Financial and Procurement Assistant

Responsibilities:

Support the Project Office in the following capacity:

• Assist with daily tasks related to maintaining the office budget, e.g. keep accurate records for all daily transactions; prepare balance sheets; process invoices; record accounts payable and accounts receivable; track bank deposits and payments etc.;
• Prepare monthly, quarterly and annual financial reports
• Manage the procurement of office and project material
• Identify and maintain contact with the best value for money providers

Assist the Project Managers in daily tasks of management including:

• Assist in the preparation of financial audits of projects ;
• Administrative management related to specific projects, e.g. processing of invoices, updating internal (ERP) systems with financial data; tracking of payments etc.
• Assist in issuing payments

Assist the HQ in Brussels in specific daily tasks, including:

• Support the financial reporting to HQ
• Assist in the management of the internal financial systems (Maconomy, Winbooks)
• Assist in the HQ audits

Qualifications and profile:

• Bachelor or/and Master Degree related to the position
• At least 1-year experience in financial and accounting management
• Excellent knowledge of the MS Office package (Excel, Word, PowerPoint) is a must;
• Experience working with ERP systems is considered an asset;
• Perfect oral and drafting skills in English and Arabic. French is considered a strong asset;
• Knowledge of the EU procedures (PRAG) is a strong asset
• Working in an organized and rigorous manner;
• Capacity to work within a team on sound communication;
• Capacity for independent decision-making and taking initiative;
• Interest in working in the field of cooperation and development.