Finance Officer (Partnership)

Background/IRC Summary:  The International Rescue Committee (IRC) 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, the IRC offers lifesaving care and life-changing assistance to refugees forced to flee from war or disaster. At work today in over 40 countries and 22 U.S. cities, we restore safety, dignity and hope to millions who are uprooted and struggling to endure. The IRC leads the way from harm to home.

IRC has been working in Pakistan for over 30 years, and manages and delivers large, complex programs to meet the needs in health, education, protection, environmental health and livelihoods for displaced, poor and disaster affected communities. IRC works in partnership with local government and non-governmental organizations and currently works in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Sindh provinces.

Job Overview/Summary: With the supervision and guidance of the Finance Coordinator, the Finance Officer will be responsible for ensuring that IRC Pakistan and its partners meet the compliance requirements of donors as well as IRC policies and procedures. This position involves travel in the field offices of IRC and partner organizations.

Major Responsibilities:

Compliance:

• In close consultation with Finance Coordinator follow complete cycle of proposals and grants including development, submission, grant code assignment, interim reports, final reports, financial reports, etc;
• In coordination with Finance and Operations, monitor and facilitate compliance of programs with donor and IRC requirements, including program progress and adherence to objectives, submission of timely modification and extension requests. Provide management reports noting trends and issues.
• Check the financial record on periodic basis as required by Finance Coordinator.
• Assist with the preparation of files for audits and supports in completion of audits;

Partnership/Sub-grantee:

• Conduct sub grantee pre-award assessments and recommend modifications to the sub grant agreement and/or monitoring plan to lessen financial and compliance risks.
• Assist in the preparation and review of sub grant agreements.
• Provide guidance to sub-grantees and implementing partners in interpreting IRC and donor policies.
• Provide on-going training and support to sub grantees in IRC sub grant financial procedures and assist in conducting formal sub grantee training workshops.
• Review sub grantee financial reports for correctness and completeness and ensure that reports are submitted on time.
• Maintain sub grant tracking as well as financial files in accordance with IRC policies.
• Participate in periodic financial monitoring of sub-grantees and implementing partners
• Follow up on all sub grant compliance issues and audits and document resolutions.
• Process sub grantee payments and reconcile sub grant financial tracking to general ledger reports.
• Assist in sub grantee site audits and prepare site visit reports noting trends and issues concerning grant sub-recipients.
• Assist in sub grant close-outs ensuring that all requirements of the sub grant agreement have been met and that sub grant funds have been properly settled.

Administration:

• Ensure financial reports are submitted on time and on appropriate formats.
• Assist with the preparation of files for audits and support finance in completion of audits.

Others

Undertake other tasks as requested by the Finance Coordinator.

Key Working Relationships:

Position Reports to: Finance Coordinator Position directly supervises: None

Job Requirements:

a)      Education:

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Business Administration Finance, Commerce or MBA, M.Com. Articles completed candidates will be preferred.

b)      Work Experience:

Minimum 03 years of relevant experience with NGOs, INGOs.

c)      Demonstrated Skills and Competencies:

• Ability to handle multiple tasks
• Effective communication and negotiation skills.
• Willingness to travel to project sites.

Team player.

Ability to work under stress and pressure

 Language Skills:

Must be fluent in Urdu & English languages.

Others:  

The IRC Core Values and Commitments;

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 Anti-Retaliation and Combating Trafficking in Persons.

IRC is committed to ensuring that IRC staff is suitable to work with children and have the knowledge s/he needs to uphold and abide by the IRC’s Child Safeguarding Policy.

Level of interaction with children: Frequent direct contact with children

IRC ensures that its staff must actively practice the roles and responsibilities related to client responsiveness, accountability to people in affected communities and must have competencies to solicits and listens to feedback and other’s perspectives, responds to feedback with maturity and sensitivity and takes appropriate decisions and makes changes to behavior or actions in response to feedback.

IRC recognizes that gender equality is fundamental to the achievement of our organizational mission. As such, IRC is committed to the promotion of gender equality in all aspects of our operations and programs. Our organizational policies, procedures and actions demonstrate this commitment.

Women candidates and persons with disability are highly encouraged to apply.