Financial and Administrative Manager

Paltrade's purpose is to lead the development of Palestinian trade as a driving force for sustainable national economic growth. As the National Trade Development Organization (NTDO) and a membership of more than 300 Palestinian leading businesses, PalTrade advocates a competitive, enabling business environment and is dedicated to improving trade competitiveness through trade promotion and capacity building.
PalTrade is seeking candidates to fill the position of Financial and Administrative Manager. Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer, the Financial and Administrative Manager will be a member of Paltrade's management team.

She/He will be based in Paltrade's Ramallah office and will be expected to manage financial functions for the organization, including branch and regional trade offices. She/He will establish and monitor systems and procedures to ensure compliance with accounting principles, institution’s bylaws, manuals, regulations, and audit requirements.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
1- Manages the day-to-day operations of the financial department, ensuring completeness and accuracy of financial information.
2-Designs and manages an effective internal control structure, ensuring compliance with institution’s and donors’ policies and regulations and facilitating the daily operation of the institution.
3- Coordinates and produces budgets, ensures departments’ compliance with the set budgets, compares budget with actual figures, and reports variances.
4- Produces different types of financial reports and analyses for internal and external users on monthly, quarterly, semi-annually, annually, and other basis.
5- Assists in managing the institution’s human resources.
6- Manages all procurements of the institution.
7- Designs, reviews, and manages contracts with donors, employees, suppliers, and others.
8- Manages and consolidates accounting and financial transactions and information of the institution’s braches and regional trade offices.
9-Assists the management team in the proposal writing process.
10-Safeguards the institution’s assets and ensures compliance with the institution’s manuals, donor contracts and agreements.
11-Oversees the department personnel, which include accounting, contracting, and administrative units.
12-.Works with internal, external auditors and/or donors’ representatives in completing different types of institution’s and projects’ audits.
13-Represents the organization at various business, donors and partners meetings; promotes existing and new programs and/or policies.
14-Performs miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned by the Chief Executive Officer.

MINIMUM JOB REQUIREMENTS:
Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting or other relevant field, minimum of 7 years of work experience, with at least 5 years experience in a managerial capacity. A Masters degree in Finance, Accounting or relevant fields is desirable.

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS REQUIRED:
-Knowledge of non-profit organizations’ accounting systems, grant accounting, and internal controls.
-Knowledge of donors funding regulations and policies.
-Knowledge of audit methodology and approaches.
-Knowledge of budgeting process and contracting.
- Knowledge of forecasting and proposal writing.
-Strong supervisory, interpersonal and staff support skills. Ability to motivate and lead employees and encourage decisions to be made within a team environment.
-Proven knowledge of the different accounting and computer-based spreadsheets, reports and presentations.
-Strong analytic skill.
Professionals who possess the minimum requirement are encouraged to submit their resumes, together with a covering letter expressing their interests, work experience and salary history before Wednesday November 4th, 2009.

Application should be addressed to:
Human Resource Department
Palestine Trade Center-PalTrade
Job Title: Financial and Administrative Manager
E-mail: [email protected]