Finance Manager Support – Palestine

Application review on a Rolling Basis: Due to the urgency of this recruitment, we encourage interested candidates to submit their applications as soon as possible. We will be reviewing applications on an ongoing basis.
We need you to support our field teams in deploying this massive emergency response. Your help can make a difference. Join us!

Humanity & Inclusion is an independent and impartial aid organisation working in situations of poverty and exclusion, conflict and disaster. The organisation works alongside people with disabilities and vulnerable populations, taking action and bearing witness in order to respond to their essential needs, improve their living conditions and promote respect for their dignity and fundamental rights.

Since its creation in 1982, HI has run development programmes in more than 60 countries and responded to numerous emergencies. Today, we have a budget of approximately 255 million euros, with 4794 employees worldwide.

At Handicap International-Humanity & Inclusion, we truly believe in the importance of inclusion and diversity within our organisation. This is why we are engaged to a disability policy to encourage the inclusion and integration of people with disabilities.

Please indicate if you require any special accommodation, even at the first interview. For more information about the organisation: www.hi.org

JOB CONTEXT

The Palestine mission is part of the Mashriq regional programme, which covers Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Palestine. HI implements a mix of humanitarian and development projects in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.

In 2023, HI implemented both humanitarian and development projects in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. The escalation between Hamas and Israel in October 2023 has created a major humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip.

In response to the escalating needs, HI has significantly escalated its financial forecast for 2024 and its staff and continues to develop new proposals to support the response to the needs in the field and expand its access capacities. The total budget for 2024 will likely be between 20M EUR. The total number of staff is around 100 + around 100 volunteers, and it is expected to grow up to around 150/200 staff in total (for all sectors).

HI’s current areas of activity encompass physical rehabilitation, humanitarian mine action, humanitarian logistics, education in emergencies, emergency preparedness, disability mainstreaming/inclusion in humanitarian action, and advocacy.

Significant challenges are encountered on a daily basis, notably a severe lack of security and humanitarian access in Gaza, along with a high instability of West Bank and multiple bureaucratic impediments.

We are looking for Finance Manager support to join our committed team ! The position is based in Ramallah.

Mission: The Finance Manager Support is responsible, ensuring compliance with HI’s standards and local rules in the finance field, for financial strategy and steering and operational financial management within his/her area of responsibility

Responsibility 1: Financial and Budget Management

• Supervises budget drafting and ensures optimal use of HI’s funds in the designated area.
• Ensures accuracy and updates of financial information, coordinating reporting according to the financial calendar.
• Provides necessary summary notes for financial management and identifies risks, supporting budget holders in financial steering.
• Analyzes financial aspects of partnership agreements, verifying accuracy and conformity of partners’ accounts and documentation.

Responsibility 2: Accounts Management

• Acts as the focal point for accounting issues.
• Ensures accuracy and updates of accounts information, coordinating reporting according to the financial calendar.
• Directs development of accounting processes, ensuring compliance with accounting frameworks and integration into the accounting information system.
• Validates entries/documents for monthly and annual account closings, including bank reconciliations and asset monitoring.
• Manages Value Added Tax (VAT) exemptions and declarations, representing HI externally with auditors and authorities.

Responsibility 3: Financial Management of Institutional Funding

• Leads drafting of funding proposals for institutional donors and constructs funding schedules.
• Examines and negotiates funding agreement conditions, ensuring compatibility with HI procedures.
• Monitors expenditure against funding, reports to budget holders, and ensures compliance with donor guidelines.
• Coordinates responses to internal/external auditors, ensuring successful audit conclusions and defining corrective actions.

Responsibility 4: Cash Flow Management

• Serves as the focal point for cash-flow issues.
• Formalizes fund requests to ensure cash availability, assists project managers in defining cash-flow requirements.
• Provides documents for internal/external auditors and banking compliance.
• Evaluates payment methods, oversees fund security/storage procedures, and manages bank account operations.
• Identifies exchange rate risks and implements mitigation measures.

You have at least 6 years of overall professional experience and at least 3 years of experience in finance management in emergency responses in conflict-affected countries.

Written and oral communication in English.

You are capable to manage stress and are known for your ability to overlap priorities,  your flexibility and adaptability skills. 

At HI, the conditions offered are up to your commitment and adapted to the context of your mission. https://hi.org/en/join-the-team

• 12 months International contract – starting ASAP
• Position based in Ramallah
• The international contract provides social cover adapted to your situation:
• Unemployment insurance benefits for EU nationals
• Pension scheme
• Medical coverage with 50% of employee contribution
• Repatriation insurance paid by HI
• Salary from 2750€ gross/month upon experience
• Perdiem: 775€ net/month – paid in the field – Hardship 250€ / month
• Paid leaves: 25 days per year;
• R&R:  Level 2: 5 days every 3 months
• Single position / shared housing

If you are resident in the country: local package.