Accountant

[Erbil,Iraq ]

NGO DESCRIPTION

 

NGO:
Founded in 2003, Women Rehabilitation Organization (WRO) is a non-profit, non-governmental, independent organization dedicated to working towards the protection and advancement of women’s and child rights and the engagement of all members of society across Iraq and the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI). WRO supports the needs of all members of society in prevention and response to sexual/gender-based violence (SGBV) and increasing their access to quality integrated economic, social, protection, and health services. WROs mission is to engage as humanitarian aid workers to provide effective and efficient humanitarian aid and development support and empower individuals and communities to become agents of change where every woman, man and child have access to social justice, gender equality and a dignified life free from violence and discrimination. WRO vision is built on the principles and believes in collaborate and collective action of civil society, international organizations and individuals in investing in the communal needs of refugee, IDPs and host communities to forge social cohesion and peaceful coexistence.

In partnership with UN agencies, international organizations and governmental bodies, WRO has been able to successfully contribute towards meeting individual and community needs and WRO has become a local and regional expert in SGBV prevention and response and multi-sectorial holistic empowerment programming that fosters gender and protection mainstreaming. WRO has over a seventeen-year history of successfully delivering over 100 humanitarian and development initiatives focused on local, regional, and global advocacy, stabilization and reconciliation, peace building, general protection, child protection, SGBV prevention and response, psychological MHPSS and physical health and well-being, non-formal education, individual and community capacity building, wash, legal, advocacy, livelihoods, political and economic participation, voter and democratic awareness, reconstruction civil society and governmental capacity building and engagement initiatives. Furthermore, WRO is devoted to international commitments including contribution to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), UNSCR 1325 on women, peace, and security, and UNSCR 2250 on youth, peace, and security, and is committed to child safeguarding and combatting SEA with its zero-tolerance policies.

As a national and regional expert in holistic individual, family and community economic, education, protection, social, and equal participation empowerment. WROs efforts have shed light locally and internationally through awareness raising and advocacy on many important issues such as mainstreaming gender-based violence (GBV) prevention and response across all sectors, sexual violence in conflict SVC, and other issued related to marginalized groups rights in Iraq and the Middle East through initiatives that directly impact tens of thousands of families each year including though provision of lifesaving support and developmental dignified solutions and services that drive individual and collective healing, integration, inclusion, resiliency, self-determination, and peaceful coexistence with dignity and care. 

 Position: Accountant

Location : Erbil

Job description and responsibilities

 

-Analyses accounts and reviews/evaluates regular financial reports at Headquarters, from Offices-away-from-Headquarters. Identifies problem transactions and irregularities in related accounts, resolving them in a timely and effective manner.

– Ensures that accurate and complete accounting, reporting and internal control systems are functioning and that all relevant records are maintained

– Assists, prepares or consolidated financial statements for inclusion in the WRO Financial Statements to be audited. Responds to internal/external audit observations.

– Provides authoritative interpretation of requirements for handling transactions.

– Defines requirements and works with systems units with respect to production of relevant financial reports.

– Provides information needed to respond to audit findings.

– Provides support to managers with respect to the elaboration of resource requirements for budget submissions, and preparation of cost plans.

– Provide a range of administrative and human resources support to staff of the Service

– Performs other related duties as required

– Overall relation with banks, including opening and closing accounts, negotiation of conditions.

EDUCATION

Holding at Bachelor degree in finance or business management.

Having an accounting recognized title or a master degree in finance will be a plus

 

Required:  EXPERIENCE

A minimum of 2 years of relevant working experience in the area Accounting and administration

Required: SKILLS AND ABILITIES

 

Having proven skill of English and Arabic and/or Kurdish communication.

 

Excellent Management of Excel.

 

Proven financial analysis and forecasting ability

 

Experience of multi- currency accounting

 

 

Experience of working in a cross-cultural environment or complex environments.

 

Ability to work to deadlines with good prioritization and time management skills.

 

Good computer skills, especially good management of Office Package

 

Good problem-solving skill

HOW TO APPLY:

Please submit CV and cover letter including earliest available start date and salary expectations to: [email protected] Subject Line:  Accountant -Erbil-Your Name. Please note applications are accepted on a rolling basis. 

Thank you very much for your interest, as we are not able to reply to all applications, if your profile meets our needs we will keep in on file for future opportunities. Shortlisted candidates will be contacted in due time