Finance Assistant- South Lebanon

The Finance Assistant is responsible for assisting in the day to day implementation of financial procedures in Lebanon by ensuring adherence to NRC’s policies and donor requirements.

Generic responsibilities

• Comply with Financial Handbook and other NRC policies
• Verify that all vouchers and supporting documents are according to standards set in the Financial Handbook, and enter them into the accounting system
• Make and verify approved payments
• Record all cash movements
• Follow up on advances and refunds
• Prepare and arrange for bank withdrawals and transfers, and present for verification
• Maintain the  filing system for all financial and accounting documents
• Ensure that expenditure from the main account is accounted in appropriate budget lines and on relevant projects
• Ensure that NRC’s related activities are implemented within NRC’s Protection mainstreaming guidelines and report any breaches/concerns to the line manager and/or focal point for proper action.

Specific responsibilities

• Utilize the use of NRC Agresso Accounting System and ensure daily bookkeeping.
• Manage the office petty cash and ensure its accuracy and sufficiency on daily basis.
• Assist  in the monthly accounting closing process, ensuring accuracy and completeness of the ledger and all supporting documents.
• Support in the preparation of the monthly financial report
• Provide scanned copies of payments related to other countries.
• Ensure that all transactions are properly authorized and fully documented.
• Prepare payments for beneficiaries and vendors; in accordance with NRC’s financial procedures
• Work closely with Logistics on Purchase Requests and Purchase Orders and follow up accordingly
• Liaise with other NRC departments to issue due payments
• Ensure that all payment requests comply with donor requirements
• Monitor bank account to ensure availability of sufficient balances 

Critical interfaces

• South office Support and Programme Staff
• Other AOs and CO Finance teams
• Auditors (Internal and External)

1. Competencies

1. Professional competencies

• Bachelor degree in Business Administration/Finance
• 1-2 years of relevant work experience
• Experience in working on accounting/auditing in a humanitarian context
• Proficiency in MS Office applications
• Proficiency in English and Arabic both spoken and written

2. Behavioural competencies

• Planning and delivering results
• Working with People
• Analyzing
• Communicating with Impact and respect
• Coping with change
• Handling insecure environments

2. Performance Management

The employee will be accountable for the responsibilities and the competencies, in accordance with the NRC Performance Management Manual. The following documents will be used for performance reviews:

•     The Job Description

•     The Work and Development Plan

•     The NRC Competency Framework

What We Offer

NRC is an equal opportunities employer and aims to have staffing diversity in terms of age, gender, ethnicity, nationality and physical ability.

We offer an opportunity to match your career to a compelling cause and a chance to meet and work with people who are the best in their fields.

We are also looking for people who share our values:

• To be dedicated in what we do;
• To be innovative with our solutions;
• To act as one unified and inclusive team;
• To be accountable to the donors that make our work possible; the people we exist to serve, and to each other… the members of our NRC family.