Handicap International - Cashier and finance officer

Handicap International “HI” (operating as Humanity & Inclusion) is an independent and impartial international aid organization working in situations of poverty and exclusion, conflict and disaster. Working alongside persons with disabilities and other vulnerable groups, our action and testimony are focused on responding to their essential needs, improving their living conditions and promoting respect for their dignity and their fundamental rights.

HI is currently opening a multi-sectoral life-saving assistance to displaced and non-displaced populations in Ukraine such as :  Protection, shelter, health, NFIs, food security and livelihoods, water, sanitation, hygiene, and education and strengthening and supporting access to mental health and psychosocial support; provision of basic and domestic items including food, unrestricted cash assistance, and core relief items.

General Mission

The Finance and cashier Officer produces quality financial information and contributes to the application and dissemination of the budget framework, local and donor rules and HI’s tools, procedures and standards in the financial field. He or she is responsible for the regular bookkeeping of one or more cash boxes, keeping the advances ledger, checking supporting documents, preparing payments and compliance with the organisation's standards and the country's regulatory framework.

Missions/Responsibilities

•            Mission 1: Updates financial information and monitors financial indicators within his or her area of responsibility.

•            Mission 2: Ensures that HI’s legal obligations are met and produces the required financial documents.

•            Mission 3: Contributes to financial and budget management

•            Mission 4: Deploys all of HI’s cash-flow management policies, processes and tools

Main Activities:

BUDGET MANAGEMENT

1.           Participates in the construction and adjustment of budgets with the budget holders.

2.           Produces and updates resource allocation tables (human, logistical, etc.) and communicates them to the departments concerned.

3.           Contributes to the financial management of institutional funding in compliance with “donor” guidelines and contractual obligations

CASH MANAGEMENT

1.           Makes payments and pays advances

2.           Monitors the availability of cash in the cash boxes and alerts the Treasurer if there is a risk of shortage.

3.           Prepares cheques and bank transfer orders, submits them to the bank signatories and keeps a copy.

4.           Prepares any supporting documents asked for by internal or external auditors.

Qualification(s):

E   Bachelor degree in the relevant fields of Logistic.

E   Proven knowledge in budget management

Experience (type and amount of experience) :

E   More than 2 years’ experience in the financial field with increasing levels of responsibility

E   Previous experience working in humanitarian programs

E   Previous experience with HI.

Skills (knowledge, abilities required for the position, refer to skills repository document) :

E   Excellent communication and writing capacities in English

E   Proficient: Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint

E   Knowing how to simplify and prioritise

E   Being capable of helping team members to plan and review the drafted plans

Personal qualities:

E   Excellent communication skills and diplomacy

E   Ability to follow instructions and to be a member of a team

E   Flexibility

E   Strong attention to details

E   Good organizational skills

E   Practical, dynamic and solution oriented

E   Open to cultural differences

E   Good capacity to withstand pressure and manage stress