Unit Description:
- The Support Unit is a specialized team responsible for managing and overseeing the administrative needs of the office
- Its primary purpose is to ensure that the office is equipped with sufficient equipment, financial, human resources, policy communication, and capacity building
- The Support Unit handles a wide range or tasks such as financial expenses, hiring and contracting, policy overseeing, leave management, training and development, employee relations, IT and administrative support, transportation, and asset management
Responsibilities:
- Oversee the operations and development of the finance team
- Coordinate with the external stakeholders such as banks, and vendors with regards to payment fulfilment
- Design a comprehensive set of finance related processes and procedures
- Provide financial reports and interpret financial information to senior management whilst recommending further courses of action
- Process and sign off the payroll periodically to assure clear documentation and accurate record-keeping
- Execution of payments upon approval from senior management, for both internal (e.g. expenses) and external (e.g. vendor fees)
- Supervise all financial reporting and tracking including:
- Plan, budget, and forecast cash and expenses
- Provide periodic reports of the financial status and expenditures to senior management
- Conduct budget versus actual comparison to produce with supporting analysis
- Analyse and assess the overall expenses of the projects and aim to save costs
- Conduct, upon instruction from senior management, project audits
- Implement, maintain, and review employee’s payroll processing systems to ensure timely and accurate processing of payroll transactions including salaries, benefits, taxes, and other deductions
- Ensure accurate and timely processing of payroll updates including accurate employee details, capture new hires, terminations, leaves, salary increases and other changes to pay rates
- Deduct, report and process tax and social security contributions to the government on behalf of employees
- Guide employees to opening a bank account and generating a Unique Personal Number (UPN)
REQUIREMENTS
Required experiences:
- Bachelor’s or Master's degree in Accounting and Finance, or Business and Management
- Proven experience of minimum 4-6 years in a senior finance role, with significant involvement in developing the financial and budgeting sheets, and use of excel to an advanced level
Required skills:
- Expertise in the use of excel for financial reporting and analysis
- Excellent interpersonal, communication, and negotiation skills
- Advanced analytical, problem-solving, and logical thinking abilities
- Proficient IT literacy skills, with a deep understanding of data analysis tools and software
- Advanced English and Kurdish language
Preferred skills:
- Proven track record of working effectively within large teams and management team members
*Only applicants meeting the strict criteria outlined above will be contacted as part of the shortlisting process.