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Position: Regional Finance Assistant
Department: Finance Department
Reporting to: Regional Finance Manager
Location: Amman, Jordan
About Relief International:
Relief International (RI) is a leading non-profit organization working in 16 countries globally to relieve poverty, ensure well-being and advance dignity. We specialize in fragile settings, responding to natural disasters, humanitarian crises and chronic poverty.
RI combines humanitarian and development approaches to provide immediate services while laying the groundwork for long-term impact. Our signature approach – which we call the RI Way—emphasizes local participation, an integration of services, strategic partnerships, and a focus on civic skills. In this way, we empower communities to find, design and implement the solutions that work best for them.
RI includes the four corporate members of the RI Alliance: RI-US, RI-UK, MRCA/RI-France and RI-Europe. Under our alliance agreement, we operate as a single, shared management structure.
About the Middle East Region:
RI currently operates in five countries in the Middle East region: Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, Turkey and Yemen with a focus on the four RI sector pillars: Health (incl. Nutrition), WASH, Education and Economic Opportunity.
Job Summary:
Under the direct supervision of the Regional Finance Manager, the primary responsibility of the Finance Assistant is to assist overall Regional financial related.
Job Description:
- Support RSFO and RFM in updating reporting trackers, reconciliation, tools, and consolidated financial reports.
- Lead in consolidating and reviewing all RFFs for all countries and regional offices as per deadline and RFM instructions.
- Assis RFM RSFO in consolidating reports and tools.
- Assis RSFO in closing grants process as per RFM instructions
- Support country offices and GSO audit mission to ensure reviewing all backup and quality.
- Ensure proper filling for regional and ME countries, FA to review the box folders for countries and ensure proper filling as per requirements and checklist.
- Support in updating the working files for power BI.
- Fulfill gap in-country offices finance department.
- Performs any other tasks as requested by the RFM
- As this is an Emergency Response program, at times there will be the requirement to work additional hours and perform other tasks not detailed in this job description
Formal Education:
Educated to bachelor’s level in a related field such as Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or other educational background combined with relevant professional experience.
Essential skills:
- Native Arabic speaker, fluent in English
- A bachelor’s degree in Finance from a recognized university
- Knowledge of NGO donors and their financial reporting requirements is a plus.
- Good attention to detail
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office package, especially Excel and Word
- Strong communication, interpersonal and analytical skills
Personal qualities:
- Ability to work under pressure, independently, and with limited supervision
- Ability to work in a dynamic environment and to multi-task to meet deadlines
- Promotes teamwork, contributes towards building team consensus, and acts as a team player
- Consistently approach work with energy and a positive, constructive attitude
- Demonstrates ability to identify problems
- Makes recommendations related to work procedures and implementation of management systems
- Safeguarding
- Uphold and promote RI’s commitment to ensuring the safeguarding and safety of the vulnerable communities we serve.
- Consistent with RI’s safeguarding and protection policies, ensure all people who come into contact with Relief International are as safe as possible.
RI Values:
We uphold the Humanitarian Principles: humanity, neutrality, impartiality, and operational independence. We affirmatively engage the most vulnerable communities. We value:
- Inclusiveness
- Transparency and Accountability
- Agility and Innovation
- Collaboration
- Sustainability
How to apply:
To apply for this post, click on
https://phg.tbe.taleo.net/phg01/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?org=RI&cws=4&rid=1791
You will be asked to upload a CV and Cover Letter. The cover letter should be no more than 2 pages long and explain why you are interested in this post with Relief International and how your skills and experience make you a good fit.
Closing date:
- Please apply immediately we will be reviewing applicants on a rolling basis, therefore may withdraw the position for the job board closing date.
- Due to limited resources, only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
- Note to external agencies, we will not be accepting CVs from third parties.
- Relief International is committed to protecting our staff and the communities we work with from abuse and harm including sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and sexual harassment.
- All staff are expected to abide by our Code of Conduct.
- Recruitment to all roles in Relief International include a criminal records self-declaration, references, and other pre-employment checks, which may include police and qualifications checks.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Relief International is committed to diversity and gender equality; we strongly encourage applicants from the global south and female candidates to apply.
