The purpose of the Finance Assistant position is to execute the accounting and financial record of the resources in the assigned area, in accordance with the regulations and standards of the country, NRC and donor requirements.

Generic responsibilities

1. Comply with NRC policies, standards, strategies, tools, manuals, and guidelines.
2. Comply with the strategy, tools, manuals, guidelines, and standards of the financial area.
3. Participate in the development of financial projects in accordance with the action plan.
4. Be responsible for the activities related to their technical area in the projects.
5. Identify solutions to daily problems in accordance with the agreed procedures, priorities, and standards for the work area.
6. Prepare and prepare the status reports required for decision-making by management.
7. Ensure that the project registration and identification systems are appropriate for data protection.
8. Guarantee the correct physical and digital filing of project documents.
9. Promote and share ideas for the technical improvement of the financial function.
10. Contribute to the implementation of the minimum standards for Safe and Inclusive programming in their work area.

Specific Responsibilities
Accounting
1. Update the accounting transactions daily in the respective postbacks, corresponding to the area, Country Office and the Panama office.
2. Check that each transaction has all the corresponding expense supports, validations and other rules established by NRC and the funders.
3. Archive all vouchers both physically and electronically.
4. Request reload of cestatiket cards and follow-up of refunds.
5. Record the payroll and corresponding benefits of the entire operation in the country.

Treasury
6. Prepare payments via bank transfer in bolivars and foreign currency, follow up on the approval and signature of payments by those responsible in order to ensure the effectiveness of the payment.
7. Prepare the required documentation for payments made in foreign currency and send the supporting documents for proof of payment to the assistants and officers of the Venezuelan Finance Department in each area, depending on the case.
8. Follow up on the effectiveness of payments in bolivars and foreign currency until confirming correct receipt of the payment by the beneficiary.
9. Perform weekly and monthly bank reconciliations for proper control of bank accounts.

Finance
10. Maintain the area’s files in order and updated (bank folder, donors, others).
11. Actively support the pre-audit and audit processes.
12. Other tasks assigned by the immediate supervisor in the fulfillment of the objectives of the position.

Qualifications

Generic professional skills:
• University graduate, preferably in Economics, Finance, Business Administration or related fields.
• Verbal and written fluency in English is desirable.

Context/ Specific skills, knowledge and experience:
• Demonstrable experience of/in:
o Minimum of 1 year in similar positions in the context of humanitarian aid.
o Experience in similar positions with an international organization, with United Nations agencies and/or in a humanitarian context will be positively valued.
• Solid knowledge of Venezuelan accounting and tax regulations
• Budget management
• Drafting technical reports (desirable).
• Mastery of relevant office tools for management.
• Availability to travel to states where NRC has a presence and stay overnight on site.

Personal qualities

• Managing unsafe environments.
• Planning and delivering results.
• Working with people.
• Analysis.
• Communicating with impact and respect.
• Coping with change.

We can offer

Fixed-term employment contract, salary according to the NRC Venezuela scale.