Finance Manager ACAPS Netherlands The Hague at Norwegian Refugee Council

Role and responsibilities

Generic Responsibilities

• Ensure adherence with policies, tools, handbooks and guidelines and with ACAPS financial system
• Maintain overall budget control over attributed budgets and grants, as well as contribute to maintain control and ensure financial quality control of the ACAPS Master Budget
• Prepare and develop status reports as required by management
• Ensure proper filing of documents 
• Promote and share ideas for improvement of the support function

Specific Responsibilities

• Ensure financial quality control and oversight of the attributed budgets and suggest corrective action if/when required.
• Lead the financial management of attributed grants for the entire project cycle including budgeting, monitoring and reporting. 
• Lead the preparation for financial donor audits, ensuring compliance with ACAPS, donor, and local requirements. 
• Conduct financial reviews across the project cycle, including grant kick-offs, budget modifications, and grant closures.
• Support the Budget Holder in financial discussions with donors, including negotiations on grant financial requirements, and other modifications.
• Follow up on Income received from donors
• Check that expenses are booked to the appropriate project accurately and in a timely manner. 
• Grant budget availability check for Purchase Requisitions.
• Prepare balance sheet schedules to check prepayments, deposits, account payables
• Participate in the development, deployment, and integration of a new ERP system for ACAPS
• Review the bank reconciliation and monitor the cash-flow level
• Ensure capacity building and mentoring of finance and non-finance staff, including management in all finance related matters. 
• Participate in the ACAPS Master budget development and monitoring.
• Perform other duties in the department as appropriate.

Qualifications

Competencies

Professional competencies

• Recognised professional and academic qualifications
• Minimum 8 years of relevant work experience
• Experience from working in complex and volatile contexts desirable
• Experience from working in humanitarian context desirable  
• Experience in ERP system implementation (Agresso/Sage/Sun System), financial analysis, and donor compliance 
• Skilled in developing financial tools and systems for budgeting, monitoring, and reporting.
• Proficiency in MS Office Excel
• Excellent time management skills and ability to organise multiple, simultaneous tasks, and deliver results within a specified period
• Demonstrated problem solving skills
• Fluency in English, both written and verbal. Fluency in Dutch is an asset