Overview
This position will provide Finance services within the office of Burundi with support to the Country Cluster Delegation Office, ensuring services delivery and accountability.
Key Responsibilities
- Ensure IFRC internal control is maintained and transactions comply with IFRC procedures.
- Work closely with National Societies to obtain and review financial reports.
- Provide accounting services and record financial transactions in the ERP Financial systems.
- Review and verify documentation, coding, and accuracy.
- Perform monthly review of Balance sheets warnings and reconcile IFRC Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable.
- Perform regular accounting duties as per Federation procedures and policies.
- Ensure submission of financial statements and reconcile balance sheet items.
- Assist with monthly invoicing for services to Integrated Partner National Societies.
- Prepare and update contracts and commitments documents.
- Review transactions booked in the system and ensure adequate coding.
- Perform expenditures reallocations in ERP.
- Run monthly exception reports.
- Help maintain BvA tool for Budget and Expenses monitoring.
- Support WWPP set-up for fund transfer, spot checks, and reporting.
- Monitor timely submission of forecasts and prepare cash requests.
- Ensure funds are available in banks for programmes/operations and office running costs.
- Review cash and bank payments and ensure monthly up-to-date reconciliations are completed.
- Support operations and programmes team with finance and administrative support.
- Assist in quarterly budgets preparation and review of Shared Office and Services Cost rate process.
- Monitor financial activities and advise on potential impacts.
- Provide briefing to PNSs finance and support staff.
- Maintain an efficient and confidential filing system.
- Support the Finance unit to implement audit recommendations.
- Report financial anomalies, fraud, and corruption practices.
- Prepare bank reconciliations statements.
- Support monthly reconciliation of National Societies working advance accounts.
- Support reversals of deposits and prepayment account to relevant projects.
- Run reconciliation of suppliers’ accounts.
- Act as a focal point for the reconciliation of all balance sheet accounts.
- Ensure timely and accurate monthly close of accounts.
- Support programme departments in the production of financial reports to donors.
- Validate all reports prior to submission.
- Support tender committee, review of supplier lists, and pre-qualification exercise.
- Verification of contracts.
Required Experience
- At least 5 years of experience in finance, accounting, administration, or related fields
- Previous experience in managing ECHO/USAID/EC grants
- Previous experience working at the Federation Delegation, ICRC and/or National Society will be an added advantage.
Qualifications
- University degree in finance, accounting, audit or management or related area is required
- Certified Public Accountant
