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CARE International in Iraq (CARE) is looking for a suitable Finance Assistant to provide financial services to CARE’s new 12-month project dubbed "Life-saving Support in Protection and legal assistance to highly vulnerable persons in acute displacement in Duhok Governorate, Iraq”. In the project, CARE and its national partner will cover critical aspects of protection and GBV risk mitigation, prevention, and response for IDP women, men, boys, and girls living in informal settlements in Summel and Zhako Districts, Dohuk Governorate. The intervention package combines the provision of free and survivor-centered case management support to GBV survivors and children at risk, referrals to essential health and psychosocial services, and cash assistance to the most vulnerable individuals and families to address acute protection and basic needs. The action will deliver psycho-social support (PSS) structured as well as community-based activities. To mitigate protection risks and prevent GBV, protect trained mobile teams and local women’s committees will deliver community-based awareness-raising campaigns and events targeting IDPs in Summel and Zakho districts on topics such as early/child marriage, GBV, and gender equality. The engagement of men and boys is integral in the project design as part of a broad

strategy to enhance the target population’s knowledge of equitable gender norms and the harmful impacts of toxic masculinities and GBV.

Reporting to the Finance Officer, the purpose of the Finance Assistant is to provide financial services to ensure smooth implementation of CARE programmes. The incumbent will induct non-financial project staff on financial procedures, review financial projections and payment documents to ensure compliance to CARE and donor procedures, facilitate project advances and liquidations, ensure timely processing of payments to suppliers and government tax offices and perform an interface role between CARE and the bank. The employee will support partner audits, document archiving, and intern-company billing. S/he will work closely with both programme and support staff.

Type of Contract: Employee, full-time, with the possibility of extension.

Proposed Start Date: 1st June 2023

Duration of Contract: 11 months

Reporting/Line Management: Finance Officer

Duty Station: Duhok Office

Responsibilities and Tasks

1. Check bills and invoices before payment to ensure documents are accurately completed and approved with clear and specific charging notes and prepare vouchers for all payments, receivables, and adjustment entries.

2. Maintain General ledger GL (Cash and Bank books) on a daily basis.

3. Provide cash advances to program and Support staff and Monitoring & Updating Advance Truckers also Tracking advances, including advances for the Mosul office, Baghdad, Sinjar, as well as support National and International staff when giving them Travel Expenses (Per Diem) and follow up on staff advances to ensure timely retirement.

4. Ensure compliance of all payments with CARE and donors’ procedures.

5. Ensure timely and accurate tax and Social Security payments for KRG and GOI.

6. Act as the focal point between CARE and local banks to monitor the financial information, including bank balance, and transfer all payments needed.

7. Responsible for Scanning and Archiving all Documents on time and according to the CARE’s mechanism.

8. Uploading all entries to CARE’s Finance System including (Partner expenses, Accruals, adjustment entries, etc.)

9. Attach all documents with the relevant transaction in PS and submit for Approval.

10. Assist Finance Manager with Audit preparations and visits.

11. Assist Finance officer with preceding intercompany and intra-Company bills (receivables and payables) posted and properly classified and all receipts for claims from different country offices and ready for presentation whenever requested.

12. Assist Finance Manager in Checking expenditure reports and Vouchers for local partners and Capacity building for Partners and regular review of their reports and supporting documents

13. Any other related tasks as requested by Supervisor.

Skills Required

• MS Office
• Accounting