Accountant

Médecins Sans Frontières MSF أطباء بلا حدود is an international, independent, medical humanitarian organization that delivers emergency aid in around 70 countries all over the world to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, natural disasters and exclusion from healthcare.  MSF offers assistance to people based on need, irrespective of race, religion, gender or political affiliation. OUR ACTIONS ARE GUIDED BY MEDICAL ETHICS AND THE PRINCIPLES OF NEUTRALITY AND IMPARTIALITY. MSF was founded 1971. Its principles are described in the organisation's founding charter. It is a non-profit, independent organisation. We conduct our own evaluations on the ground to determine people’s needs. More than 90 per cent of our overall funding comes from millions of private individuals, not governments. MSF is neutral. We do not take sides in armed conflicts, we provide care on the basis of need, and we push for independent access to victims of conflict as required under international humanitarian law.   Main purpose   Control the daily cash management, by checking the data reliability, tracking invoices and submitting monthly accounts in accordance with the Finance Manager’s instructions and MSF protocols to provide accurate, updated financial information. Accountants have the responsibility of supporting and overseeing the books of the project. They prepare the project books to be integrated in the master by the Accounting Manager.   Accountabilities   Maintain and update cashbook movements for each petty cash box, bank and cheque, record all IN and Out transactions ensure that cashbox balances always reflect the actual amount of money kept in the cashboxes and, investigate any discrepancy. Perform currency exchange operations in accordance with the country's exchange rate policy. Ensure strict compliance with cash control procedures for each cashbox / currency (daily cash control, weekly cash inventory, reconciliation with SAGA together with the manager, to ensure reliable and updated financial information. Monitor cash advances by ensuring that MSF rules and protocols are followed and the amounts advanced will be duly refunded. Keep track of bills/vouchers and other running costs and analyze the related information (costs, service contracts ...) to give reliable information about the mission functioning Ensure all receipts meet MSF requirements (deadlines, information, signatures ...). Ensure 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. Prepare the payment of taxes within legal datelines. Is the responsible for the processing of SAGA peripheral accounting (capital): checks the quality of the accounting allocations; check the conformity of all the invoices and other vouchers and ensures they are approved; under the responsibility of the Accounting manager, analyses the problems of cashbox discrepancies and gives technical help to find solutions Responsible for filing accounting documents: Organizes financial documents and their annexes (PO/PU/PL) Prepares documents for audits Organizes the scanning of documents Archives mission financial documents