arabic and English (fluency is a must)

Knowledge:  Essential computer literacy (word, excel, outlook), local accounting standards

Competencies:

• Results and Quality Orientation 
• Team work and Cooperation 
• Behavioural Flexibility 
• Commitment to MSF Principles
• Stress Management