Finance Officer

Country: Tunisia

Organization: International Commission of Jurists

Closing date: 14 May 2023

The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) is a worldwide organization of judges and lawyers united in affirming international law and rule of law principles that advance human rights. Its strategic goals for 2021-2025 are: (1) to develop, defend, and strengthen international institutions, instruments, and standards on rule of law and human rights; (2) to improve domestic implementation of, and compliance with, international law and standards; (3) to bolster the effectiveness and independence of judges and lawyers; and (4) to improve access to justice for all and accountability. With its Headquarters based in Geneva, Switzerland, ICJ has a presence in Africa, Latin America, Asia & the Pacific, Europe & Central Asia, and the Middle East.

The ICJ is seeking to recruit a proactive and flexible Finance Officer. The ideal candidate has at least five years’ professional experience with focus on financial management. The Finance Officer will support the day to day functioning of the MENA team ensuring accurate financial information and compliance with internal financial procedures and reporting standards, under the supervision of the MENA Programme Director and in close collaboration with the MENA Programme Manager.

RESPONSIBILITIES

The Finance Officer holds the following responsibilities:

• Prepare, process, review, and ensure accuracy and conformity of accounting documents and accounting entries and handle the filling process;
• Receive and process invoices in accounting software;
• Oversee invoice tracking and process all payments/bills advances and reimbursements of the programme;
• Manage preparation of the office petty cash and other regular payments;
• Participate in the due diligence of partners and assess their financial capability;
• Review and control partners’ financial report and supporting documents and process their payment requests
• Monitor project cash flow and request funds from donors regularly in collaboration with programme manager and CFO;
• Prepare donor quarterly, periodic and final financial reports before HQ finance review;
• Participate in the monthly and annual closing for MENA programme accounts, including calculation of use of funds and overhead;
• Lead project and Tunis office financial audits in collaboration with CFO, support headquarter audits;
• Review and approve Purchase Approval Forms from legal team and programme manager;
• Perform internal cost analyses, monthly and annual budget review;
• Work with Programme Manager and Grants Officer to monitor of budget-to-actual variances;
• Support Programme Manager and Grants Officer in drafting budgets for project proposals for the MENA Programme;
• Prepare budget realignments in collaboration with programme manager; prepare activity budgets for specific activities;
• Support Grants Officer in developing compliance checklists and grant packages for new grants;
• Respond to questions from HR about taxes and social charges for Tunisian staff members, liaise with HR regarding payroll for Tunisian staff members;
• Prepare salary allocation for the MENA staff, based on the projects;
• Work with Grants Officer to ensure compliance with internal and donor financial, accounting and financial reporting requirements; ensure compliance with Tunisian regulations;
• Work with Grants Officer to respond to questions from partner organisations about financial requirements and reporting;
• Participate in the implementation of Internal Control System and elaboration of financial control tools and provide guidance to team members on questions relating to finance, procurement and internal controls;
• Act as liaison with ICJ Tunisia President for banking, accounting and payroll purposes within Tunisia;
• Assist in other financial and administrative tasks as needed by the MENA programme or the CFO

PROFILE

The successful candidate will have:

Education & Experience

• Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration or similar field;
• At least five years of professional experience in finance and accounting;
• Experience in a civil society association, and/or in an international NGO an asset.

Essential Skills

• Spoken & written fluency in English and Arabic. French recommended;
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office (particularly Word, Excel), Knowledge of Accounting software an asset (Navision);
• Demonstrated skills in budget preparation and follow-up;
• Demonstrated experience in preparing financial reports to institutional donors (exposure to US funding recommended);
• Knowledge of analytical accounting desirable;
• Experience in remote financial management and remote mentoring desirable;
• Strong organisational, planning and time-management skills;
• Ability to take initiative;
• Ability to work under pressure and to adapt to changing priorities and needs;
• Attention to detail and accuracy;
• Excellent interpersonal skills, teamwork;
• Commitment to human rights and the rule of law.

Please note that no relocation package is foreseen.

How to apply

Interested applicants should provide all materials outlined below to recruitment@icj.org by 14 May 2023, midnight Central European Time (CET).

• A CV (maximum 2 pages); please indicate your home address on your CV.

• A cover letter (maximum 1 page);

• The names and contact information of at least two recent references.

Please include “Finance Officer MENA” in the subject line of the application e-mail. The ICJ shall not be liable for not opening proposals that are submitted with a different subject.

Please appreciate that due to the volume of applications, only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

The ICJ is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity and value a diverse workforce. The ICJ’s policy is to practice a fair and non-discriminatory recruitment and selection procedure and to strive for and maintain international and multi-cultural personnel.

Applications are encouraged from all qualified candidates without distinction on grounds of race, colour, sex, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation and gender identity.

ICJ staff must adhere to its Code of Ethics which states that discrimination, bullying and harassment in any form will not be tolerated, nor sexual harassment, violence or assault in any form. The ICJ conducts systematic reference checks to confirm the absence of such misconduct during previous employments.

from ReliefWeb - Jobs https://ift.tt/AbDMwSH