Iraq: Finance Manager - Budget and Reporting

Requisition ID: req653

Job Title: Finance Manager - Budget and Reporting

Sector: Finance

Employment Category: Fixed Term

Location: Iraq-Ankawa, Erbil

Job Description The International Rescue Committee responds to the world's worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, IRC offers life-saving care and life-changing assistance to refugees forced to flee from war or disaster. At work today in more than 40 countries and in 22 U.S. cities, IRC restores safety, dignity and hope to millions who are uprooted by conflict or disaster. IRC leads the way from harm to home.

CONTEXTUAL BACKGROUND IRC is undertaking a robust humanitarian response to the Syria crisis. With an annual budget in excess of $100 million and a rapidly expanding portfolio, supported by more than 1100 staff, IRC is implementing programs in Syria and the neighboring countries of Turkey, Iraq, Lebanon and Jordan in the fields of health, child protection, education, women's protection and empowerment, NFI and food distribution, cash assistance, and livelihood programming.

Working in coordination with the humanitarian community in Iraq, IRC currently addresses the needs of war-affected Syrians and Iraqis from several operational bases, including Baghdad, Erbil, Sulaymaniyah and Dohuk.

Job Overview/Summary: The Finance Manager - Budget and reporting will ensure high quality of budget, donor and internal financial reports. The position requires comprehensive financial management experience, proactive communication with budget holders and ability to utilize feedback effectively. The post holder will be tasked with supporting regional nationalization targets by identifying qualified national staff for capacity building purposes. This job requires high level flexibility given the emergency setting.

Responsibilities: Budgeting and Reporting

• Work with the Deputy Finance Controller in the management of Grants Budget and Financial Reports ensuring timely submission of high quality reports to HQ and the donors.
• Ensure participatory approach towards budget formulation working with different departments to inform costs.
• Put in place an up to date standard budgeting information of all shared program costs in consultation with other support departments.
• Ensure that approved budgets are promptly posted in SUN Accounting software and submitted to Head Quarters for timely synchronization on the online BVA.
• Ensure accurate links between IRC internal budget formats with donor formats. The links should be complete and devoid of any discrepancies.
• Ensure online BVAs capture all relevant information including budget titles as approved in the donor budgets.
• Provide support to ensure that the BVA's are monitored, spending plans completed and updated accordingly.

Grants Management

• Participate in the Grants Review meetings ensuring that action points for finance are followed through to fair conclusion prior to subsequent review meetings.
• Prepare monthly, quarterly reports as per the Grants Agreements, ensuring donor compliance, completeness and accuracy of the donor reports.
• Actively participate in grants meetings to provide effective support to programs. Work with Program Coordinators and operations staff to develop and update spending plans for analysis against burn rates.
• In liaison with the Finance Manager - Accounting, ensure that any adjusting entries made are posted in SUN timely.
• Ensure that the revenue accounts are reconciled, work with Grants and Deputy Finance Controller to clear the grants receivables in a timely manner.
• Ensure that both soft copy and hard copies of financial reports are properly filed for ease of reference.
• Complete BVA analysis on a monthly basis and share any concerns with the Deputy Finance Controller and the Budget holders on a timely manner.
• Ensure that any audit findings are appropriately addressed
• Contribute to the Country operating budget reforecast as requested.
• Work closely with the Deputy Finance Controller in ensuring that all the cost methodology employed across the Country program meet the audit threshold and donor requirements.

Capacity Building

• In consultation with Deputy Finance Controller, identify gaps and initiate trainings for finance and non-finance staff.
• Assess the skill and experience of the Finance Officers under Budget and Reporting and ensure adequate in-house training.
• Ensure that the Budget holders gain greater understanding of the account codes - use and analysis for more robust financial resource management.

Key Working Relationships: Position Reports to: Deputy Finance Controller Position directly supervises: Senior Finance Officers

Qualification and Experience: An ideal candidate will have a finance or accounting qualification with minimum 5 years of experience in budgeting and reporting in similar organizations and overall 7 years of experience in finance. An excellent command of English language, and good communication and coordination skills are required for the role.

Standards of Professional Conduct: The IRC and IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in IRC Way - Standards for Professional Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, and Accountability. In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Anti Workplace Harassment, Fiscal Integrity, and Anti-Retaliation.

Returning National Candidates: We strongly encourage national or returning national candidates to apply for this position. If you are a national of the Country in which this position is based and are currently located outside of your home country and possess over two years of international work experience, the Syria Response Region has introduced an attractive remuneration package. The package includes competitive compensation, return flight to post, shipping allowance, temporary housing and a relocation allowance. Certain restrictions may apply. IRC strives to attract, motivate and retain qualified national staff in our programs.

Working Environment:The position will be based in Erbil. Accommodation will be in shared housing, which include basic amenities including internet and electricity.

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