GOAL became operational in Haiti in response to the earthquake of 12th January. The GOAL team, which consists of engineers, logisticians and health professionals, has experience of working in disaster situations across the Developing World, such as the tsunami in South-East Asia in 2004 and the East Asia earthquake in 2005.
GOAL are developing programmes in shelter/construction, NFI distribution, watsan and health, and require a Finance Officer to support and develop this country programme going forward

 Oversee processing of payments, including issuing of payments in absence of Finance Assistant, in line with GOAL internal control procedures (ensuring that appropriate supporting documentation is attached, payments are checked and authorised appropriately and account / donor coding is correct).
 Preparation of weekly cash reporting to GOAL HQ
 Distribute cash payments to beneficiaries in line with GOAL Training guidelines.
 Review of payment information in cashbooks for all GOAL Haiti locations for input in accounting system.
 Import of financial information to accounting system and reconciliation of bank and cash positions.
 Preparation and reconciliation of monthly payments for international staff.
 Reconciliation of timesheets for staff to costs booked to accounting system.
 Preparation of other financial information for monthly accounts as requested by the Senior Finance Officer


Other:

 Liaise with Donor Compliance Officer to provide information as required for periodic donor compliance checks and donor / statutory audits.
 Liaise with Logistics Department to provide finance information required for procurement and fixed asset tracking
 Provide induction and periodic refresher training on finance procedures.
 Assist with periodic fixed asset and stock checks.
 Ensure confidentiality of all GOAL financial data at all times, ensuring that no information is reported externally without sign off by the FC and/or Country Director
 Other duties as requested by the Senior Finance Officer and / or Financial Controller

• At least University graduate, background in, management, administration, finance or related field.
• A minimum of 2 years’ experience in administration, finance and general affairs
Excellent communication skills in French both verbally and in writing, English is an advantage
• Excellent computer skill in Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel
• Ability to learn new systems and IT software quickly and effectively
• Organised and flexible, ability to respond to changing priorities
• Ability to work independently with initiative
• Excellent communication skills while interacting with colleagues and partners
• Previous NGO experience an advantage

This Job Description only serves as a guide for the position available. GOAL reserves the right to change this document.

2011-06-03