SAVE THE CHILDREN EGYPT
ROLE PROFILE
Title: Finance AssistantTEAM/PROGRAMME: Aswan Area Office, Finance
Team
LOCATION: Aswan Area Office, Egypt GRADE: Grade 5 POST TYPE: National, Fixed Child Safeguarding Level 3 - the responsibilities of the post may require the post holder to have regular contact with or access to children or young people.ROLE PURPOSE:
Finance Assistant is responsible for providing aid with incoming and outgoing financial transactions. The responsibilities also include maintaining bank as well as cash books, daily reconciliations, consolidating approved documentations (Receipts, Bank transactions, Vouchers, GRN, etc...), preparing vouchers, recording transactions according to SCI guidelines, filing and assisting during month end closure and audits.
SCOPE OF ROLE:
Reports to: Aswan Finance & Grants senior Officer
Staff directly reporting to this post: none
Budget responsibility: none
KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:
KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:
• Check bills, invoices, and other supporting documents before payments to ensure the completeness of the documents, approval with clear and specific charging notes.
• Prepare Payment vouchers (PVA), Cash Receipts (CR), Cash Transfers (CT); General Journal vouchers – JVs on daily basis.
• Responsible for Bookkeeping and ensure all daily transactions have been booked on FMS- Agresso/GLACOS
• Writing the checks and processing online transfers & maintenance of the bank books daily to ensure all outstanding checks are accounted for.
• Prepare bank reconciliations to ensure the balances are accurate and all the payments in the bank statements are accounted for.
• Handle all authorized petty cash payments
• Provide cash advances to program and admin staff and working to settle procurement, training and travel expenses. Ensure proper budget coding approvals from the authorized person and deliver the checks to concerned parties on timely basis.
• Maintain finance documents in an orderly and secure manner.
• Scanning all financial documents on monthly basis.
• Keep the confidentiality of financial information including budget, bank balance and cash.
• Assist during year end as well as grant specific audits.
• Any other related tasks as requested by Supervisor
• Assist in sub grants financial procedures and monitoring.
• Tracking all payments in Aswan office
• Reviewing the Fuell payment
SKILLS AND BEHAVIOURS (our Values in Practice) Accountability:
• Holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values
Holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.
Ambition:
• Sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves (and their team), takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages others to do the same
• Widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
• Future orientated, thinks strategically.
Collaboration:
• Builds and maintains effective relationships with their team, colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters
• Values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength
• Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to
Creativity:
• Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions.
• Willing to take disciplined risks.
Integrity:
• Honest encourages openness and transparency
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
• University degree in Finance/ Accounting or another similar field.
• 1-2 years of relevant experience.
• Good sense of responsibility.
• Excellent organizational & communications skills.
• Good proficiency in spoken and written English .
• Good computer skills, especially in spreadsheet & data analysis (excel & access) and familiarity with accounting software are preferred. Knowledge of Agresso would be an advantage.
• Ability and willingness to change work practices and hours, and work with incoming teams in the event of major emergencies
• Commitment to and understanding of Save the Children’s aims, values and principles including rights based approaches
Skills Required
- University degree in Finance, Accounting, or a similar field
- 1-2 years of relevant experience
- Good sense of responsibility
- Excellent organizational and communication skills
- Good spoken and written English proficiency
- Good computer skills, especially in spreadsheets and data analysis
- Familiarity with accounting software
- Knowledge of Agresso
- Ability and willingness to change work practices and hours during major emergencies
- Commitment to Save the Children's aims, values, principles, and rights-based approaches
What We Do
Service Corporation International (SCI) is North America’s leading provider of funeral, cremation, and cemetery services. Its story began in 1962 with one family-owned and operated funeral home in Houston, Texas, and the company has since grown into North America’s largest provider of funeral and cemetery services. SCI’s work centers on helping families arrange meaningful services and providing care through its death-care operations.
