War Child flagship Afghanistan program advances social impact in the lives of vulnerable children, women and their families through its Justice, Education and Opportunity programs with child protection and gender across all its programs. The Afghanistan Country Program is currently undergoing an exciting expansion with newly secured long-term funding for programs in eight provinces Kabul, Kandahar, Nangarhar, Balkh, Kundoz, Takhar, Logar and Badakhshan, and will expand its program to other new provinces.

Position summary:

The Finance Officer will be responsible to review the invoices and claims and make sure that all the invoices and claims are supported with proper documents. 

Prepare vouchers for all claims and record all the vouchers in the journals (NetSuite) after payment. The finance officer is also required to file all the documents in files and label them properly. Maintain journals for Bank and Cash batches. preparing the reports, filing, payments, scanning, and archiving of Financial documents for Kabul Main office and Projects.

Specific duties and responsibilities:

• Preparation cash vouchers for advances and other expenses.
• Keep track and record all cash advances and ensure all advances are accounted for within the set guidelines [with some flexibility with good justification].
• Review expense reports (travel expense reports and operational expense reports) for accuracy and completeness and ensure that expense reports have been fully approved before payment.
• Prepare weekly and monthly cash count with Sr. finance officer.
• Control that supporting documentation of all cash transactions is valid and report to the Sr. Finance Officer in case of insufficient documentation.
• Process payments directly to suppliers, other vendors and other agencies.
• Posting of financial transactions into NetSuite system [WCC financial software]
• Member of procurement committee as per request.
• Assist and support program personnel in relation to handling financial aspects of program activities e.g. cash distribution in field etc.
• Assist with financial audits and provide requested information.
• Support programme staff in financial matters
• Ensure scanning and filing of all financial documents according to WCC standards.
• Responsible for implementing and monitoring of internal controls to ensure compliance with financial policies.
• Assist Line supervisor, Finance Coordinator and Finance & Grants Manager as per request.
• Any other duties assigned by supervisor.

Qualification:

Academic Background and Knowledge/ Experience

•  2-5 years’ experience working as a Finance Officer/Finance assistant in a humanitarian/recovery context
• Previous experience from working in complex and volatile contexts
• Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities
• Having Bachelor Degree in accounting, finance, Business administration or Economics

  Skills

• Knowledge about own leadership skills/profile
• Knowledge of the local language Dari and Pashto
• Fluency in English, both written and verbal
• Familiar with accounting software

War Child is an equal opportunity employer; qualified Afghan women are strongly encouraged to apply.

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