Job title:Finance and Admin. Assistant(National)
Employment category: National
Reporting to: Area Manager
Subordinates: N/A
Unit/department: Finance, logistic and administration
Location: Medenine, Tunisia
Authorization level: N/A
Overall purpose of the role: Under the direct supervision of the Area Manager, the Finance and Admin Assistant performs the duties of Cashier and supports the day-to-day administration of DRC office in Zarzis (Tunisia), in adherence with DRC and donor guidelines and standards .
Responsibilities:
- Prepare and review payment vouchers and invoices for accuracy and reconcile discrepancies
- Make timely payments accordingly with procedures
- Manage petty cash and clear small cash advances, upon request, ensuring safe custody of cash
- Ensure daily cash counting and reconciliations
- Review payment requests for accuracy, completeness, compliance, level of authorisation and clarity of invoices
- Complete cashbook and monitor cash flow management
- Organize, file and scan all payment vouchers with related supporting documents when corrected and approved Cash Book and BFU has been returned
from North Africa Regional Office, Tunis
- Support the day-to-day activities of the office
- Act as focal point and arrange maintenance for office and guesthouses
- Provides and/or oversees provision of staff support to the office, maintaining calendars and travel arrangements, screening, analysing, and, handling
day-to-day problems and situations
- Prepare drafts of letters and official communications, meeting minutes and summaries of actions to take, tracking progress on issues planned
- Responsible for updating monthly the staff contact list
- Responsible for staff ID card management and traceability of DRC/ Donor Equipment use
- To assist with any other duties in the Department, as directed by the Area Manager
- Translation of office documents when requested
Experience and technical competencies:
- Minimum 2 years’ experience working in a similar position
- Experience of managing and handling cash
- Experience working in Medenine District
- Desirable: experience in similar role with International NGOs, donors or UN agencies
Education:
At least, a 3 year post-secondary school diploma in administration, management, accounting or finance; but preferred a University degree in Accounting, Finance, Business or Public Administration, Management or related fields
Languages: (indicate fluency level)
- Arabic (Proficient)
- English / and French(Proficient)
Key stakeholders: (internal and external)
Last updated:30/05/2018
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