Finance Manager

The Finance Manager supports the Senior Finance Manager in budget development, grant management, donor reporting, staff training, and audit support to ensure compliance with donor requirements and effective financial management of grants. The role involves preparing budgets, financial reports, conducting training, and supporting procurement processes.

Responsibilities

• Supporting Sr. Finance Manager with program staff to prepare grant budgets to support new proposals.
• Supporting Sr. Finance Manager to conduct detailed preparation of existing grant budget revisions ensuring that all costs are covered and are not under/over budgeted in addition to accurate use of the IRC's and the donor budget formats.
• Provide monthly analysis for per grant and provide advice to the budget holders to any variance in spending.
• Review and consolidate spending plans provided by program team before submitting to donors.
• Representing finance during project cycle meeting.
• Provide support and feedback to Operations and Program Coordinators and Managers for all questions regarding the BVAs.
• In compliance with donor requirements propose and prepare adjustments entries, attaching all supporting documents for finance records and posting into Integra system.
• Review item forecast and ensure compliance with IRC & Donor regulations before signing.
• Support Sr. Finance Manager on Budget setup per donor reporting format.
• Track the spending on support costs and provide quarterly analysis for the purpose of any budget amendments or new budgets.
• Preparing Donor Financial reports and submitting them to Sr. Finance Manager for review ensuring the reports comply with donor reporting requirements and timely submit as per contractual requirements.
• Perform project reconciliation alongside financial report ensuring all the transactions are reported and adjustment journal posted if any.
• Review grant trial balance including and ensure the grant balance sheet account are cleaned.
• Review the Grant inventory status and take necessary action during donor reporting.
• Conduct regular training sessions for new staff and IRC field offices on Budget Management and donor regulations for Program, Operations and Finance staff in close coordination with Grants team.
• Support Sr. Finance Manager during Internal and external audit. Ensuring that all documentation and required Schedules are made available for the Auditor in good time.
• Support the procurement department in ensuring that tendering and bidding process is fair, compliant, competitive, and finance focal person in the procurement committee.
• Performing any other duties assigned by the supervisor.

Requirements

• Not less than 3 years’ Experience management position.
• Advanced excel skills required.
• Experience in working with Microsoft dynamics 365.
• Good written and verbal skills in the English language and Arabic language would be ideal.
• Working experience on budget preparation, budget management and financial reports is a requirement.
• This job requires strong analytical skills to be able to make logical and strategic budget decisions.
• Ability to carry out responsibilities independently with minimal technical support from within the program organization.
• Must be a patient and good communicator who can function in an organizational environment involving a diversity of cultures, languages, and personal interests and agendas.
• English is required, while Arabic is desired.
• Travel: 20% to field sites as well as attending regional and global workshops and meetings.

Skills

• Budget Preparation
• Budget Management
• Financial Reporting
• Grant Management
• Donor Reporting
• Audit Support
• Staff Training
• Procurement Support
• Advanced Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Dynamics 365
• Analytical Skills
• Strategic Budget Planning
• Independent Work
• Multicultural Communication

Languages

English, Arabic