Reporting to: Global Finance Officer
Location: Tunis, Tunisia
Type of position: L4-S1
Application closing: 27 January 2023
Background
Interpeace is an international organization for peacebuilding that supports locally led peacebuilding initiatives around the world. Interpeace tailors its approach to each society and ensures that the work is locally driven. Together with local partners and local teams, Interpeace jointly develops peacebuilding programmes and helps establish processes of change that connect local communities, civil society, government and the international community.
As a strategic partner of the United Nations, Interpeace is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland and has offices around the world.
For more information about Interpeace, please visit www.interpeace.org
Position within the Organization
The Finance Officer is a member of the finance section of the Global Operations Unit which encompasses Finance, Administration, Internal Audit and HR. The Global Operations Unit is led from the Headquarters Office in Geneva, although team members are based in different locations around the world. The Finance Officer supervises an Administrative Assistant in Tunis.
Under regular supervision from the Global Finance Officer, the Finance Officer works closely with other administration staff and programme staff to create a more efficient and effective Finance function for an agile, responsive, and high performance Interpeace.
Purpose and General Overview
Under the direction of the Global Finance Officer, the Finance Officer is responsible for the financial performance of the assigned Interpeace office. S/he is also responsible for HR and legal administration, in the assigned Interpeace office This includes Accounting, internal controls, audits, budget management, financial reporting, monitoring and capacity building, local legal compliance (taxes, entity), QuickBooks, scanned supporting documentation, cash management, procurement, payroll, insurance portfolio, personnel files, leave administration, and management of office space.
The Finance Officer oversees the financial management of the offices assigned, maintaining complete and accurate financial records and approving (in coordination with the programme team) the different project budgets from development to implementation, monitoring, reporting and auditing. S/He ensures that project budgets are implemented according to Interpeace policies and procedures and respecting the donor regulations. S/He also works closely with the Global Finance Officer to closely monitor the cost coverage of the programme and/or offices in the assigned areas to anticipate potential risk and financial gaps.
The Finance Officer plays an important role in monitoring and supporting the implementation of the programme overseeing compliance with internal policies, donor regulations and local Laws (i.e. Taxes).
This position requires to consult with and/or coordinate activities with internal and external actors. There is an element of persuasion, influence and provision of professional advice and direction, but it is not a regular activity.
Guided by and in collaboration with the Global Finance Officer, within the first 3-5 years, a successful Finance Officer will:
Duties and responsibilities
Specific Duties
Budget Management
Accounting Support in MENA Region and to partners
Audits and Internal controls support (specific tasks)
Others
Administration of employee work cycle
Others
Qualifications:
Education
Experience
Competencies
Interpeace Competencies
Success factors
Interpeace values diversity among its staff and aims at achieving greater gender parity in all levels of its work. We welcome applications from women and men, including those with disabilities.
Qualified candidates are invited to submit their application no later than 27 January 2022 via the following link: Finance Officer, MENA
The application must include:
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