Jobs in Jordan at Generations for Peace: Finance Manager

Generations for Peace is offering a full-time job opportunity as a Finance Director to join the team in Amman, Jordan. 

Leading Finance Department:

• Representing the Department, contributing to Senior Management Team, guiding the department’s development, leading department meetings, and leading liaison between Departments and fostering positive and productive inter-Departmental relationships.
• Guiding each staff member’s recruitment, induction, performance management, development, learning and improvement to ensure each takes on gradually increasing responsibilities with reducing supervision.
• Guiding the Senior Accountants in their supervision of the Accountants.
• Assigning different grants/programmes/functions to different Accountants for balanced workload.

Ensuring efficient and effective financial management for GFP and GFP Inc. finances in compliance with GFP and Donor/Partner policies and reporting requirements:

• Setting policies and providing guidance and training to staff on financial management procedures and supporting documentation requirements to ensure compliance with GFP and Donor/Partner policies and reporting requirements.
• Handling all financial transactions, ensuring value for money, and ensuring all necessary authorities have been obtained.
• Sound cash management, taking action to reduce costs, invest funds.
• Sound tax compliance, including for social security, income tax, withholding tax, sales tax.
• Sound payroll management, for salaries and benefits, and individual tax deductions.
• Maintaining bank accounts, petty cash, credit card accounts, and all GFP and GFP Inc. funds.
• Managing cash flow and generating interest income where possible.
• Managing creditors and debtors.
• Maintaining financial records and ledger accounts and bank reconciliations.
• Producing and presenting financial management information to Senior Management Team.
• Liaising with an independent Auditor (appointed by the General Assembly) for an annual audit to produce audited annual financial statements and recommendations for improved financial management.
• Completing any additional audits and spot-checks required by Donors/Partners.
• Ensuring quality, accuracy, and timeliness of all financial reports to Donors/Partners, including full supporting documentation.
• Maintaining an up-to-date asset register of all capital assets and managing their depreciation and planned replacement.
• Conducting internal audit to assess Financial Management procedures and compliance.
• Supporting each Department in budget planning (based on knowledge of costs and on Donor/Partner policies and procurement requirements) including inputs into budgets for proposals to Donors/Partners.
• Supporting each Department in procurement, including maintenance of supplier’s database and the selection of preferred suppliers/contractors.
• Supporting all Departments in contracting with suppliers/contractors for goods/services.
• Liaising with Fundraising and Events staff as required, regarding requirements and invoice payments for GFP events, revenue generation events, and fundraising events.
• Supporting capacity-development of financial management of Local Partner Organisations and GFP locally registered entities and Satellite Offices.
• Supporting the COO with financial risk management.
• Performs any other duties as per guidance.