Finance and Compliance Officer

Who are we?

Elaf for Relief and Development was founded on May of 2014. It came out of the need to help the people still living inside Syria, who were either displaced or living in their homes with no access to food, medicine, education, and other basic

necessities. Elaf started out with volunteers and with the help of personal donations began helping those surviving inside Syria, struggling to make it another day. We at Elaf, work in hard to reach communities and our strength lies in the fact that we elevate the lives of those we help by “teaching them to fish rather than giving them a fish”. Elaf also sponsors over 10,500 orphans by providing for their education, food, as well as non-food items.

Elaf supports 2 clinics, small to medium enterprises (SMEs) such as small farms, 2 bakeries, and 15 schools. Overall, we do projects that contribute to the development of those still living inside Syria, who have no one to turn to.

Elaf provides the direct aids such as food, shelter, clothing, fuel, gift-in-kind, vouchers, and even cash to those in besieged areas. Elaf achieves its goals through quality driven, purposeful and diverse projects that are implemented inside Syria. The implementation of these projects are guided and executed by our dedicated team of both paid staff and volunteers.

Elaf is Looking for Programs Manager According to the following job description:

Position Code: Procurement022023

Job Title: Finance and Compliance Officer

Workplace: Gaziantep, Türkiye

Reports to: Finance Coordinator

Department: Finance

OVERALL DESCRIPTION

Job Purpose: The role of the Finance and Compliance Officer will be to maintain the day-to-day finances of the ELAF for Relief & Development Turkey office. This will require maintaining the books and records for all cash and bank transactions. The Finance and Compliance Officer will also be responsible for reviewing all supporting documentation provided for payments and recording the transactions in the cash and bank books and Develop and implement a compliance program and Determine compliance metrics and establish a system for tracking them.

Bank and Cash Management

• Monitor cash levels in the cash box and request cash transfers on a timely basis from the appropriate Reporting Line.
• Make Bank & Cash payments with ELAF’s limit and ensure that all appropriate documentation and authority delegation procedures are being followed.
• Handle the issuance and retirement of cash floats to approved float holders and ensure that all appropriate documentation and authorization procedures are correctly followed
• Maintain and track all daily cash flow movements between cashbooks/safebooks/bankbooks
• Carry out weekly cash counts and reconciliations of the cashbox with supervision from the appropriate Reporting Line and report any anomalies.
• Carry out monthly bank reconciliations when required.

Books and Records

• Maintain accurate and up to date cash and float logs.
• Raise transaction vouchers to record bank and cash movements as required.
• Update the electronic cash/bank and safe books as required.
• Ensure accurate coding is used on all payment requests.
• Ensure all receipts are properly checked and verified.
• Ensure staff have access to all Finance documentation templates.
• Liaison with Independent accountant for tax and other matters.

Miscellaneous

• Adhere to ELAF’s Finance Policies and Procedures particularly in the security of cash and confidentiality of information at all times ensuring utmost confidentiality to all sensitive information to which you are exposed. 
• Maintain the finance cabinet and folders in an order and tidy fashion with easy referencing and locatable documents.
• Adhere strictly to ELAF’s Programme Participant Protection Policy and Code of Conduct Policy.
• Adhere strictly to ELAF’s Anti-Fraud and whistleblowing policy.
• Any other tasks assigned by the line manager or Country Director.

Person Specifications (Requirements):

• Turkish national only
• Degree level qualification, ideally in a financial field
• Experience in bookkeeping or financial record management a distinct advantage 
• Good written and spoken English.
• Fluent/Native English and Arabic Speaker, Turkish highly advantageous.
• Computer literate with good MS Office skills particularly Excel
• Ability to work under pressure and to deadlines.

compliance tasks:

• Mastermind compliance policies and protocols on behalf of the organization
• Develop and implement a compliance program to ensure the organization operates in accordance with laws.
• Determine compliance metrics and establish a system for tracking them.
• Remain up to date on laws related to the organization and update policies accordingly.
• Perform compliance audits to determine whether establish protocols are being followed and where they can be improved
• Maintain up to date written documentation and policies related to the organization’s business activities
• Create compliance resource library for staff members to reference when they have questions

Personal Attributes

• Friendly and affable
• High integrity and demonstrated ability to follow standards and policies.
• Meticulous with attention to detail
• Commitment to ensuring the protection of ELAF’s beneficiaries.
• Strong sense of security management and willingness to follow security guidelines and regulations
• Willingness to learn.
• Commitment to humanitarian principles and values

Elaf provides equal opportunities and encourages women to advance.