Job ID
17756
Job Title
Finance Officer
To work for
Oxfam Syria
Country
Syria
City
Damascus
Field of Work
Finances/Accountancy
Job Type
Full time
Military service
Finished or Exempted (For male)
Minimum Education Level
Bachelor/ License Degree
Responsibilities
• Responsible for timely disbursement (cash and bank) of payments /grants and maintain cash and bank books
• Assist in monitoring programme management budgets, and bring to the attention of finance manager and country director any significant variances
• Prepare Top-up requests for Syria Programme, cash-flow forecasts, and meeting deadlines set by the RMC.
• Prepare payment and receipt vouchers and enter into related cash/bank book.
• Revise, audit, and process all the payments assuring it includes all the supporting doc’s: invoices, receipts, proof of payment, procurement doc’s, and or contracts, etc. This will require seeking appropriate authorisation and insuring that all supporting documents are appropriately filed.
• Upload monthly accounts into PeopleSoft as per set up deadlines
• Prepare monthly accounts for submission to Regional Centre and ensure that they are properly authorised; print PeopleSoft reports.
• Responsible for the balance sheet accounts: Accruals, prepayments, creditors and debtors’ accounts.
• Perform Banking: Bank reconciliations
• Check project budgets monitoring and submit to Finance Manager.
• Assist in preparing project’s budgets and monitoring them
• Prepare information required by auditors.
• Conduct audits of projects and partners.
• Prepare staff payroll.
• Assist the Finance Manager in preparing the yearly council budgets.
• Provide reports to the Finance Manager and Programme Coordinators on the status of beneficiary/partner accounts.
• Provide support to project partners by providing support to them in maintaining books of account and other reporting requirements through periodic visits, etc
• To ensure that Oxfam financial procedures are followed
• To back up Finance Manager in carrying training to all staff and partner’s staff in Oxfam agreed procedures and basic accounting procedures and bookkeeping.
• Coordinate with Logistics to ensure that fixed asset registers A, B, & C are regularly up to date.
• To ensure all records are filed in an orderly and accessible manner
• General support to the Finance Assistant.
• Any other responsibility or task that may be assigned by your line manager.
• Assist in monitoring programme management budgets, and bring to the attention of finance manager and country director any significant variances
• Prepare Top-up requests for Syria Programme, cash-flow forecasts, and meeting deadlines set by the RMC.
• Prepare payment and receipt vouchers and enter into related cash/bank book.
• Revise, audit, and process all the payments assuring it includes all the supporting doc’s: invoices, receipts, proof of payment, procurement doc’s, and or contracts, etc. This will require seeking appropriate authorisation and insuring that all supporting documents are appropriately filed.
• Upload monthly accounts into PeopleSoft as per set up deadlines
• Prepare monthly accounts for submission to Regional Centre and ensure that they are properly authorised; print PeopleSoft reports.
• Responsible for the balance sheet accounts: Accruals, prepayments, creditors and debtors’ accounts.
• Perform Banking: Bank reconciliations
• Check project budgets monitoring and submit to Finance Manager.
• Assist in preparing project’s budgets and monitoring them
• Prepare information required by auditors.
• Conduct audits of projects and partners.
• Prepare staff payroll.
• Assist the Finance Manager in preparing the yearly council budgets.
• Provide reports to the Finance Manager and Programme Coordinators on the status of beneficiary/partner accounts.
• Provide support to project partners by providing support to them in maintaining books of account and other reporting requirements through periodic visits, etc
• To ensure that Oxfam financial procedures are followed
• To back up Finance Manager in carrying training to all staff and partner’s staff in Oxfam agreed procedures and basic accounting procedures and bookkeeping.
• Coordinate with Logistics to ensure that fixed asset registers A, B, & C are regularly up to date.
• To ensure all records are filed in an orderly and accessible manner
• General support to the Finance Assistant.
• Any other responsibility or task that may be assigned by your line manager.
Qualifications
Essential
• University degree in a finance related subject or professional accountancy qualifications.
• Excellent knowledge of accounting and accuracy skills
• Intermediate computer literacy skills of MS Excel and Word primarily
• Ability to operate in spoken and written English and Arabic
• Proven experience working in a similar role
• Excellent follow up skills.
• Self motivated and takes initiative
• Proactive in anticipating problems
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Good planning skills to include flexibility and adaptability
• Good team player and builder
Desirable
• Recommends, influences and implements improvements
• Previous experience of People soft database
• Able to coach other staff
• Experience of working with an International Non Government Organisation
• University degree in a finance related subject or professional accountancy qualifications.
• Excellent knowledge of accounting and accuracy skills
• Intermediate computer literacy skills of MS Excel and Word primarily
• Ability to operate in spoken and written English and Arabic
• Proven experience working in a similar role
• Excellent follow up skills.
• Self motivated and takes initiative
• Proactive in anticipating problems
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Good planning skills to include flexibility and adaptability
• Good team player and builder
Desirable
• Recommends, influences and implements improvements
• Previous experience of People soft database
• Able to coach other staff
• Experience of working with an International Non Government Organisation
Specific Vacancy Requirements
Due to the urgency of this role, we will be reviewing CVs and interviewing candidate in advance of the closing date. For this reason, interested candidates are asked to submit their application as soon as possible.
"We are committed to ensuring diversity and gender equality within our organization."
Oxfam is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will do everything possible to ensure that only those that are suitable to work within our values are recruited to work for us.
"We are committed to ensuring diversity and gender equality within our organization."
Oxfam is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will do everything possible to ensure that only those that are suitable to work within our values are recruited to work for us.
Salary and Benefits
As per Oxfam Salary Scale
About us
Oxfam is an international confederation of 17 organizations networked together in more than 90 countries, as part of a global movement for change, to build a future free from the injustice of poverty.
In Syria :
While Oxfam has been present in the region since 1970, it began operating in Syria through its Damascus based presence in July 2013. Since then, Oxfam has been responding to both the urgent WASH needs for vulnerable people, and has been working on the rehabilitation of water systems in order to provide durable, more sustainable solutions to the affected populations. Interventions implemented under Oxfam's WASH Programme include: Provision of Acute Emergency Life-Saving WASH Services, Rehabilitation of Water Systems, Hygiene Promotion and Water Conservation, Capacity Building and Training, and Improved Emergency WASH Coordination. To date, Oxfam has been worked in 10 governorates, seeking out to over 2.5 million beneficiaries.
In Syria :
While Oxfam has been present in the region since 1970, it began operating in Syria through its Damascus based presence in July 2013. Since then, Oxfam has been responding to both the urgent WASH needs for vulnerable people, and has been working on the rehabilitation of water systems in order to provide durable, more sustainable solutions to the affected populations. Interventions implemented under Oxfam's WASH Programme include: Provision of Acute Emergency Life-Saving WASH Services, Rehabilitation of Water Systems, Hygiene Promotion and Water Conservation, Capacity Building and Training, and Improved Emergency WASH Coordination. To date, Oxfam has been worked in 10 governorates, seeking out to over 2.5 million beneficiaries.
Required employees number
1
Posted On
Jan 10, 2019
Expiry Date
Feb 08, 2019
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CV Language
English