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Job Description
ICRC Is looking for a Senior Accountant to be based in Cairo.
- The person will be responsible to provide high level support to the finance team, by recording all expenses in Cairo delegation including regional cross charging activities, processing invoices/payments, checking that they are adequately supported by the necessary documents (Requisition Order, Purchase Order, delivery note, entry form, signature, etc. Following up on our bank accounts and update the statements daily, replacing the cashier during absences including paying cash, settling working advances and per diem calculation and fully replace the Finance responsible in absences.
Major Duties and Responsibilities:
- Register the accounting entries in the accounting software on a daily basis.
- Ensure accuracy and completeness of accounting transactions in accordance with financial procedures.
- Help ensure that operations run smoothly through efficient cash-flow management, covering the fund needs of the delegation/structure.
- Keep files up to date and guarantees proper filing of relevant supporting documents for future reference, including audits.
- Participate in monthly closing activities.
- Apply and comply with all administrative and financial procedures and deadlines linked to his/her work.
- Identify anomalies or other issues and reports them to the F&A Manager.
- Follow up with taxes and ensure compliance with local statutory policies and procedures.
- Reconciliation of entries and that no deviations exist.
- Monitors, collects and checks Distribution tracking procedures/programmes.
General Duties:
- Understands and adheres to the seven Fundamental Principles of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
- Understands and adheres to the ICRC Code of Conduct
- Understands the roles of the components of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
- Respects and observes staff regulations and security rules at all times
- Represents the ICRC in a professional manner at all times
- Develops and maintains a pleasant and conducive working environment with colleagues and line managers
- Performs all duties with the highest level of confidentiality in the interest of the employees and the ICRC
- May be asked to perform tasks not covered in this job description and to provide support to other departments when necessary
Job Requirements
Required Qualifications and Experience:
- University degree in Accounting or Finance
- 3-8 years’ work experience in a similar function with good reference.
- Rigorous and trustful person with a capacity of treating information confidentially.
- Big 4 experience is preferred.
- Excellent command of written and spoken Arabic. Very good oral and written communication skills in English. French is a plus.
- Very good computer skills, incl. Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Experience in using collaboration tools/platforms, Internet, etc.
Key Competencies
- Capacity to work independently.
- Excellent organizational, methodical abilities.
- Sense of initiative, pro-activeness and setting priorities.
- Flexibility, patience, diplomacy resistance to stress inherent to a "multi-tasking” job and capacity to adapt to changes.
- Service-oriented.
- Excellent communication skills in a diversity of cultural background from different departments within the organization globally and also with external interlocutors.
- Strong leadership and teamwork skills.
- Flexibility to travel.
Desirable Assets:
- Strongly motivated by humanitarian work.
- Experience in working with a wide range of people from culturally diverse backgrounds.
