Partnerships Finance Assistant (National) at Save the Children

Partnerships Finance Assistant (National)

The Opportunity
This role will support the Partnership Finance officer in providing financial inputs into all aspects of partnership finance related to SPP & WoS Area, With the overall objective of achieving high-quality programming, the main goal of this position is to ensure adequate review of partners’ financial reports and documentation as well as provide support to partners, programme, and finance team. The Partnership Finance Assistant will provide general administration support to the partnership finance officer with general duties such as archiving, scanning, and controlling all partners’ documentation.
SCOPE OF ROLE:
Reports Direct: Partnership Finance Officer

Staff reporting to this post: NA
Budget Responsibilities: NA
Role Dimensions: Coordination with other colleagues of SPP Area Office and WoS team and Finance staff of different Sub-grantees
KEY AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY:
 Supervise the verification of partner’s financial reports and supporting documents, making sure that expenses are reasonable, allowable, and allocatable to the approved budget and comply with donor regulations.
 Responsible for the safekeeping of all records received from partners.
 Support the PFO of review of partner proposal budgets.
 Update the partnerships financial tracker on a regular basis.
 Check partner payment requests, enduring compliance with the agreed condition of payment, obtain necessary approvals then submitted to Treasury team .
 Liaise with partners to ensure the timely submission, completeness, correctness, and accuracy of financial reports.
 Draft General Journal (GJ) for all partner financial reports.
 Assist in conducting a Spot-check of the partner’s offices.
 Provide other ad-hoc financial data or analysis as requested.
 Financial Management and transfer of funds to partners.
 Adequate documentation according to donor financial requirements.
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
* Bachelor’s degree in accounting/finance or equivalent.)
* 0-2 years’ experiences in an accounting/finance.
* Experience in the NGO sector preferred.
* Experience in the Finance partnership preferred.
* Proven ability to handle a workload and multi-task in order to meet deadlines.
* Understanding of financial systems (FMS – Agresso & AMS) and procedures
* Understanding of computerised accounts packages, Excel, PowerPoint and Word
* Good communication and interpersonal skills
* Written and verbal in Arabic & English

The Organisation
We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realise the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard.

We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:
* No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday
* All children learn from a quality basic education and that,
* Violence against children is no longer tolerated

We know that great people make a great organization, and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children. We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive environment where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.
Application Information:
Please attach a copy of your CV and cover letter with your application, and include details of your current remuneration and salary expectations. A copy of the full role profile can be found at www.savethechildren.net/careers

We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

All employees are expected to carry out their duties in accordance with our global anti-harassment policy.
We encourage qualified women and persons with disabilities to apply.