Job opportunity: Finance Officer

Job opportunity: Finance Officer

Job Title: Finance Officer

Department: Finance Department

Reporting to: Finance Manager

Contract Type: Part Time

Application Deadline: 06-11-2022

Job purpose:

Assist the Finance Manager in budgeting, procurement oversight, and records management, and be responsible for preparing timely and accurate financial reporting and monthly financial spreadsheets, cash flow forecasts, and data entry.

Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Record the daily transactions on the accounting systems, with proper project allocation, and ensure sufficient supporting documents.
  • Ensure compliance with Disbursement by having all the required and sufficient supporting documents.
  • Conducts monthly bank reconciliation and presents to the management for approval.
  • Handles day-to-day accounting and transactions, including invoicing and organization of receipts.
  • Organizes project finances, prepare budget projections, and ensure cash flows and transactions are functioning and accurately reported.
  • Assist in preparing financial reporting and records for multiple donors.
  • Ensures the timely payment of invoices and reimbursement requests.
  • Ensure compliance with donor’s requirements and TDA policies and procedures.
  • Assist with annual organizational and financial audits.
  • Assist Finance Manager in following up with the Turkish legal Accountant, ensuring all books are up to date.
  • Assist Finance Manager in following up all needed actions regarding Turkish Government requirements (Decision book etc.)
  • When needed, handle logistical requests for projects, such as hotel and travel arrangements, conference administration and minor translation.
  • Assist in tracking the Payment schedules from donors and funds transfer.
  • Maintain project budgets; update the budget vs actual on a monthly basis (Master & Grants, including brief commentary on variances), including Donors’ budgets.
  • Assist in inventory tracking and recording.
  • Any other task that has been assigned by the manager according to his specialist field.

Academic Qualifications and Experiences:

    Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting or Economics.

 

Requirements:

  • Work experience as an Accountant or similar role for at least two years.
  • Previous experience in GIZ projects.
  • Residence preferably in Istanbul.
  • Experience using financial software (QuickBooks).
  • Proficiency in Microsoft office, especially in excel.
  • Written and verbal (English, Arabic, and Turkish is a plus).
  • Knowing the Turkish Labor Law.
  • The ability to periodically prepare financial statements and financial inventories.

Integrity, and transparency, with the ability to manage confidential data.

Skills:

  • Excellent analytical and numerical skills.
  • Acute time management skills.
  • Excellent Monitoring, Reporting, Presentation, Facilitation, and Communication skills.
  • Ability to work under pressure, independently, and with limited supervision.
  • Flexibility
  • Ability to work in a dynamic environment and to multi-task to meet deadlines
  • Promotes teamwork, contributes towards building team consensus and acts as a team player.

How to apply:

The Interested applicants are kindly requested to follow this link to apply https://forms.gle/hHkdxJsMvnqvu2nCA 

We have an equal opportunity and inclusive and we encourage applicants of all backgrounds to apply. We do not and will not discriminate based on age, race, nationality or citizenship, gender expression or identity, religion, economic background, disability, or sexual orientation.

**Female candidates are encouraged to apply.