Finance Manager (FM)

Job Title |
Finance Manager (FM) |
Location |
Amman, Jordan. |
Job Holder Reports To |
Deputy Country Director (DCD) |
Reporting to Job Holder |
Senior Finance Officer, Finance Officers, and a Finance Assistant |
Overall Purpose |
Working as an important member of a diverse, multi-cultural team who are committed to serve the world’s most vulnerable with practical and compassionate care, the Finance Manager is key to the efficient and effective running of the country office, overseeing the financial activities of the programme. The Finance Manager carries out the various accounting functions required to provide accurate and timely information to donors, Global Support Office (GSO), field management and the field teams on the financial status of the programme. This involves organising and further developing the financial processes required for the projects to function effectively. The FM is responsible for providing strategic management and development of the finance team in a way that is reflective of Medair’s values and ensuring all financial activities are carried out and documented with integrity in accordance with Medair local and Global Support Office (GSO) policies and procedures, donor guidelines, and Jordanian Law. |
Project Overview |
In Jordan, approximately 85% of Syrian refugees are living in host communities and informal tented settlements where they are renting accommodation and trying to survive without the level of services offered in formal camp settings. Medair is working to help support host communities and refugee families who are not living in camps through health, social protection, and psychosocial support programmes to meet essential needs of the most vulnerable. |
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Major Duties and Responsibilities:
Financial Management
- Provides the International Country Programme’s financial oversight and manages the day-to-day accounting functions of the programme.
- Ensures that Medair Finance Procedures are up to date and followed as part of internal control monitoring.
- Trains and advises budget holders to develop and monitor budgets for projects and shared costs.
- Alongside the Finance Partner, contributes to the financial management of signed donor grants and the preparation and submission of donor proposals and reports.
- Review financial activity reports within the required timeframe (e.g. monthly, interim, final) and in the stated format to meet all relevant Medair and donor requirements.
- Prepares for, manages and supports internal and external field financial audits, providing all information required by local legislation, donors, GSO or other bodies.
- Ensure that monthly staff labour reports are completed for all staff, checking it for consistency, consolidating it andensure that it is submitted and approved by HR.
- Understands and communicates complex co-funding constructions for different projects and ensures correct fund-coding of expenditures related to this.
Administration
- Meets the finance related administrative requirements of Medair and any other stakeholders, so that the financial aspects of the programme function efficiently, effectively and with integrity.
- Upon receiving monthly payroll list, ensures payment and record-keeping of staff salaries and / or allowances is done in a timely manner and in accordance with local employment regulations, ensuring that all required statutory deductions are made and subsequently paid to the appropriate authorities.
- Supports the Finance Partner and PFM with financial reporting to donors, providing documents and narrative explanation of any anomalies.
- Organises and further develops the processes required for the financial aspects of the programme to function effectively.
- Ensures a clear and transparent paper trail is in place for all financial transaction, that records are kept in an orderly fashion and that the filing (archive) system is in line with Medair internal archiving policies and donor requirements.
- Oversees beneficiary payments: ATM card recharges, cash, IRIS, hosital bank payments. As well as overseeing the annual reconciliation of card numbers.
Staff Management
- Oversees the recruitment of finance staff.
- Manages the finance staff, including day-to-day oversight, professional development, and performance management (i.e., objective setting, regular feedback, appraisals, coaching, and training).
- Promotes the vision and values of Medair to the finance and wider Medair team through leadership, advice, and support.
Communication
- Serves as the primary focal point between GSO and the Jordan country programme for finance related needs.
- Collaborates and coordinates with other Support and Programme teams, to ensure integrated and harmonized financial systems.
- Provides training, advice, mentoring and coaching as required to all relevant staff on financial management, procedures, internal controls and financial requirements of donors.
- Ensures the clear dissemination of and access to information related to new policies or procedures within various communication channels.
- Develops and maintains regular, transparent, and supportive communication with all relevant internal and external stakeholders to ensure they are kept informed of applicable financial information, activities and requirements.
- Represents Medair at relevant national and local meetings with government officials, networks, working groups, NGOs, etc. with the objective of contributing to good cooperation and partnership.
- Maintains strict confidentiality surrounding all financial information.
Financial Risk Management
- Controls and manage the security of in-country cash when held on site and when being transferred.
- Conducts regular internal audits and immediately reports any risk of fraud or theft.
This job description covers the main tasks that are anticipated. Other tasks may be assigned as necessary.
Person Specification
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