Finance Specialist

This role has a country focus and ensures compliance to DRC procedures and guidelines within the country. The role contributes to the development of country strategies, which are translated into action plans and day-to-day tasks. The role provides support and/or technical guidance to country operations while overseeing country activities

Duties and Responsibilities:

Responsibilities:

• Finance Management of the Mission
• Being consulted in drafting Financial SOPs
• Responsible of maintaining and updating Allocation Table & Master Budget
• Support in updating Master Budget in Dynamics
• Participate in partnership strategy, being responsible of partners due diligence process/ capacity building plan/ regular meeting with IP
• Responsible to develop and maintain a Matrix including all partners process and SoPs when it comes to NSSF/ Income tax/ Exchange Rate/ VAT

Project Financial Follow Up:

• Being consulted to prepare Budget proposal or amendment in collaboration with Grant/ Program
• Responsible to parameter new projects in Dynamics and update budget forecast yearly
• Support in updating and sharing BFUs with budget holders & Finance staff
• Responsible to review the Accountancy & Allocation per project
• Responsible of adjusting transaction with wrong allocation in the system
• Responsible of reviewing committed cost and pending transactions
• Support finance manager in organizing meeting for detailed review of BFUs
• Responsible of identifying Cofunding and update Dynamics accordingly
• Support finance manager in preparing and submit Financial Report
• Responsible of Audit Facilitation, Support in Audit Preparation, and responsible of Audit Report Findings follow up
• Responsible of updating the Symbiant tracker with audit reports
• Responsible of creating and updating a unified partner tracker for all offices
• Responsible of receiving and reviewing Financial Report/Financial Docs from Implementing Partners
• Responsible of conducting spot check on Financial Report/Financial Docs from Implementing Partners
• Responsible of ensuring a timely process of instalment for Implementing Partners
• Responsible of registering Partners expenses and to conduct Partners reconciliation
• Responsible of WIP File and Donor reconciliation
• Responsible of providing allocation for DRC colleagues

ACCOUNTANCY

• Responsible of registering and posting expenses and general journals (partners expenses)
• Being consulted in the monthly Resource Scheduling
• Support in generating timesheets in Dynamics
• Support in uploading Salaries in the system and doing Run distribution
• Support in Settling the Unsettled salaries (after Run distribution)
• Support in reconciling Ledger accounts
• Responsible of fixing in the system monthly special Exchange rate
• Responsible of updating loss tracker
• Responsible of archiving partners documents in the share point

Experience and technical competencies:

• Minimum (3) years relevant work experience in similar field.
• Good communication skills
• Advanced proficiency in Excel

Education:

• Master’s degree in Accounting, Business Administration, Finance

Languages:

• Advanced proficiency in English
• Fluency in Arabic

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