Finance Assistant At GOAL

General Description of the Programme:

GOAL an International Humanitarian Organisation has had a presence in Turkey since 2013 and has been contributing to the migrant response since 2016 with a focus on responding to needs in health service delivery, social safety nets and the protection of vulnerable and marginalised migrants in southern Turkey.

GOAL has been working in Syria since 2013, responding to the acute needs of conflict-affected communities. GOAL is working in Idleb Governate, both through direct implementation and through partners, delivering food, non-food programming to highly vulnerable populations, and provision of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) through support to Water units, as well as emergency support to recently displaced households.

GOAL has been working in North Aleppo Governate since 2019, through direct implementation and through partners, delivering food, non-food programming to highly vulnerable populations, as well as emergency support for recently displaced household.

GOAL has two projects (ECHO funded LINK and PRM funded GREEN) in Turkey, LINK program targets refugees from nomadic / semi-nomadic backgrounds and those engaged in seasonal agricultural labor. LINK has been designed to address and mitigate protection concerns of the vulnerable / marginalized refugees through provision of critical information and raising their awareness on their rights, obligations and services available in Turkey, by sensitization/advocacy (targeting key stakeholders and service providers, etc.) activities, and Individual Protection Assistance (IPA) services to enable highly vulnerable refugees to access to basic, social and protective services available under the provisions of Temporary and International Protection regulations in Turkey. On the other hand, Green program aims to improve socioeconomic inclusion, resilience and self-sufficiency of highly vulnerable/excluded women and girls from host and refugee communities (Syrians as well as those living in program locations under the international protection regulation) including nomadic communities and seasonal agriculture workers from both communities through integrated and market driven livelihood opportunities and protection services, including language courses and vocational skills training on greenhouse production and agriculture; case management (CM)/coaching services, establishment of a women cooperative, protection outreach, information provision and awareness raising; and provision of special needs and individual protection assistance services.

Job purpose:

To assist the GOAL field office in the implementation of activities through the management of cash and bank accounts, and the application of GOAL’s financial and administration systems.

Bank & Accounting

• Oversee petty cash maintenance and bank register maintenance, ensuring all expenses are reasonable and appropriately authorised and recorded.
• Reconcile floats and ensuring they are cleared on a regular basis.
• Maintain local excel cash books and bank books, ensuring all movements are recorded, reconciled, and coded to appropriate donors and projects.
• Timely submission to Ankara/Antakya finance of weekly and monthly requirements
• Ensure that all supporting documentation is prepared and filed according to GOAL procedures.
• Review & reconcile physical cash to the cash tracking sheet daily, and to the cash book weekly.
• Prepare the Fixed Assets Register Month Spot check for Month end files.
• Ensure authorisation charts and local bank mandates are up to date.

Documentation & Compliance monitoring

• Ensure maintenance of all accounting records, ensuring that records are complete, accurate and safeguarded.
• Ensure proper filing of monthly vouchers and paperwork.
• Review all documents submitted for payment to ensure proper procedures have been followed.

Other

• Perform any other tasks that may be reasonable assigned by the line manager.

Requirements (Person Specification):

• 0-1 years Finance experience (preferably in an NGO environment).
• Good written and spoken English and Turkish languages skills, with excellent communication.
• Good computer skills including proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Word.
• Excellent attention to detail and organisational skills
• Ability to manage and prioritise a varied workload in a in a dynamic work environment.
• Good team player, flexible and capable of working with a multinational country team.

General terms and conditions

Safeguarding

Children and vulnerable adults a must be safeguarded to the maximum possible extent from deliberate or inadvertent actions and failings that place them at risk of abuse, sexual exploitation, injury and any other harm. One of the ways that GOAL shows this on-going commitment to safeguarding is to include rigorous background and reference checks in the selection process for all candidates.

Accountability within GOAL

Alongside our safeguarding policy, GOAL is an equal opportunities employer and has a set of integrity policies. Any candidate offered a job with GOAL will be expected to adhere to the following key areas of accountability:

• Comply with GOAL’s policies and procedures with respect to safeguarding, Code of Conduct, health and safety, data protection and confidentiality, do no harm principles and unacceptable behaviour protocols.
• Report any concerns about the welfare of a child or vulnerable adult or any wrongdoings within our programming area.
• Report any concerns about inappropriate behaviour of a GOAL staff or partner.

This Job Description only serves as a guide for the position available. GOAL reserves the right to change this document. Any published closing dates are estimated. Due to the nature of GOAL’s work we aim to fill vacancies as quickly as possible. This means that we will close adverts as soon as we have found the right candidate and this may be before the published closing date. We would therefore advise interested applicants to submit an application as early as possible.

Thank you.