Analyze your CV for Finance Assistant at Norwegian Refugee Council(NRC)

Overview
The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is a non-governmental, humanitarian organization with 60 years of experience in helping to create a safer and more dignified life for refugees and internally displaced people. NRC advocates for the rights of displaced populations and offers assistance within the shelter, emergency food security, and water, sanitation and hygiene sectors. The Norwegian Refugee Council has approximately 5000 committed and competent employees involved in projects across four continents. In addition, NRC runs one of the world’s largest standby rosters, NORCAP, with 650 professionals, ready to be deployed on 72 hours’ notice when a crisis occurs. In mid-April 2016, NRC conducted a pre-assessment mission in the refugee camps in north western Tanzania and the assessment revealed that the humanitarian situation for the refugees requires urgent intervention and NRC therefore decided to establish an operational office in Kibondo town, to respond in Mtendeli and/or Nduta refugee camps. The initial interventions will focus in three sectors; shelter, WASH and education (initially construction of permanent classrooms). To apply for this position please go to NRC website at www.nrc.no and follow the "VACANCIES" link. Email and paper applications will not be considered.

All NRC employees are expected to work in accordance with the organization’s core values: dedication, innovation, inclusivity and accountability. These attitudes and believes shall guide our actions and relationships The purpose of the assistant position is to assist in the day-to-day implementation of the finance functions responsibilities


Job description


Adhere to NRC policies, tools, handbooks and guidelines 
Assist with the implementation of the support function portfolio according to plan of action 
Prepare and develop status reports as required by management 
Ensure proper filing of documents/ Both offline and online. 
Promote and share ideas for improvement of the support function 
Provide anti-corruption, transparency and cost efficiency focus in all processes 
Verify that vouchers and supporting documents meet NRC standards before payment 
Review payment requests for accuracy, completeness, compliance, level of authorisation and clarity on the invoices 
Follow cash advances and their purposes and ensure value for money when verifying accountabilities, and also ensure that accountabilities are prompt and cleared before reports; 
Make all payments including field payments to beneficiaries or incentive staff, after approval by the line manager, and after compiling and verifying the accuracy of necessary documents 
Provide cash advances to staff when duly approved 
Record all cash movements and undertake daily cash count 
Assemble documents for data input in the accounting system, verifying project numbers/codes, resource numbers and total costs against checklist 
Voucher preparation, signing voucher on requester, verifier, authorizer, writing cheques signing it on two account signatories 
Prepare documents for 1560 clearance 
Maintain accurate financial and accounting files and transactions 
Maintain proper filling system for all financial and accounting documents 
Assist in preparation of monthly closing report 
Upload of necessary payment document to the system/ esp. after payment attachments/ Updating Filling tree. Other assignment assigned by supervisor


Qualifications


University degree/Diploma in Finance/Accounting. 
Experience from working as a Finance Officer or Assistant in a humanitarian/recovery context 
Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities 
Fluency in English, oral and written 
Participate in appropriate professional development of project portfolio 
At all times in and outside work adhere to NRC Code of Conduct 
Excellent communication (spoken and written) skills, including the ability to explain and present technical information. 
Experience in community mobilization 
Knowledge of Kirundi 
High-level competency in computer skills (Microsoft Office applications)


Education field

Finance / Economics
Education title: Bachelor Degree In Finance



Education level

College / University, Bachelor's degree



Personal qualities


Planning and delivering results 
Empowering and building trust 
Communicating with impact and respect 
Handling insecure environment 
Managing resources to optimize results


We offer
Duty station: Kibondo Contract period is for 6 months with possibility of extension. Salary/benefits: According to NRC’s general directions, The candidate will observe NRC’s code of conduct and working hours for the NRC Office in Kibondo.