Finance Officer – Consortium

Duty Station [Sana’a]

Who are we?

The Danish Refugee Council assists refugees and internally displaced persons across the globe: we provide emergency aid, fight for their rights, and strengthen their opportunity for a brighter future. We work in conflict-affected areas, along the displacement routes, and in the countries where refugees settle. In cooperation with local communities, we strive for responsible and sustainable solutions. We work toward successful integration and – whenever possible – for the fulfillment of the wish to return home.

The Danish Refugee Council was founded in Denmark in 1956, and has since grown to become an international humanitarian organization with more than 7,000 staff and 8,000 volunteers. Our vision is a dignified life for all displaced.

All of our efforts are based on our value compass: humanity, respect, independence and neutrality, participation, and honesty and transparency.

DRC has been operating in the Middle East (ME) region for over a decade, running a combination of emergency, livelihood, protection and advocacy programmes through Country Offices (COs) in Yemen, Syria, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey with a Regional Office (RO) in Amman.

DRC Yemen’s response

Throughout its nine field offices and a workforce of 450 staff, DRC upholds its main programmatic objectives to provide imemediate and life sustaining assistance, to strengthen the protective environment, and to reduce displacement related risks and vulnerabilities by promoting self-reliance at household and community level.

About the job

The position of Country Finance Officer (CFO) is crucial within the Consortium with primary responsibilities for financial and other support functions for the Consortium Management Unit in Yemen. The Finance Officer will facilitate the efficient and effective financial operation. He/She will ensure compliance with DRC rules and regulations as described in the Operations Handbook (OH) alongside donor policies, procedures, guidelines and rules.

Geographic scope: Country (Yemen – Sana’a)

The duty station of the finance officer will be based in Sana’a Sana’a with frequent travel to field locations

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Support in coordinating the development of separate budgets, which includes preparing, revising, checking, and providing feedback, and finally consolidating separate budgets into a single budget based on donor templates.
• Contribute to the development of proposals.
• Monitor implementation vs spending across projects.
• Ensure thorough and effective budgetary control for the consortium projects.
• Support the finance coordinator in allocating the support cost in the new proposals.
• Support in allocating all the operations costs and the support staff to use the correct consortium project and budget lines.
• Provide monthly financial briefings to the CMU.
• Support kick-off meetings, mid-term reviews, and closure meetings to ensure that information is shared effectively with relevant staff, including Consortium members.
• Prepare and process consortium partners installments per project.
• Maintain bookkeeping of sub-grantees installments, settlements, and reports in DRC ERP system (DRC Dynamics)
• Review partners financial reports and upload them to ERP system (Dynamics) in a timely manner.
• Support and lead the timely delivery of quality financial reports to donors and internal reports to the Consortium Management Unit and Steering Committee.
• Ensure compliance with donor requirements at the budgeting stage and during implementation.
• Contribute to the preparation of audits and lead the preparation for local audits
• Provide CMU partners with effective support on the day-to-day financial implementation of the consortium projects.
• Any other tasks given by the supervisor.

About you

To be successful in this role you must have:

• Minimum of THREE years’ experience working for INGOs in the field of Finance.
• Excellent management, interpersonal and negotiation skills and a demonstrated ability to promote harmonious/cohesive teamwork, in a cross-cultural context.
• Willingness to travel 20 percent of the time.
• Proven ability to plan long-term, organize priorities and work under pressure.
• Must be able to work under minimal supervision. Experience in soft accounting systems and experience with ERP Dynamics is a plus.

In this position, you are expected to demonstrate DRC’ five core competencies:

• Striving for excellence: You focus on reaching results while ensuring an efficient process.
• Collaborating: You involve relevant parties and encourage feedback.
• Taking the lead: You take ownership and initiative while aiming for innovation.
• Communicating: You listen and speak effectively and honestly.
• Demonstrating integrity: You act in line with our vision and values.

Moreover, we also expect the following:

Required qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Commerce or Equivalent.

Languages:

Native Arabic with good professional English, both written and spoken.

• We offer

DRC will offer the successful applicant a 12 months contract, renewable dependent on both funding and performance. You must be available to start work from 1st of July 2023 and be willing and able to work in Sana’a.

Salary and conditions will be in accordance with Danish Refugee Council’s Terms of Employment for Expatriates; please refer to www.drc.ngo under Vacancies. This position will be placed at level (H1).

Application process

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All applicants must send a cover letter and an updated CV (no longer than four pages). Both must be in the same language as this vacancy note. CV only applications will not be considered.

If you have questions or are facing problems with the online application process, please contact [email protected]

Applications close on 19 June 2023. The interviews are expected to take place in rolling basis due to the urgency of the postition.