Finance Clerk

Main Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Responsible for forecasting and monitoring budgets and maintaining financial control of the program with a close communication held with the Senior Finance Officer for the guidance and final review to be made at the SFO level.
• Works on developing the online financial system aiming to include all the supporting documents required for the effective completion of the financial tasks.
• Applies EU donors' financial /reporting suggestions and verifies its effective implementation with the SFO final approval.
• Prepares and ensures timely and accurately various financial reports requested by our donors.
• Oversees the required financial operations as indicated in the MOU and reports directly to the Senior Finance Officer.
• Prepares all payment slips/salaries at the end of each month and sends them to the SFO for her final review and approval before coordinating with banks for an effective money transfer to the accounts of each employee under the LED Program.
• Assists in developing the specific Policies and Procedures related to this project and ensure a continuous update of the department's policies and procedures to ensure an effective and efficient financial system.
• Liaises with internal and external auditors to ensure the finance department is operating in compliance with Lebanese regulations in the presence of the SFO.
• Documents financial transactions by entering account information on the existing Accounting System.
• Substantiates financial transactions by auditing documents.
• Prepares payments by verifying the documentation and the requesting disbursements.
• Ensures a close budget monitoring by focusing on the budgeted amounts versus the actual and makes sure to propose solutions based on the identified variances.
• Gets actively involved in forecasting and preparing amendments as discussed with top management.
• Manages logistics tasks related to day-to-day financial operations.
   

Qualifications and Experience:

• Bachelor Degree in Finance or Economics 
• 3 to 5 working experience in the field of Finance.
• Fluency in Arabic and English is a must.
• Experience with NGOs is a plus.

Competencies:

Financial Knowledge, Auditing and Budgeting, Business ability, Self-discipline, HR payroll, Ability to deal eloquently and effectively with internal and external stakeholders, Result oriented - Achieving KPI as agreed upon with Management, Donor Engagement experience is a plus.

Skills:

• Communication Skills and Emotional Intelligence
• Analytical Thinking
• System skills (software data entry)
• Creativity and Innovation Skills
• Organizational Management Skills
• Time Management Skills
   

WORK CONTEXT/CONDITIONS:

• Pleasant surrounding
• Works in a clean, well lighted and comfortable facility
• Works effectively under pressure and responds to due project timeline
• Working hours in accordance with rules and regulations of The Nawaya Network ( Reference: HR Policies and General Policies)