Assistant Finance Manager

Introduction

 

The Palestine Children's Relief Fund is a nonprofit, nonpolitical, nonreligious humanitarian relief organization, established in 1992 to arrange medical care for sick and injured Palestinian children who could not be treated in their homeland. Since our founding, we have expanded and grown into one of the main relief organizations in the Middle East, helping thousands of children each year get the care and support they need to live better lives.

 

PCRF is currently looking to recruit a highly motivated professional to fill the following position:

 

Job Title: Assistant Finance Manager

Program/ Unit: Finance

Reporting Line: Finance Manager

Location: Ramallah Office 

Position Type: Full-time

 

Job Objectives:

 

The Assistant Finance Manager is responsible for supervising the daily accounting operations including overseeing deposits, payments, funds, transfers, account analysis/reconciliation and management of all related documents.

Utilizing appropriate accounting control procedures, the Assistant Finance Manager maintains records of all financial transactions.

The Assistant Finance Manager helps the Finance Manager in running the department, preparing periodic financial reports, and preparing annual budgets.

The main task of the Assistant Finance Manager is to follow up on the daily bookkeeping of the U.S transactions and all financial documents related to the U.S entity.

 

• Managing the U.S entity books and transactions.
• Follow up with the accounting firm in the U.S regarding PCRF books and reports.
• Maintaining audit spreadsheets by interacting regularly with the finance staff to ensure all reports and statements are up to date and accurate.
• Follow up on the donations' systems with the relevant staff and provide accurate financial reports.
• Assist with setting and determining strategic plans and policies for the department.
• Creating solutions to new financial challenges by applying financial knowledge, and providing advice when needed.
• Liaising with other departments to facilitate the financial work.
• Monitoring bank account balances and transferring funds as needed.
• Ensuring proper allocation of revenue and expenses to appropriate GL accounts, programs, locations, missions & grants
• Supervising the preparation of journal entries (payroll, bank fees, accruals, depreciation, etc.)
• Resolving accounting discrepancies.
• Management and input of financial data and supporting documents.
• Supervising the payment of monthly payroll and related taxes.
• Assist with the interaction with internal and external auditors in completing audits.
• Reviewing employee expense reports.
• Oversee management of fixed asset files.
• Provide oversight and guidance to Staff Accountants.
• Other duties as assigned.

• A minimum of 10 years of experience in accounting and financial management in international organizations and NGOs.
• A minimum of Master’s degree in Accounting or comparable degree. Having other international certificates is a plus.
• Fluency in Word/Excel & Accounting systems.
• Fluent in English and Arabic.
• Ability to quickly learn and adapt to new systems.

• Maintain Confidentiality.
• Detail-oriented and organized.
• Accurately prepares written accounting correspondence that is coherent, grammatically correct, effective, and professional.
• Listens to others and accepts input from team members
• Professional communication with co-workers, supervisors, vendors, donors, and directors
• Maintains a positive attitude and high standards of performance