(Offre en anglais) BBC Media action recrute un(e) “Finance Officer” Retour vers les opportunités

Détails de l'opportunité

Critères d'éligibilité

• Provide a comprehensive range of financial support to the BBC Media Action finance team.
• Support the Head of Finance in smooth running of finance operations.
• Booking transactions on Dimension Accounting Software.
• Support the Head of Finance to compile monthly financial reports detailing income, expenditure and cash and bank reconciliations.
• Support the Head of Finance to monitor weekly cash flow needs, dealing with different team members to find out upcoming payments due.
• Help on a process of regular balance sheet reconciliations (including all bank reconciliations) and manage regular completion and review.
• Prepare and submit detailed reports (budget, buying expenditures etc.)
• Process payments, expenses claims, advances and per diems according to BBC Media Action policy.
• Establish, develop and maintain suitable spreadsheets, databases, and management information and evaluation systems as requested.
• Ensure compliance with all financial reporting and forecasting requirements of donors and others, and ensuring the smooth flow of funds from donors
• Ensure compliance with applicable law for administrative, tax and HR aspects of the programs.
• Assist in administrative procurement of supplies and services from quality vendors and service providers, in fairness and transparency.
• Help maintain an up-to-date list of inventory of assets for office and production facilities and manage filing of all administrative documents.
• Handle internal and external enquiries in a professional manner, dealing with these to conclusion where possible or referring them to the team as appropriate.
• Undertake ad hoc finance and procurement projects as and when required.
• Undertake other financial tasks or ad hoc reporting as directed by the Project Accountant or the Head of Finance and Administration.
• Trained accountant, with minimum of 3 years' experience of work on accountancy projects.
• Strong background in procurement administration.
• Experience of successful finance administration.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• The ability to work independently and proactively, to prioritise workloads, meet deadlines and respond flexibly to rapidly changing priorities.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Strong and effective communication skills with people at all levels of the organisation, including ability to explain financial processes and policies to team members and provide information required for Management Team.
• Excellent IT skills with experience of operating computer-based financial management systems.  Competent to advanced level in Microsoft Excel Effectiveness and flexibility to work in a team.
• English and Arabic fluency (with strong written English skills).
• Experience of finance administration and or procurement in the NGO field and international development sector
• Experience of working with and reporting to international donors
• French fluency
• Editorial Judgement - Demonstrates balanced and objective judgement based on a thorough understanding of BBC editorial guidelines, target audience, programme and department objectives. Makes the right editorial decisions, taking account of conflicting views where necessary.
• Managing relationships – Able to build and maintain effective working relationships with a range of people. Works co-operatively with others to be part of a team. Values individual's differences and demonstrates a commitment to knowledge sharing and informal learning, for the benefit of the team.
• Creative Leadership – Ability to lead a diverse production team, identify and nurture talent, and inspire others to realize an identified vision.
• Planning and Organization – Able to think ahead in order to establish an efficient and appropriate course of action for self and others; planning of activities taking into account all the relevant issues and factors such as deadlines, staffing and resources requirements.
• Developing Others - Able to recognise potential (managerial, professional, artistic or otherwise) and is willing to foster the development of that potential.  Creates a climate in which potential can be realised.
• Decision Making – Is ready and able to take the initiative, originate action and be responsible for the consequences of the decision made.
• Strategic thinking – Able to identify a vision and create plans for implementation of that vision to meet the end goal. Evaluates situations, decisions, and issues in the short, medium and long-term
• Analytical Thinking – Able to simplify complex problems, processes or projects into component parts, explore and evaluate them systematically. Able to identify causal relationships, and construct frameworks for problem solving and/or development.
• Change Management – Able to understand and anticipate the need for change and to build frameworks for planning and managing the continuous process of change.