Finance Officer

Location: Gaziantep, Turkey

Length of Contract: 6 Months

Job Title: Finance Officer

ALAMEEN for Humanitarian Support is a non -governmental organization established by a group of volunteers in Syria during the crisis in 2012 and registered in the USA, Sweden, and turkey.

AHS is implementing projects through regional offices in Syria, Turkey, Lebanon, Yemen, Sudan, Iraq, Palestine, and Somalia.

Strengthening and developing community humanitarian response capacities.

Coordination with local authorities to ensure that humanitarian activities are carried out while maintaining AHS values

Primary focus on vulnerable groups, our work sectors are Health, Nutrition, Education, Food Security and Livelihoods (FSL), Protection, Shelter &Non-food items, Wash and Sanitation.

AHS also manages development projects, advocates to empower civil societies and local governance.

Job Purpose

To support the Finance Department oversight of Grants’ accounts, reviewing grant budgets, travel expense reports, and preparing monthly financial reports for Al Ameen programs.

Key Responsibilities

• Follow up on all accounting operations, and conformity with donor/partner/finance requirements.
• Ensure, enforce, and implement donor/partner/institution financial and accounting policies and procedures
• Follow-up budget in accordance with the outputs of the project in coordination with the direct supervisor
• Creates and submit budget forecasting, budget controlling by tracking budgets
• Continuous communications with Al Ameen finance field staff.
• Continues communications with the donor’s finance departments
• prepare and submit monthly payments in order to facilitate cash flow forecasting.
• Control/document over all incoming and outgoing documents/fiscal transactions, and ensure they are correct and contain the required signatures, and according to relevant policies and procedures.
• Maintain historical records by filing documents
• Prepare and maintain backend up the database and filing documents
• Respect and apply all the PSEA principles, and show high commitment to report any SEA action

Note: the above mentioned key responsibilities/accountabilities are illustrative ones. Another future responsibilities/accountability may be assigned to the job depending on the department organizational chart.

Core & Technical Competencies

Core Competencies:

• Communication
• Teamwork
• Planning and Organising
• Accountability
• Creativity
• Stakeholder Orientation
• Commitment to continuous learning
• Technological Awareness

Technical Competencies:

• Relationship Management
• Consultation
• Detail-orientation
• Problem Solving

Supervisor/Managerial Competencies:

• Leadership
• Building Trust
• Vision
• Managing Performance
• Judgment and Decision-making
• Empowering Others

Qualification (Education/Work Experience)

• University degree (Accounting – Business Administration – Banking and Finance – similar branches).
• Work experience as a Finance Officer or similar role for at least 3 years.
• A good level in both English and Arabic is required
• Solid knowledge of financial and accounting procedures
• Advanced MS Excel skills
• Experience using financial software.
• Turkish Nationality is required.

PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS: The AHS and AHS Staff must adhere to the values and principles outlined in the AHS Way – Standards for Professional Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, and Accountability. In accordance with these values, the AHS operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Anti Workplace Harassment, Fiscal Integrity, and Anti-Retaliation and Combating Trafficking in Persons

Compliance & Ethics

Promote and encourage a culture of compliance and ethics throughout AL-AMEEN for Humanitarian Support, as applicable to the position, maintains a clear understanding of AL- AMEEN for Humanitarian Support and donor compliance and ethics standards and adheres to those standards. Conducts work with the highest level of integrity. Communicates these values to staff and to partners and requires them to adhere to these values.

Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse

Actively promote PSEA (Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse) standards within AL- AMEEN for Humanitarian Support, and amongst beneficiaries served by AHS

NB: considering the purpose and values of the organization, AL- AMEEN for Humanitarian Support, requests to its employee complete flexibility in term of duties and commitment, as their job description and job title can be adjusted throughout the year according to needs and priorities.