Finance Officer

The Finance Officer supports the effective financial management of the NPA Iraq Programme by ensuring accurate processing of financial transactions, compliance with NPA policies and Iraqi regulations, and timely reporting. The position plays a key role in maintaining transparent and accountable financial systems, facilitating payments, supporting field offices, and contributing to smooth programme implementation. The Finance Officer works closely with the Finance Coordinator, Finance Manager, and project teams to ensure that all financial activities are carried out efficiently, accurately, and in accordance with internal controls and donor requirements

General responsibilities:

The Finance Officer works under the supervision of the Finance Coordinator and Finance Manager in the implementation of the financial and accounting procedures for NPA Iraq Programme. (But not limited to).

Specific duties:

• Responsible to receiving documents from other departments and checking then handover to FA for cash for bank except monthly agreed cost
• Responsible to post bank payment vouchers after voucher signed by FC/FM for Hawala, Zain wallet, Zain bill, air ticket & taxi.
• Responsible to make the correcting post if any for the own posting entry after receive the correction from FC and/or FM
• Responsible to arrange Baghdad vouchers daily and handover to FC for his authorization of booking to Agresso Unit 4
• Responsible to collect the cash flow from each department in Baghdad, and other field offices before sharing with Head Office
• Responsible to review the payrolls for all locations
• Responsible to post Severance calculations and staff medical insurance for all staff
• Responsible to check social security and tax payment via Baghdad HR and make payment and, post them
• Responsible to be as focal person for the bank, Hawala and Zain wallet as focal person for all bank related activities except bank posting done by FO
• Responsible to facilitate the fund transfer via bank/Hawala/Zain wallet to project office and reconcile with statement monthly
• Responsible to facilitate the project office payments via bank/Hawala/Zain wallet after checking the documents
• Responsible to post the staff travel cost via interim and arrange the voucher with supporting documents
• Responsible to prepare and post the regular payments such as Zain mobile bill including security deposit, air ticket, taxi payment and post them
• Responsible to check the South & North vouchers in the SP as soon as its uploaded and follow-up with SFO in Basra and FO in Anbar to bring the vouchers to Baghdad for physical archive.
• Responsible to prepare the TBR and send it to FM for final check and upload to HO & Iraq SP
• Reviewing and offsetting the interim account 1210 before the monthly accounts closure
• Collecting and uploading the monthly bank statements
• Working as a cash custodian (when needed) and conducting the monthly cash count
• Support FC/ FM to arrange the samples for all kind of Audits
• Any other task assigned by supervisor

Must have:

• Solid understanding of UNIT4 system and other NPA financial tools
• Minimum of 3 years' experience in similar roles
• Advanced knowledge of Excel functions

Desirable:
Education:

• Bachelor's degree in finance or other related fields
• CMA/ACCA certificate (desirable)

Experience

• Experience in working with International NGO`s
• Familiarity with commonly ERP accounting software
• Good interpersonal skills
• Good communication and understanding skills
• Able to work effectively under, & adapt to, difficult conditions
• 3 – 5 years' experience in this field

• Written & verbal proficiency in English and Arabic.
• Willingness & ability to travel within inside & outside the country
• Ability to function under pressure with minimal supervision

About the Recruitment Process

We work continuously for more diversity and inclusion throughout Norwegian People's Aid. We encourage all qualified candidates to apply.  

Please note, that only applications submitted through our career site will be considered. Applications and resumes sent via e-mail will not be reviewed.

We kindly ask you to carefully read NPA's Code of Conduct, Safeguarding Policy and Anti-Corruption Policy, before you submit your application. If you are the selected candidate for this position, you will be asked to complete and sign a Safeguarding self-declaration as well as our Code of Conduct. All policies related to ethics can be found on our website.

We look forward to hearing from you