Finance Officer Moldova

1. Role and responsibilities

    

The Finance Officer is responsible for organizing and delivering the day-to-day operational finance processes by ensuring adherence to NRC’s policies and donor requirements.

Generic responsibilities

1. Ensure adherence to Financial Handbook, other NRC policies and donor requirements

2. Implement financial systems and procedures according to Financial Handbook and other NRC policies at office level

3. Ensure compliance with internal controls, organizational policies, and donor regulations

4. Ensure proper filing and archiving of all financial documents according to NRC standards

5. Support the implementation of SIP-relevant activities as included in the CO Action Plan for your unit/team

6. Actively promote PSEA (Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse) standards and principles within NRC and amongst project participants supported by NRC.

Specific responsibilities

 A – Dailly operation

• Ensure timely payment of contractors, suppliers, taxes and other expenditures. Verify that vouchers and the supporting documents (purchase requests, purchase orders, quotations, authorization of payment, etc.) comply with NRC’s procedures
• Ensure that cash and bankbooks records are updated on daily basis and reconciliation is done between bank/cash and internal ERP Unit 4/Agresso. Ensuring that all financial credentials are in line with donor and country coding structure.
• Perform daily bookkeeping and utilize the NRC Agresso accounting system.
• Ensure sufficient cash in the bank and in the cash boxes and that cash payments are done properly
• Coordinate with Finance teams in different areas regarding cost allocations of basic running costs, before recording.
• Ensure timely contribution to month-end-closure processes such as reconciliation of different accounts and admin project
• Perform other Finance related tasks as requested

B. - Partnership 

• Review partner financial reports (monthly, quarterly)

• Prepare financial verification report in line with NRC partnership policy and respective annexes

• Ensure all supporting documents are submitted in an accurate manner to be readable and traceable

• Communicate with partner representative in case of comments/questions 

Critical interfaces

By interfaces, NRC means processes and projects that are interlinked with other departments/units or persons. Relevant interfaces for this position are: 

• Project Managers, Project Coordinators and Officers
• Support Team members
• Finance staff
• NRC Implementation Partners

Scale and scope of position

2. Competencies 

Competencies are important for the employee and the organisation to deliver desired results. They are relevant for all staff and are divided into the following two categories:

1. Professional competencies 

• Bachelor degree in Finance or a related major

• Minimum of 2 years’ relevant experience in Finance/Accounting

• Knowledge of Audit and local tax requirements

• Previous experience from working in complex and volatile contexts

• Fluent in English and Romanian, both written and spoken

• Proficient in Microsoft Excel

3. Behavioural competencies 

    

• Planning and delivering results

• Analyzing

• Working with people

• Handling insecure environments

• Coping with changes

4. Performance Management

The employee will be accountable for the responsibilities and the competencies, in accordance with the NRC Performance Management Manual. The following documents will be used for performance reviews: 

• The Job Description 
• The Work and Development Plan (Mid-year & Annual performance reviews)
• The NRC Competency Framework

Kindly note that this position is open to candidates who have the legal right to work in Moldova and note that we are unable to provide work permits or visa sponsorships for this position.

Please note that the empty or incomplete applications as well as CVs received via email will not be considered official and will not be processed.