Finance Coordinator - Turkish Nationals Only (Ankara) - Turkey

Ankara

Organization: NRC - Norwegian Refugee Council
Location: Ankara
Grade: Supervisor
Occupational Groups:
- Administrative support
- Banking and Finance
- Emergency Aid and Response
Closing Date: Closed

The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is a non-governmental, humanitarian organization with 60 years of experience in helping to create a safer and more dignified life for refugees and internally displaced people. NRC advocates for the rights of displaced populations and offers assistance within the shelter, education, emergency food security, legal assistance, and water,sanitation and hygiene sectors.

The Norwegian Refugee Council has approximately 5000 committed and competent employees involved in projects across four continents. In addition, NRC runs one of the world’s largest standby rosters -NORCAP, with 650 professionals, ready to be deployed on 72 hours notice when a crisis occurs

Position: Finance Coordinator
Reports to: Finance Manager
Supervision of: Finance Officer
Duty station: Ankara
Travel: 20%
Duration and type of contract: 1 year

All NRC employees are expected to work in accordance with the organisation’s core values: dedication, innovation, inclusivity and accountability. These attitudes and believes shall guide our actions and relationships.
The purpose of a Finance Coordinator is to implement delegated area of responsibility.

Job description

GENERIC RESPONSIBILITIES:
Implement NRC’s systems and procedures at country level
Ensure adherence to NRC policies, handbooks, guidelines and donor requirements
Prepare and submit reports and analysis
Ensure proper filing of all Finance documents
Support line managers in procedures and require Finance team training
Management of Finance team
Ensure that the accounting, monitoring and reporting are according to procedures
Support project staff in financial matters
Maintain budget control and monitor cash flow for the area
SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES:
Supervise finance officer and finance assistant with day to day accounting operations and transactions to ensure all are in accordance with NRC and donor policy and procedures.
Ensure the proper filing system is accomplished for all financial transactions.
Supervise cash and bank management and follow up daily balances.
Supervise the preparation of accurate cash and bank reconciliation.
Assist and or prepare budget for new proposals, ensuring donor regulations have been taken into consideration
Follow up and assist to update Master Budget on regular basis to ensure all funding gaps are covered, supporting the Country Office to effectively use Master Budget Vs Actual
Assist the review of actual versus budget expenditures with the program team and the Country Director.
Update and follow up on financial standard requirements for Local Partners (develop checklists for control visits, standardized budget template, budget monitoring template, etc.)
Assisting the review of Local Partner financial reports and providing reports on the expense level.
Prepare donor reports on timely basis and ensure that all supporting documents are maintained and filed.

Qualifications

PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCIES:
Experience from working as a Finance Coordinator in a humanitarian/recovery context
Previous experience from working in complex and volatile contexts
Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities
Knowledge about own leadership skills/profile
Fluency in English, both written and verbal
Context related skills, knowledge and experience:
Knowledge of the context in the Middle East
Experience of financial systems and structures development
Experience in Finance during start-up, exit or emergency response phases of operation.
Proficiency in MS Excel and MS Word

Personal qualities

Managing resources to optimize results
Managing performance and development
Analyzing
Handling insecure environments
Empowering and building trust

We offer

Commencement : Asap
Salary / Benefits: According to NRC Salary Scale
Application procedures and CV registration:
Please note that you are required to enter the GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION for all your previous positions while registering your CV. There is no specific field for this information in our CV form, but you can use the "Company name" field for BOTH company and location
NRC may be required to verify the identity of its partners and to check that its partners have not been involved in illegal activities. NRC reserves the right to use electronic screening tools for this purpose