Finance And Accounting Assistant /11860


Duration : To be Defined
Start date : ASAP
You'll contribute to ending world hunger by ...
  •   Ensure accurate and high?quality budget management during budget follow?up meetings, and validate forecasting in collaboration with program managers, both at the base level and in consolidation with capital finances.
  •   Process payments to suppliers and stakeholders in line with the cash management policy (cash, bank, or through the Cash Service Provider company) and carry out the necessary follow?up.
  •   Guarantee accurate registration and reconciliation of all base?related transactions in accordance with Action Against Hunger’s (ACF) accounting policies and procedures, ensuring that records remain up to date.
  •   Strengthen and enhance the quality of archiving processes within the Finance Department by ensuring 100% completion of monthly archiving.

Key activities in your role will include

Objective 1 - Ensure accurate and high?quality financial follow?up, including budget monitoring, treasury management, and payment processing, in line with organizational policies and procedures.(30%)

 

Financial Management 

  • Ensure that ACF Procurement and Commitment of Expenditure Procedures are respected by checking all payments and reporting any discrepancies, especially related to VAT.
  •  Verify that all invoices meet internal standards (date, supplier details, contact information, item specifications, unit and total prices, signatures) before payment, and report any irregularities in line with SOPs.
  •  Proceed with payments through cash, bank transfers, or the Cash service provider platform and maintain proper follow?up with suppliers.
  • Assistant the finance manager in updating the base cost coverage plan (e?CCP) and contracts budget follow?up (BFUs) monthly.
  • Assistant the finance manager in preparing the monthly treasury request.

 

Bank and Cash Management:

  •  Prepare the monthly bank reconciliations for Zahle bank account, prepare checks, internal and HQ payments, and proceed with cash payments.
  • Confirm that the cash book balance and bank accounts balances match with Agresso registration.
  • Maintain proper management of the cash box in line with the cash management policy and conduct weekly and monthly cash counts to ensure accuracy and compliance.

Objective 2 – Ensure accurate registration and reconciliation of all base-related transactions in line with Action Against Hunger (ACF) accounting policies and procedures, maintaining up-to-date records. Following registration, complete the archiving process and guarantee 100% compliance 60%).

 

 

  • Record all types of transactions (e.g.: supplier’s payment, salaries, advances, internal transfers) in the accounting system according to ACF standard analytical accounting rules.
  • Ensure that all entries are properly registered using the correct accounting codes.
  • Ensure that the matching of accounts 4* and 5* is done monthly and prepare the proper registration for matching.
  • Meet monthly deadlines for closing the accountancy. Ensure accuracy and timeliness of inputting to meet monthly deadlines.
  • Analyze and correct the accountancy according to line manager and mission accountant feedback.
  • Ensure proper digital and physical archiving of departmental records in accordance with Action Against Hunger (ACF) archiving policy.

Objective 3 – Security, Confidentiality and Emergency Response (5%)

 

  • Respond to emergency requests when needed.
  • Respect the security rules specified in the mission and base security plan, see to it that the team under his/her responsibility complies with the security plan and performs the security management tasks that can be assigned in its protocols.
  • Communicate with the security managers of the working location with any security related information or non-compliance with the security plan.
  • Keep the confidentiality and security of all ACF records and information gathered in the course of employment with ACF.

Objective 4 – Support all humanitarian activities of ACF (2.5%)

 

  • Support the emergency interventions of ACF, as per the employee’s competences.
  • Support any activity that helps to reach ACF humanitarian goals, as per the employee’s abilities.
  • Promote gender equality within the humanitarian and/or development work

 

 Objective -5 -Gender &Safeguarding (2.5%)

  • Promote safe and equitable environments, through knowledge and application of the protocol against harassment and gender policy.
  • Knowledge and compliance with safeguarding policy.

Do you meet the profile required criteria?

Bachelor’s degree in finance or accounting

Excellent computer skills (excel, accounting systems ,…)

At least 1 years of experience in accounting and /or finance, preferably with an (I)NGO 




Action against Hunger is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour at work such as but not limited to sexual harassment, sexual exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and/or financial misconduct; We expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment through endorsing our code of conduct and other related policies and only those who share our values and code of conduct will be recruited to work for us.

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