Finance Coordinator
Relief International
Total years of experience :29 years, 8 Months
• Prepare journal entries after ensuring validity of invoices and expense
• Keep track of budget and expenses for specific projects
• Compile financial information
• Prepare and update monthly spending plans
• Prepare cash requests and follow-up on cash balances
• Follow-up on accounts receivable and accounts payable
• Issue weekly and monthly financial reports in coordination with the EMS Administrator
• Ensure all financial reporting deadlines are met
• Coordinate with heads of districts, heads of stations and field personnel regarding invoices, receipts, and payments
• Ensure abidance of expenses to project support terms of reference and conditions as well as LRC regulations, policies and procedures
• Senior Financial Officer, Relief International.
• * To provide leadership and coordination in the accounting, financial reporting and budgeting processes of RI’s finance staff throughout the country and field offices to implement, maintain and improve financial management systems, policies and procedures.
• * To work closely with RI finance staff to implement, improve and maintain financial management policies, systems, structures and procedures including procurements and expenditures, inventory, requisition and record keeping systems.
• * To conduct country finance office assessments and to make recommendations through with a corrective action plan.
• * To provide training, leadership, oversight and direction to RI’s Country finance staff in order to enhance and develop overseas country national finance staff capabilities within a growing and expanding organization. The MERFO will be a key individual in the organizing and participating in Regional Finance Conferences and in-country training.
• * To assist the country and field finance offices with both the annual and special external donor audits and to ensure that in audit preparation there is the proper financial records and backup documentation in place.
• * To assist the RI finance field staff with the preparation of US Government, EU, UNICEF and other international donor agency grant & contract reports for submission to the donors.
• * To be available to fill in gaps in the absences of country and field finance staff.
• * To perform other duties, assignments, and/or projects as assigned.
• Budgeting and financial planning
• * Follow up and update of budget; Compare budget and planning with actual expenses; Provide monthly overview of budget balance to co-management and technical teams
• * Financial short-and long term planning: overall, yearly and quarterly (in cooperation with co-management and technical teams); monthly and weekly, inco-operation with accountant and financial administrator/logistics assistant
• * Overall management of bank and cash accounts, making cash calls on basis of the financial planning.
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