Finance Officer

  General objective of the job   The Finance Officer ensures that accounting processes and systems are running effectively and efficiently to enable programme staff and other stakeholders to implement the War Child Programme in Lebanon.   S/he is also responsible for the compliance with external donor financial and administrative requirements.   Position in the organisation   The Finance Officer is part of the Operations Support department reporting to the Finance Manager. S/he does not manage staff.     Result areas   Handling finances   Enters accounting information into bookkeeping (SAGE), and cross check accurateness and completeness before submitting in a timely manner; Handles petty cash; Checks receipts and eligibility; Prepares Checks and transfers; Follows up closely on monthly cash and cheque advances; Ensures that all bookkeeping/financial documents of partners and War Child are compiled and organized according to international auditing standards; Builds the capacity of partners and staff; Holds monthly meetings with project admin officers or budget holders to check monthly expenditure allocations; Prepares monthly financial budget updates to be shared with budget holders; Checks and verifies that all payments are done in accordance with WCH Financial & procurement rules and regulations; Prepares monthly financial reports to HO and submits them to the Finance Manager; Monitors bank accounts and prepares monthly bank and cash reconciliations;