Finance Specialist ? Budgeting and Reporting

Title: Finance Specialist ? Budgeting and Reporting Location:? Addis Ababa Employment Category:? G2 Salary Range: USD 946.00 ? 1,151.00 per month which specific amount will be determined up on candidates experience and educational relevancy Reporting To:? Deputy Finance Manager Contract Duration: ?1 Year Posting date: October 6, 2023 Required Employee: 1???????????????????? ? INTRODUCTION The Danish Refugee Council (DRC), an international non-governmental organization (NGO), has been providing relief and development services in the Horn of Africa since 1997. DRC promotes and supports solutions to the problems faced by refugees, internally displaced people (IDPs), and migrants. The organization has offices across the region and has been operational in Ethiopia since 2009.? With funding from bilateral and multilateral donors, DRC is currently implementing a range of activities across Ethiopia and Djibouti, including WASH and shelter provision, child and youth protection, gender-based violence response, awareness-raising of migration risks, protection monitoring of migration routes, and livelihoods support for returning migrants or those at-risk of migration. ? OVERALL PURPOSE OF THE ROLE: The Finance Specialist ? budgeting and reporting has the overall responsibility for the projects monthly closing and updating the Budget Follow Up tools, review meetings and reporting. Providing overall advice, coordination and technical support to the Finance and Program teams across the country and ensuring compliance with the finance chapters of DRC?s Operations Handbook, the Donor?s Guidelines and ensure financial information quality and correct allocation ? Responsibilities: (in bullet points) Management and Support Provide technical support and advice to the Finance teams, Support and Program Teams on financial, budgeting and budget follow-up. Provide technical support in the ERP System (Microsoft Dynamics) on the Project & Accounting modules when needed. Train and support the finance team and budget holders in DRC Dynamics functionalities in the areas of concern. Provide support to field finance teams and regularly travel to make sure financial procedures are respected in each field office. Proactively identify and act upon capacity building needs of non-finance staff providing training and other capacity-building where necessary to ensure that non-finance staff capacity is continuously developing. Conduct training for Budget Holders, guiding them through Budgeting, donor compliance and compliance to DRC handbook. ? Budget control, planning and reporting Build budget proposals, including budgeting for support costs for the Country Office, collaboration with the programme managers and support services functions. Responsible and ensure on time creation of projects, budget forecast and/or budget modification in Dynamics according to the budget structures approved by Donors, in conformit