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Duty Details:

Partnership Management

• Reviews Tdh partners’ financial reports; provides technical assistance to partners to enhance the finance and administrative organization and internal control.
• Identifies the needs and support partners staff to increase their competence in preparation of Finance internal reports, donor financial report following donor’s reporting requirements.
• Works on overall financial monitoring and supports capacity building of TDHL Lebanon office and partners and practices rigorous financial control mechanism.
• Participate in creating SOPs for partnership management.

Accountancy

• Enures that partners financial procedures, policies and requirements are implemented in compliance with the applicable regulations of TDHL and donors.
• Proactively reviews guidelines and proposes relevant recommendations.
• Reviews and validates partners’ accounting records and supporting documentation for all financial transactionsview and validates data entry and reconciliation in the system; ensures that work advances are accounted for in line with Tdh and donors ‘financial guidelines.
• Manages daily operation in the area of accounting system which is in line with Tdh and donor 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
• Complies with Finance and Procurement guidelines when dealing with any transactions; provides initiative to review current guidelines and proposes relevant recommendation.
• working with partners to ensure maximum compliance

• Ensure partners understand grants donors’ requirements for each specific award through training and coaching

Budgeting & Reporting

• Provides technical support to partners in preparation of financial reports, budgets, budget follow up and forecasts.
• Update and refine financial reporting and technical support tools to facilitate the work of partners, while meeting TDH and donor regulations
• Develop budget projection/spend-down plan to execute expenses within the budget spending for each projec

Staff Capacity Building

• Identifies the needs and supports development of partners’ staff to increase their competence in preparation of Finance internal reports, donor financial report in compliance with donor’s reporting requirements.
• Support Partners to build their capacities
• Builds the capacity of partners’ staff to develop their analytical skills especially with regards to Budget Vs Actuals
• Provide guidance and develop the Finance staff of the field office and sub-offices
• Plans and conducts induction process for existing or new staff in coordination with HR Manager and Admin & Finance Coordinator.

Team Management

• Takes part of regular staff meeting and respects to the weekly task report in line with performance management
• articipate in the recruitment process and carry out job performance appraisals for all staff reporting to the Administrative Finance Coordinator if needed and requested by Admin Finance Coordinator

 Coordination

•   Ensure to keep high level of Coordation between Area Managers and     Partnership and Compliance  Manager  to ensure that there is a level of accuracy witin project activites implementation and expenses

Audit

• Assist in providing feedback and enhances internal controls to satisfy Tdh audit requirements; takes part of providing data and records during the audit process; reports immediately on irregular spending to Senior Finance and Accounting Coordinator Officer or Country Manager as deemed appropriate.

Skills

• BA Degree in Accounting/Finance, MBA will be an added advantage.
• Qualified Accountant (ACCA/ ACA/ CIMA/ CCAB) or equivalent internationally recognized accounting qualification is an added value
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to present financial matters to non-financial managers and develop and discuss budgets and grant administration in English with institutional donors and other relevant parties
• Demonstrated experience and knowledge of Financial management
• Ability to manage and supervise finance staff in multiple and remote locations
• Proven experience in working with partners
• Experience in managing or conducting audits
• Ability to think strategically
• High degree of computer literacy
• Ability to adapt to new situations and needs
• Ability to develop and build capacities of staff
• Disposition of a team player