Rabih Abbas

Finance & Admin Manger at Danish Refugee Council

• Iraq - Erbil
• June 2009 to January 2014

• To oversee and assure the smooth running of administration and financial matters;
• To ensure that proper financial procedures are operated and maintained at all field offices,
• To conduct on-the-job training to field staff as necessary and induction/training for new field staff;
• To provide technical support to finance and admin officers, as well as program manager whenever required;
• To conduct internal review of the accounts sent by the field offices;
• To reconcile cash and bank balance, finalize cashbooks and bank statement.
• To manage day-to-day accounting functions, including regular cash verification, cash/bank reconciliation, monthly cashbooks closing, advances.
• To ensure payments to suppliers and recurring expenditures (national staff salaries, rent, internet, cars, housing, consultants…etc) are made in a timely manner with the appropriate authorisation;
• To ensure that coding to donors is done in a consistent and appropriate manner;
• To assist the HoFA and Project Managers in budget preparations, revisions and follow ups;
• To assist with the organisation’s registration renewals in Iraq (Central & KRG)
• To manage staff administration in accordance to DRC internal regulations and local laws;
• To assist the HoFA in establishing and maintaining internal financial and administration procedures compatible with the country’s law, the DRC internal regulations and donor requirements;
• To ensure that all staff personnel records are properly maintained and regularly updated;
• To ensure approved timesheets are filed on a monthly basis.
• To ensure that inventory and assets lists are maintained and regularly updated;
• To keep track on National Staff personnel files and do necessary follow up with admin officers for any missing information;