Finance Officer
International center for agricultural research in dry area ICARDA
Total years of experience :12 years, 5 Months
-Manage the flow of all financial information in the Morocco Platform into ICARDA’s accounting system and ensure that data are entered in an accurate, complete and timely manner;
-Prepare the bank and petty cash reconciliation
-Monitor cash reserve and maintain cash controls
-Maintain the accounts payable/liabilities and their payments and debts maturity
-Close follow up on the purchase orders (PO) on expired budgets
-Collaborate for the closing/reporting with the PSD to follow up on the status of open PO
-Maintain the payroll system including CNSS and CIMR processing for the national recruited staff
-Ensure that the implementation of Finance processes and procedures are in accordance with ICARDA policies
-Prepare monthly financial status report of finance operation in Morocco Platform
-Assist the internal and external auditors for their mission
- Analyze the cost and expenses for a better expense control;
- Prepare the reporting for Economic Expenses following the group instructions by nature and by cost centre: IT, HR, finance, advertising and marketing, operation…
- Hold a specific reporting of IT economic expenses to insure the cost control of IT transformation project (SAP);
- Follow and analyses the actual situation Vs forecast and hold regular monthly review meetings to understand any budget variances;
- Coordinate with accounting and other departments to insure the quarterly closing on a regular basis (control the cost centre, provisions, amortization…);
- Participate actively in the Budget preparation and prepares the elements for the reporting of the budget, the business plan and the forecasts to produce the company annual expense budget and quarterly forecasts.
- Share business results with other departments and set up action plans to correct deviations from the budget;
MBA, Chonnam National University, Business School, South Korea
