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 finance assistant will help implement and monitor NRC’s financial management activities in Country office/ The finance assistant role is to assist in day-to-day implementation of financial responsibilities as defined.

Generic responsibilities

• Adhere to NRC policies, tools, handbooks, and guidelines.
• Implements independently procedures and activities within own function or core competency as delegated.
• Responsible for organizing and delivery of tasks in line with priorities and standards.
• Develop and maintain knowledge of the specialist area of work in which technical assistance and support is being provided, to be most effective in supporting the team
• Use initiative in day-to-day problem solving in line with agreed procedures, priorities, and standards for the area of work.
• Prepare and develop status reports as required by management.
• Ensure proper filling of documents

Specific responsibilities

• Responsible of overall daily cash flow management at the area office
• Ensure proper recording of the cash transactions in NRC system/tools.
• Responsible for timely follow-up and clearance of the cash advances issued to staff.
• Responsible for daily cash payments when required.
• Ensure weekly and monthly cash count is occurred and properly documented.
• Responsible for cashbook keeping.
• Ensure payment packages are reviewed and compliant with NRC finance guidelines before releasing the payment.
• Responsible for finance archiving, organizing, and updating financial documents both in hard and soft as per NRC guidelines and easy access by other relevant users.
• Liaise with compliance department audit and finance for any matter related to archive.
• Assist tax officer in all taxation matters including but not limited to extracting documents and preparing tax report in case necessary.
• Any other task assigned by the supervisor.

Job Requirements

Generic professional competencies for this position:

• Good written and spoken English.
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Excel and Word.
• Creativity and willingness to try new things
• A positive and collaborative attitude and willingness to work in a team
• A willingness to work in a multi-cultural environment

Context related skills, knowledge, and experience:

• BA degrees in Finance.
• At least 3 years’ relevant progressive experience.
• Previous experience from working in complex and volatile contexts
• Previous work experience with a satisfactory performance in the same or similar functional area, preferably with UN or INGOs (will be an advantage)
• Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities
• Pre-intermediate in English, both written and verbal

Behavioural competencies

• These are personal qualities that influence how successful people are in their job. NRC’s Competency Framework states 12 behavioral competencies and the following are essential for this position:
• Planning and delivering results
• Communicating with impact and respect
• Handling insecure environment
• Empowering and building trust