Turkey: Assistant Financial Controller - Donors

General Description of the Programme:

GOAL has been working in Syria since 2012, responding to the acute needs of conflict affected communities. GOAL is working in Idlib Governate, in close coordination with local partners, delivering food, non-food and cash voucher programming to highly vulnerable populations, and has expanded programme sectors to include the provision of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) to those most in need.

Jobpurpose:

Based in Antakya, Turkey the Assistant Financial Controller – Donor (AFC-D) will support the Financial Controller (FC) in managing GOAL Syria’s Finance Department with specific focus on donor grant management cycle activities and compliance with donor and other regulatory requirements. They will work alongside the Assistant Financial Controller – Operations and Assistant Financial Controller – Partnerships.

DUTIES AND OBJECTIVES

Donor Budgeting

· Coordinate the preparation of Donor proposal budgets with Program Managers ready for FC approval and GOAL Syria SMT sign off

· Co-ordinate and consolidate the preparation and management the overall core cost and equipment budgets for GOAL Syria

Grant Management

· Coordinate with the Grants & Communication Coordinator to ensure donor files are complete and well maintained in accordance with GOAL Dublin and donor requirements

· Liaise with programme staff to provide accurate expenditure forecasting and budget monitoring (BMTs); facilitate the review process and update forecasts in SAGE

Donor Reporting

· Maintain and update GOAL Syria forms templates for all grants

· Produce and upload to SAGE GOAL DSR (Donor Status Report) templates for all projects

· Ensure timely preparation of donor reporting for review by the Financial Controller prior to submission to donors

· Review and update cost apportionment basis to Donors and ensure supporting documentation is reasonable and appropriately filed in the audit control file

Donor Compliance & Audit

· Conduct periodic compliance checks of finance, HR, logistics, programme and partner documentation required for donor audits.

· Review timesheets to ensure compliance with donor requirements and reconciliation to monthly accounts

· Preparation of documentation to facilitate in donor audits, and internal audits

Training

· Provide finance training and capacity building to finance and budget holders in relation to budgeting and budget monitoring

Other

· Manage Finance officer - budgeting

· Provide support and cover as required for Assistant Finance controller-Operations and Assistant Finance Controller - Partnerships

· Any other duties as may be assigned by the Financial Controller or the Country Director.

REQUIREMENTS

· Qualified Accountant with a minimum of 1 year post qualification experience

· Excellent written and spoken English, with excellent communication and training skills, knowledge of Turkish and/or Arabic would be an desirable

· Experience working in a busy, changing environment

· Experience with management of Institutional Donor grants eg: OFDA/ USAID, ECHO, DFID

· Strong demonstrable previous experience in donor budget planning, monitoring and reporting

· Excellent computer skills including proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Word, working knowledge of Sage accounting system would be an advantage

· Evidence of strong commitment to capacity building and mentoring of teams

· Good team player, flexible and capable of working with a multinational country team.

Interested?

If you would like to apply for the above position, please send your CV and covering letter to syriajobs@sy.goal.ie ensuring that the job title and location of the role are clearly stated in the subject line of your email/letter. Thank you for your interest.

Note:

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This Job Description only serves as a guide for the position available. GOAL reserves the right to change this document.