Accountant - Part Time

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.

In charge of check preparation for Beirut coordination, liaison with projects regarding check distribution.

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). Analyzing the problems of the cash box discrepancies and giving technical help to find solutions.

Process the payment to suppliers, organize payment terms and keep strict on all documentation involved, informing the Accounting manager of any sort of disparity.

Being responsible for filing accounting documents and their annexes, preparing documents for audits, organizing the scanning of documents and archiving coordination financial documents.

Informing supervisors of any issues / problems that may arise in their job performance

Additional tasks assigned by the accounting manager

Requirements

Education

Essential diploma or professional qualification in Accounting / Finance / Business Administration or related field.

Experience

In administration and accounting (minimum 1 year).

Languages             

Fluent in English and Arabic (written and spoken)|

Knowledge

Computer skills (good command of MS Office, in particular Excel and Word) with Writing capabilities

Competencies

Results and Quality Orientation L2

Team work and Cooperation L2

Behavioural Flexibility L2

Commitment to MSF Principles L2

Stress Management L3

Organisation skills and detailed-oriented.