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Norwegian Refugee Council · 3 days ago

Finance Manager Palestine

Palestine, IA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

5+ years exp

The Norwegian Refugee Council is a global humanitarian organization dedicated to helping people forced to flee. They are seeking a Finance Manager to oversee financial setups according to NRC standards, support program implementation, and provide financial analysis in a challenging context.

AssociationNon Profit

Responsibilities

Act as a Strategic Leader: Provide clear direction and vision to the team, aligning organizational goals with key performance indicators (KPIs) that drive growth and efficiency

Provide strong leadership to the Finance team in all offices whether with a direct line management or technical, ensuring competent and motivated staff are hired and retained

Manage internal and external financial risks, highlight & resolve relevant issues with CMG, implement NRC anti-corruption policy

Accountable for the Implementing partner’s work including tracking of payments, financial reports, and booking of cost according to donors’ rules and regulations

Oversee the implementation of all Finance related policies, procedures, strategies, and initiatives in coordination with the Finance team in country and area offices to ensure success, consistency, and compliance

Ensure all budgeting processes adhere to established minimum standards and best practices following NRC requirements and standards

Provide financial advice to the budget holders, ensure adequate support is provided to programs and support functions ensuring the alignment of resource allocations with organizational priorities at budgeting and implementation stages

Provide accurate, timely, and comprehensive financial analysis that facilitates data-driven decision-making (at least monthly)

Ensure all financial and operational data is accurate, up-to-date, and actionable for decision-making

Ensure that country standard financial systems are established and maintained in line with NRC Financial Handbook, donor and local legislation requirements in order to provide appropriate levels of security and controls over the organization's resources and operations

Maintain overall budget control and monitor cash flows and forecasts, oversee budgeting and monitoring of direct and shared costs, provide cost analysis, and make recommendations for determining effective resource utilization and no deficit

Lead the development and review of the Master Budget, update the Master Budget on regular basis to ensure that all funding gaps are covered

Prepare in coordination with Head of Programme and Head of Support the forecast of income annual income as part of NRC standard reporting to the board members

Ensure proper use of monitoring tools to enable an accurate overview of projects, total forecast, and project spending

Ensure Budget Program Overview (BPO) is up to date

Ensure costs are allocated according to Fair Share principles and contribute to adapting the Head Office requirements to Country office finances

Elaborate budget for new proposals, ensuring donor regulations have been taken into consideration

Elaborate finance reports to submit to donors or do quality control and compilation if elaborated at Area Office level

Conduct continuous thorough financial and contextual analyses to identify potential risks and develop strategies to mitigate them

Ensure appropriate measures are taken to address audit findings and recommendations. Oversee and be responsible for mainstreaming protection guidelines in the NRC’s related activities as per NRC’s Protection mainstreaming guidelines and ensure that all breaches/concerns reported are properly resolved

Ensure all tools and systems are aligned and reconciled, data is reliable in the system and proactively engage to address the technical issues

Perform audit and compliance checks on all related Finance matters in all related offices and follow up on corrective measures as needed, perform quality control of area offices’ reports

Ensure compliance with all accounting principles as explained in the Financial Handbook, donor regulations, and local regulations

Develop, review, and update Finance Standard Operating Procedures for NRC PS as required and relevant

Update and follow up on financial standard requirements for Local Partners (develop checklists for control visits, standardized budget template, budget monitoring template, etc.)

Ensure that the Authorization table is up to date and in place