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Finance Assistant
Country Afghanistan Province Kandahar,
Categories Finance, Type Full Time
Post Date 2022-03-24 Close Date 2022-04-06
Vacancy No VA-2022-0121 Gender Female
No Of Jobs 1 Contract Duration Till 31st December 2022 (Extendable)
Education Bachelor Degree in Business Administration, Economics or Finance/Accounting Experience Minimum one year Experience from working as a Finance staff in a humanitarian/recovery context
Organization Opportunities for you Salary As per NRC Salary Scale

About Company

About Norwegian Refugee Council: The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is an independent humanitarian organisation helping people forced to flee. We work in crises across 31 countries, providing emergencies and long-term assistance to millions of people every year. We stand up for people forced to flee, advocating their rights. NORCAP, our global provider of expertise, helps improve international and local ability to prevent, prepare for, respond to and recover from crises. NRC also runs the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre in Geneva, a global leader in reporting on and advocating for people displaced within their own country. Employment with NRC may lead to employment in or deployment to Regions, Countries, Areas or Offices that may be host to considerable health, safety and security risks. NRC takes this very seriously and we have procedures in place to reduce known risks, but will never be able to take away all risks. NRC requires staff members who travel on an international contract to the field to undergo an medical examination with our medical provider. Employees must produce a Health Clearance Certificate before departure stating that there are no relevant health concerns. If staff are unable to provide this, NRC reserves the right to terminate the Contract of Employment. Purpose of the Job The purpose of the Finance Assistant position is to make cash payments/transfer and cheques to contractors and other payments as stipulated in the contract/agreement(s), Analyse financial information, prepare financial reports, maintain all financial records properly and make cash forecast on monthly basis as per NRC policies and procedures.

Job Description

Generic Responsibilities

  • Ensure adherence with NRC policies, tools, handbooks and guidelines
  • Implement delegated support function portfolio according to plan of action
  • Prepare and develop status reports as required by management
  • Ensure proper filing of documents
  • Promote and share ideas for improvement of the support function
  • Ensure proper filing of documents

 

Specific Responsibilities

  • Be responsible for  cash payments/transfer and cheques to contractors, & other payments as stipulated in the contract/agreement(s) & in line with NRC Financial policies and procedures;
  • Analyse financial information and prepare financial reports in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
  • Maintain all financial records properly (hard copy and soft version);
  • Payment of staff salary payroll, periderm, travel and other allowances;
  • Be responsible to make cash forecast on monthly basis and send to Support office for further processing;
  • Provide an enabling environment for the implementation of cash-based interventions, including multi-purpose cash assistance, emergency cash responses
  • Prepare vouchers and their supporting documents
  • Assists in the development of the department budget and ensures spending remains within acceptable variances;
  • Maintain and follow supplier, landlord and payroll tax clearing forms;
  • Responsible to introduce new hired staff to bank for account creation;
  • Perform other task assigned by the supervisor

Job Requirement

Qualification

  • Minimum one year Experience from working as a Finance staff in a humanitarian/recovery context

Education

  • Bachelor Degree in Business Administration, Economics or Finance/Accounting

Language

  • Pashto
  • Dari 
  • English (Good knowledge of English with respect to Ready, Writing, Speaking and Understanding)

Behavioral competencies

  • Handling insecure environment
  • Planning and delivering results
  • Empowering and building trust
  • Communicating with impact and respect

We Offer

  •     Monthly Salary based on NRC Afghanistan Salary Scale
  •     NRC will cover staff plus four (4) depended for medical insurance
  •     One time Eid Bonus per year
  •     Leave and Holidays accordingly Afghanistan Labour Law

Submission Guideline

How to Apply

Interested qualified candidates can apply by clicking on below:

Online Application Form

Note: All applicants are supposed to create and properly fill online CV profile in the Oracle site, example (personal, education, experience background etc..) and only attaching CV will not be enough.

Only those who closely meet the job requirement will be informed.

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