Senior Finance officer

Handicap International (which runs projects under its operating name, Humanity & Inclusion - HI -), is an independent and impartial international aid organization working in situations of poverty and exclusion, conflict and disaster. Working alongside persons with disabilities and other vulnerable groups, our action and testimony are focused on responding to their essential needs, improving their living conditions and promoting respect for their dignity and their fundamental rights. Handicap International is a not-for-profit organization with no religious or political affiliation. It operates as a federation made up of a network of associations.

OBJECTIVE OF THE POSITION:

The Senior Finance Officer is responsible for leading the financial monitoring processes, ensuring compliance with HI’s standards and Palestinian rules in the finance field, financial strategy, and steering and operational financial management in Palestine (the «area of responsibility»).

Responsibilities:

Mission 1 : Strategy and steering

• Contributes towards the drafting, revision and implementation of the financial section of Operational Strategy (StratOp) within his or her area of responsibility area and in line with HI’s financial policies.
• Produces, compiles and analyses financial indicators and, if necessary, creates additional indicators.
• Contributes towards the assessment, mitigation and treatment of financial risks and disputes.
• Reports on incidents and their treatment to his or her line manager and functional managers.
• Contributes to the financial capacity assessment of local partners and the resulting capacity building plans.

Mission 2 : Standards & Expertise

• Oversees the deployment and monitors compliance with all of HI’s financial policies, processes and tools within his or her area of responsibility and, if necessary, develops specific financial tools overseen by his or her line and functional management.
• Ensures compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) for his/her area of responsibility
• Ensures implementation of and compliance with procedure for archiving financial documents and the publication and updating of financial documents in the dedicated workspaces.
• Supervises internal control in his or her area of responsibility, as well as any necessary corrective actions

Mission 3: Operational Implementation

Responsibility 1 : Ensures financial & budget management

• Leads the monthly Budget Management schedules, ensuring budget monitoring tools are updated with actuals, shared to budget holders, and that budget monitoring meetings are held regularly.
• Produces or contributes to the summary notes (for Coordination or Areas respectively) necessary for financial management and identifies risks. Supports budget holders with their financial steering.
• Leads the Master Budget updates as per HQ schedule, proposes analysis, and verifies that HI funds are being used in an optimal manner
• Ensures cash-flow for cross-cutting costs centers are developed with relevant stakeholders and shared to Palestine Treasurer as per Schedule

Responsibility 2: Ensures management of institutional funding in compliance with donor guidelines and contractual obligations

• Directs the drafting of funding proposals for institutional donors and the construction of funding schedules;
  • Supervises and accompanies the drafting of funding proposals and optimizes the funding schedules (coverage of office and support costs); compiles and coordinates multi-program proposals when the program is the lead.
  • Examines, alerts to and even negotiates the conditions of funding agreements before they are signed (payment dates and methods and financial reports, methods of justification of expenditure, exchange rates, audits, etc.). Ensures that these obligations are realistic and compatible with HI procedures.
• Informs budget holders and stakeholders of institutional donors financial rules and verifies their application
• Controls the monitoring of expenditure against funding and reports to the budget holders. Monitors consumption rates, issues alerts in the event of a risk of non-compliance with the flexibility rules and anticipates slippage by preparing contractual amendments with his or her interlocutors.
• Produces financial reports for donors, in compliance with donor guidelines, and supporting Area offices for Area specific grants financial reports production.
• Prepares payment requests and ensures that donor payments are made or reminders sent and that line and functional managers are informed of delays in payments
• Ensures that information concerning donor contracts is entered in the FIS: donor budgets, cost accounting and budget modifications, schedules, reports, etc.
• Contributes to responses to requests from internal and external auditors, proposes any corrective actions to be implemented.
• Archives the budgets and financial reports shared with institutional donors (with an internal and external version) in the dedicated storage spaces.

Mission 4 : Profession facilitation

• Puts in place, monitors, and ensures skills development for relevant stakeholders for the elements of his or her profession that fall within his or her area of responsibility: dissemination, use and contribution to revisions of standards, monitoring of recommendations for the skills development of the teams, etc.
• Coordinates profession facilitation in his or her area of responsibility, fosters a team spirit and ensures the inclusion of all team members by encouraging regular contributions, especially through practice-sharing.

Mission 5 : Emergency preparedness and response

• Leads the emergency preparedness actions for the elements of his or her profession and, in case of emergency, proposes reorganization of priorities for finance stakeholders according to the humanitarian imperative, in order to ensure HI’s quick and efficient response.

Responsibilities may evolve as per programmatic needs and adapting to local circumstances. It is expected that the position holder will perform any other duties as required by the Line Manager that are commensurate with the position.

جميع الحقوق محفوظة لموقع جوبس.

Essential

• Diploma in Financial Management or business administration
• 5 years in Financial Control, financial budget monitoring, or equivalent
• Budget & accounting monitoring
• Effective communication

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s, with a specialization in Finance
• Experience in INGO
• Experience with Navision
• Experience with local partners monitoring

PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS:

HI workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in HI Code of conduct.  In accordance with these values, HI operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Anti-fraud, bribery, and corruption.

DISABILITY INCLUSION:

The candidate or his/her representative must let the HR representative know that s/he needs an adjustment or change at the test and the interview for a reason related to a medical condition by sending a request for accommodation at the email: [email protected].

By applying to this position, you grant HI’s recruitment team your consent to perform a reference check on you with respect to the misconduct disclosure scheme.

The initial contract will be for a period of up to 12 months, to be extendable based on the availability of funds.

Handicap International is an equal-opportunity employer and particularly welcomes applications from persons with disabilities

Interested candidates should fill out the form SFO and submit their resume with a motivation letter to reach on or before June 12, 2024. Incomplete applications or applications received after the deadline will be disregarded.

Qualified candidates are encouraged to apply and those shortlisted will be contacted.