Finance Assistant-Danish Refugee Council Retour vers les opportunités

About the job

Your main duties and responsibilities will be:

Bank and Cash transactions:

• Coordinate with HQ for balance accounts cleanup for the former North Africa Regional Office Clean up.
• Coordinate with legal auditors for financial statements audit and legal status update for DRC
• Ensure all payments (Bank & Cash) are made timely and in accordance with the existing DRC forms.
• Ensure all payments meet requirements of National Law and engage with authorities, tax advisors or other stakeholders to ensure tax requirements are met accordingly.
• Verifying that any transaction is supported by proper supporting documentations as per DRC’s financial rules and regulation and proper authorization is obtained prior releasing a payment.
• Prepare the bank payments and liaise with the bank.
• Manage petty cash and clear cash advances upon request.

Dynamics record keeping

• Establish, maintain and reconcile the general ledger.
• Ensure all expenses enter the DRC Dynamics in time and of highest quality (Along with support documents). (D/W/M)
• Prepare Monthly cash counts.

Vendor/staff payments:

• Ensure all payments are made timely and in accordance with the existing DRC forms.
• Verifying that any transaction is supported by proper supporting documentations as per DRC’s financial rules and regulation and proper authorization is obtained prior releasing a payment.

Filing and Archiving:

• Maintain proper filing of all financial documentation (vouchers, contracts, tender documents, etc.) Hard & Soft Copies.
• Scanning for financial documents as needed and attaching them to Dynamics per each posting.
• Routine record keeping.

DRC Dynamics and Digitalization and reporting

• Follow up the correct implementation of DRC Dynamics (Finance Module) and the quality of the data entered in the system.
• Monitoring accuracy and timely update of master data in dynamics for Coordination Office.
• Manage digital spaces like Share point (Finance)

About you

To be successful in this role we expect you to have a minimum of two (2) years’ experience working in a similar position. Moreover, we also expect the following:

Required

• Strong written and mathematical skills.
• Strong computer skills.
• Experience of managing and handling cash
• Experience of working with UN or Non-Governmental organizations.
• Strong organizational skills
• Ability to prioritize large and changeable workload
• Good communication skills and ability to work as part of a team
• Able to work independently and energetically
• Relevant university degree (Finance, Accounting) or similar education.
• Fluent in spoken and written English.
• Fluency in French and Tunisian languages is a must

In this position, you are expected to demonstrate DRC’ five core competencies:

Striving for excellence: You focus on reaching results while ensuring an efficient process.

Collaborating: You involve relevant parties and encourage feedback.

Taking the lead: You take ownership and initiative while aiming for innovation.

Communicating: You listen and speak effectively and honestly.

Demonstrating integrity: You uphold and promote the highest standards of ethical and professional conduct in relation to our values and Code of Conduct, including safeguarding against sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment.

We offer

Contract length: 4 months

Band: I

Designation of Duty Station: Family duty station

Start date: 1 November 2022

Salary and conditions will be in accordance with Danish Refugee Council’s Terms of Employment for national staff.

Application process

All applicants must upload a cover letter and an updated CV (no longer than four pages) in English. Applications sent by email will not be considered.

Closing date for applications: 12 October 2022.

For further information about the Danish Refugee Council, please consult our website drc.ngo.