فرصة عمل: جمعية التحريج في لبنان (LRI Ngo) تُعلن عن حاجتها لمحاسب – Accountant

I. INTRODUCTION

Project Background Information

The Lebanon Reforestation Initiative (LRI) is a Lebanese NGO registered at the Ministry of Interior and Municipalities under no. 1186 on 18 June 2014, which aims to expand, manage, and protect Lebanon’s forests and landscapes through a community-based approach. We work on building resilient communities to environmental threats, increasing environmental awareness and education, advocating for forest conservation, and advancing research in the forestry field.

II. REQUIREMENTS

– The Accountant at the Lebanon Reforestation Initiative (LRI) is responsible for the effective and efficient processing of financial data. S/he applies accounting principles and procedures, provides accurate and timely financial information to LRI Finance Manager and LRI Project Director, and ensures appropriate accounting control procedures.

– In close coordination with LRI’s Finance Manager, the Accountant is expected to accomplish the following duties:

– Review all kind of payment vouchers, receipts and accounting transactions as per LRI’s financial management policies while seeking appropriate authorization and ensuring all supporting documents are available

– Enter daily accounting transactions on the accounting software while making sure that costs are properly allocated

– Ensure that financial forms (expenses claim, vouchers, etc.…) are updated on regular basis

– Coordinate with and contact stakeholders such as partners, donors, banks and suppliers

– Ensure that all accounting transactions and documents are compliant with the standards set by the Lebanese Government

– Prepare petty cash and the Fuel cards replenishment

– Ensure that all accounting documents are properly presented to the Finance Manager, archived, and follow a clear audit trail

– Maintain the accounting software by periodically updating the suppliers lists and chart of accounts

– Prepare/Review workers payments on 3rd party payment gateways for workers and periodically scan the sign-up sheets

– Send pay slips to Staff members on monthly basis

– Assist the Finance Manager in the end of month closure and reconciliation

– Support the Finance department in yearly governmental reports such as V.A.T claims

– Assist the Finance Manager in preparation of financial reports, and recording daily financial data

– Assist the Finance Manager in preparing projects budgets when necessary

– Prepare spending reports to private sector entities and different donors

– Keep track of project expenses, making sure payments are being issued on time

– Track assets, prepaid expenses and depreciation expenses and properly input them in the accounting software/ERP system

– Conduct periodic bank runs to process different banking transactions

– Assist in completing the Asset/Inventory logs

– Assist the finance office in preparing donor’s financial reports as per their policies and procedures

III. QUALIFICATIONS

The Accountant should possess the following competencies, skills, and experience:

– Experience with international Donor agencies

– Experience in working with ERP systems

– Knowledge in local Governmental reporting requirements

– Able to handle heavy workload, unplanned tasks and urgent requests

– High degree of integrity, ethics and discretion

– Self-motivated, flexible and able to adapt under different work conditions

– Excellent communication and teamwork skills

– Organized and able to maintain proficient consistency across all tasks

– Able to lead in her/his field of expertise