Gaza Finance Officer

This position supports the Finance department at the Gaza Field Office, ensuring compliance with Save the Children policies and procedures. The role involves managing financial transactions, supporting partner financial assessments, contributing to month-end and year-end financial processes, and providing technical support to staff.

Responsibilities

• Receive and review documentation and issue Payments.
• Program Advances / Petty Cash Settlement.
• Timely updates to record all payments.
• Register financial transactions into the system and prepare an offline Logbook.
• Preparing month-end prepayments journal vouchers.
• Reviewing and posting entered financial transactions in Agresso (as needed).
• Contribute to the weekly Remittance Report on the PROSAVE system to record the payment.
• Update the expenses tracking sheet every month.
• Assist the partnership officer in conducting financial management assessments for partners (pre-award assessment).
• Assist the partnership officer in following up on the income tax with partners.
• Assist the partnership officer in visiting partners to review their financial reports and their supporting documents.
• Assist the partnership officer in preparing the field visits reports and share them with partners, BHs, and the program contact person.
• Assist the partnership officer in getting checks and bank transfer letters signed.
• Assist the partnership officer in making the needed adjustments after supporting the program team in reviewing the BVA reports.
• Participate in Kick-Off meetings or Award Opening meetings.
• Participate in pre-closeout, closeout, and post-closeout meetings.
• Support in completing the Voucher Listing reports for specific donors such as BMZ and JPF.
• Support in submitting financial documents to the Auditors, Partners, and general stakeholders.
• Contribute to the monthly Bank Reconciliations. Review and confirm the bank balances.
• Do the monthly count of cash on hand and ensure the template is signed.
• Archiving system and make sure that all document sorted and completed in the Box files and soft copy on the finance share folder.
• Assist with the BS review, and ensure all transactions are properly cleared in the system.
• Assist in the physical count of assets.
• Contribute to the review and finalization of CO audit reports.
• Attend all staff meetings.
• Attend Finance Unit meetings.
• Set annual objectives and do mid-term and annual performance evaluations.
• Provide technical support and guidance to other non-finance staff regarding financial-related issues.

Requirements

• University degree in accounting or a relevant field.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience within the finance department of a national or international organization.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Good understanding of financial-related issues, and basic knowledge of general Finance management.
• Maintaining confidentiality, documentation & filing skills.
• Excellent communication (English & Arabic).
• Very good commands on MS Office.

Skills

• Accounting
• Finance Management
• Financial Transactions
• Partner Financial Assessments
• Month-end Closing Procedures
• Year-end Closing
• Documentation and Filing
• Confidentiality Management
• Microsoft Office Suite
• Financial Compliance

Languages

English, Arabic