Finance Intern | ReliefWeb

The International Rescue Committee has been working in Somalia since 2006, providing essential services to conflict and disaster affected communities. The IRC has been operational in Nugal , Central Somalia (Mudug and Galgadud regions) and Mogadishu implementing interventions in the areas of livelihood, WASH and health reaching out to more than 200,000 conflict and drought affected people.

Job Purpose/Objective:IRC Somalia is working to achieve optimal performance in terms of program quality strengthening operations and finance department by emerging tools, systems and staff capacity to adhere to IRC policies and procedures and donor compliance.

SUMMARY OF KEY FUNCTIONS

Bank Payment Processing

· Assisting in processing of payments in Finance dept by writing cheques, facilitating approvals and preparation of remittances

· Assisting the Finance Assistant in maintaining the payments register and ensuring all incoming payments are recorded by the relevant staff.

· Assist in reconciling supplier statements and ensuring all balance are up to date.

· Prepare all cheque and WEB (Online payments) disbursement vouchers USD, Kshs and Euro. Ensure the payment is fully supported and duly authorized per the authorized delineation chart before writing the cheque.

· Preparation of remittances for cheque release, filing the same and ensuring the remittance register is duly signed.

Filing

· Rubber stamping ‘paid’ on all documents once cash vouchers and cheques are signed and cash and cheques disbursed and before filing

· Maintain an organized and well documented (all files must be labeled properly and visibly) and sequential filing system for all disbursement vouchers

· Assist in the retrieval and putting back documentation for audit purposes.

Accounting

· Assist in compiling accruals for closing grants and preparing journals

· Compilation of commitments for input in BVAs.

· Be receptive to the training IRC will give to develop your technical and professional competence

· Be adaptable and flexible with a view to taking on board new tasks and new assignments in due course

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Minimum CPA II qualification

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE & COMPETENCIES:

• Knowledge in Excel


• Knowledge of basic accounting