Finance Officer - Partnerships

Responsibilities:

• Maintain regular contact with NPA partners’ finance staff to identify any capacity building needs & areas of risk.
• Provide support, advice & mentorship to partners on financial management & finance systems development and ensure compliance with the contracted obligations & the budget norms/standards.
• Assist in developing the capacity of the partners’ finance staff to ensure that a good standard of financial management is maintained.
• Serve as focal person for financial training for both NPA & partners finance staff.
• Review partners organization budgets & proposals.
• Reconcile partners installments by end of each partnership contact.
• Ensure overall compliance with NPA financial guidelines & procedures.
• Assist Finance Manager with reconciliation of accounts cash and bank and the monthly closing  process
• Assist in the budgeting process and budget monitoring
• Assist  in budgeting and financial report to donors
• Financial quality assurance of internal documents.
• Follow up on the cashflow requirements of the partners.
• Facilitate FM in partners, project & institutional audits.
• Participate in budgeting and financial quality assurance of internal documents when required.

Function prerequisite:

Must have:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics or relevant accounting certification
• Minimum 3-5 years of related professional experience, preferably with an international organisation.
• Comprehensive knowledge of accounting procedures, financial controls & financial information system.
• Fluent in English, Arabic both spoken and written.
• Good Knowledge of MS Office programms, particularly Excel & Word.
• Experience with the organizations working in development or humanitarian sector.

Personal competencies:

• Self motivated, with a strong sense of professionalism & personal integrity
• Strong organizational skills, attention to detail and ability to work both independently & collaboratively with a diverse team.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• High sense of responsibility.
• Excellent analytical skills.
• Positive, proactive & communicative attitude.
• Willingness to travel.

Desirable:

The following qualifications are desirable and will be an advantage, but are not requirements:

• Experience in staff capacity building
• Experience in capacity building of local organizations and organizational development.
• Experience in assessing financial management systems and setting up financial management procedures and policies for organizations or other relevant entities.
• Knowledge on the civil society sector in Lebanon and the region.
• Previous experience with Agresso, QuickBooks or any other accounting software.
• Experience in handling of cash & filing.
• Knowledge of local partner audit procedures and standard international audit requirements.