Accountant at International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)

Purpose

• The accountant is responsible for the management of field accounts payable and general ledger files, recording, analysing, and reconciling of all accounting records in JD Edwards Enterprises (JDE)/ICRC Resources Integrated Solutions (IRIS). The incumbent is responsible for the financial closing and reporting of accounts of the delegations under their area of responsibility.

Accountabilities & Functional Responsibilities

• Receives invoices from the field delegations, verifies its quality and completeness;
• Prepares and records accounting entries in the accounting software (IRIS/JDE/PPS) in timely manner;
• Establishes and ensures accurate bookkeeping and archiving with appropriate supporting documents.
• Performs the cash and bank reconciliations in IRIS/JDE on a regular basis;
• Performs integrity checks of accounting entries and account balances;
• Ensures maintenance of sound accounting documentation to meet external and internal audit requirements;
• Identifies anomalies or other issues and proposes solutions to the supervisor;
• Participates in annual and monthly closing activities;
• Applies and complies with all administrative and financial procedures and deadlines;
• Performs voucher matching of supply chain goods and performs closed unbilled purchase order receipt adjustment entries to clear open receipts;
• Monitors, reconciles, and consolidates balance sheet accounts of Field delegations/sites;
• Prepares and consolidates monthly List of Accounts for Reconciliation and Confirmation (LARC);
• Prepares weekly/monthly or annually accounting reports as per the needs;
• Uploads the finalized/validated accounting vouchers and supporting documents to Ms Azure;
• Performs other accounting tasks as directed by the supervisor.

What We Will Look For In Your Profile

• University degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics or similar field;
• CPA (Certified Public Accountant) in good standing;
• Minimum 3-5 years’ experience in Accounting/Finance position;
• Sound knowledge and experience in ERP (JD Edwards);
• Excellent Computer proficiency - Technically proficient in Microsoft Office environment – Excel, PowerPoint, Word, SharePoint and Erwin / Orbus);
• Excellent command of written and spoken English (Knowledge of French/Spanish/Arabic is an asset);
• Strong organization, planning and analytical skills.

What We Offer

• Diverse and humanitarian-minded workforce;
• An opportunity to contribute to institutional efforts to protect and assist conflict victims worldwide;
• Training opportunities ;
• Flexible work schedule.