Job Description

Position Title: Finance Officer

Reporting to: Finance Coordinator

Location: Gaza, Palestine

Closing date: 28 March 2025

Human Appeal is a non-profit organisation working across the globe to strengthen humanity’s fight against poverty, social injustice and natural disaster. Through the provision of immediate relief and the establishment of self-sustaining development programmes, we aim to invest in real, effective solutions.

We work year-round to establish healthcare, education, and livelihood programmes that pave the way for empowered, self-serving communities. We also provide food, medical aid, and disaster relief during emergencies, a critical intervention that saves lives.

Our skilled local teams are able to access some of the most hard-to-reach places in the world, at their most vulnerable of times.

Our vision

To become the global agent of change for a just, caring, and sustainable world.

Our mission

We are a global humanitarian and development organisation. We save lives, alleviate poverty, transform and empower local communities whilst championing humanity, impartiality, neutrality, and independence.

Here at Human Appeal we have an exciting opportunity for Finance Officer, to be based at our Gaza office Palestine.

CONDITION:

It is a local Contract, for this role you must have the right to work in
This role is fixed-term with a possibility of extension depending on organizational needs and the office expansion

Main Purpose:

The Finance Officer supports the Finance Coordinator by ensuring accurate and efficient financial processes and collaboration with the finance team, from timely payments to stakeholders to proper closing the funds reports. Play an active role in collecting the required data and documents of the projects to enable the finance coordinator well monitoring projects’ budgets, expenses, and progress. Provide support for the finance coordinator to overseeing the management of assets, and maintaining organized projects files. Additionally, the Finance Officer contributes to follow up the partners compliance, provides accurate financial reporting.

Accountabilities:

Facilitate accurate and efficient financial processes, through review invoices, payment requests, and supporting documents to ensure completeness and accuracy. Process timely payments to vendors, partners, and other stakeholders.

Collaborate with the finance team, to streamline financial workflows and address any discrepancies, assist in maintaining an organized filing system for financial records, and provide input during financial planning and budgeting discussions.

Guarantee the accuracy of all data required for processing financial transactions into QuickBooks by properly organizing and verifying supporting documentation.

Assist in prepare and submit monthly cash and bank resource reconciliations for timely review by the Finance Coordinator.

Prepare and review providers’ balance reports on a monthly basis to maintain accurate financial records.

Coordinate the preparation and collection of payroll acknowledgment receipts from staff after salary disbursements.

Collect and organize projects data, gather necessary financial data and documentation to support the Finance Coordinator in monitoring project budgets, track expenses and progress of various projects to ensure compliance with approved budgets, and update relevant financial records to reflect current project status and funding.

Assist in sssets management, through maintain an up-to-date record of all organizational assets, including purchase details and custodian assignments, verify asset movements and ensure appropriate documentation is maintained, and support the Finance Coordinator in periodic asset audits for accuracy and accountability.

Contribute to compliance and reporting, supporting the finance coordinator to monitor partner activities and records to ensure compliance with financial policies and agreements, compile financial data for monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports.

Maintain organized project files, ensure all financial documents and correspondence are properly labeled, stored, and easily accessible,.

Support the Finance Coordinator, provide timely updates and insights on financial activities to aid in decision-making, assist in budget revisions and forecasts based on project needs and performance, and undertake any additional tasks as assigned to enhance financial efficiency and compliance.
Assist the ararngements of the shipments with programsCompetencies:

Core Competencies:

Working With People
Delivering Results & Meeting Stakeholders Needs
Adapting & Responding to Change

Functional Competencies:

Analysing
Presenting and Communicating Information
Entrepreneurial Commercial Thinking

Job Requirements

Requirements:

Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting from an accredited institution.

Experience: 5 years of experience in accounting or a similar role, preferably within the humanitarian or INGO sector

Computer Skills: Proficient in MS Office Suite, especially Excel.

Languages: Fluency in English and Arabic a must.

Job Details

Job Title Finance Officer

Deadline 28 - Mar - 2025

Location Gaza Strip

Job Type Full time

Position Level Mid Career

Salary N/A

Degree Bachelor's degree

Experience 5 Years

Category Finance and Accounting

Application Instructions

HOW TO APPLY:

We are looking to appoint this role ASAP and will be reviewing applications on a rolling basis, so for the best chance of success please click the link; and apply today to become our Finance Officer, we would love to hear from you.

Please note that we will only be contacting the Shortlisted candidates. “We kindly request you to provide your CV in English only.”

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