The Danish Refugee Council ( DRC ) is one of the world’s leading humanitarian NGOs, working in over 40 countries to provide appropriate assistance with a rights-based approach to refugees, asylum seekers, internally displaced persons, returnees and migrants.
Our vision is to help refugees, internally displaced people and their host communities to a dignified life. We protect lives and human rights and empower beneficiaries throughout conflict displacement by providing shelter, food and hope in terms of work, education and integration towards a sustainable future.
DRC established an operational presence in Colombia in 2011 with a focus on Humanitarian Mine Action (HMA) and providing support to the conflict-affected population in the south of the country. With the onset of large mixed migration flows into Colombia due to the Venezuelan crisis, DRC initiated an integrated humanitarian response in 2018 to meet the urgent needs of refugees, asylum seekers, migrants, Colombian returnees, and host communities in some of the most vulnerable areas of Colombia, such as the Caribbean coastal areas (Riohacha and Barranquilla), urban centers (Bogotá and Cundinamarca), and Caquetá. In 2021, DRC opened field offices on the South Pacific coast in the department of Nariño and the northern part of Colombia in Norte de Santander and Bolívar.
About the work
We work to enable communities emerging from conflict to regain access to their homes and support the efforts of governments, relief and development organisations to enable community recovery and transition to social and economic development.
DRC is currently seeking a Finance Assistant for the Support area who, through his/her management, will support ACM’s Comprehensive Action Against Mines program implemented in municipalities in the department of Nariño.
Position: Finance Assistant
Job Objective:
The Fund will be responsible for supporting the financial operations of the Base to comply with internal and external requirements and legal regulations, in accordance with DRC and donor standards.
Responsibilities
Accounting and Treasury Management:
- Prepare and record payments to suppliers and/or service providers through accruals, checks (disbursement vouchers) and/or electronic transfers in DRC Colombia’s accounting systems.
- Manage the cash in the general treasury of the Llorente base.
- Record all transactions made by the entity in the DRC Colombia accounting systems.
- Prepare information for accounting closings in DRC Dynamics.
- Prepare accounting reports related to banks, cash registers, and income as required.
- Prepare bank account and cash reconciliations.
- Keep track of advances on a monthly basis in accordance with the procedures established by DRC.
- Check travel expenses according to the travel tables established by DRC in Colombia.
- Support other offices with tax, DRC Dynamics and other issues considered relevant.
- Attend special training as required.
- Work within the framework of DRC core values and standards.
Budget and Financial Management:
- Track the organization’s own income.
Audit management:
- Support the organization of external and internal audits and requests for information from donors/HEADQUARTERS.
- Support the consolidation, review and presentation of information for audits.
- Respond to audit requests
Accounting documentation:
- Maintain both physical and digital records of supporting documents, accounting vouchers, statements, bank and cash books.
- Check that the accounting supports comply with the legal, accounting and tax requirements and procedures.
Tax management:
- Support the preparation and settlement of taxes.
- Support the development of exogenous information.
- Support the requirements requested by the tax administration.
- Assist in collecting, reviewing, correcting and archiving all donor financial progress reports.
- Support the preparation of financial reports to donors and internal stakeholders.
Safety and Health at Work
- Seek comprehensive care for your health.
- Actively participate in the formation of the COPASST – Workplace Coexistence Committee – Emergency Brigades, as well as the activities they carry out.
- Comply with the rules, regulations and instructions of the SST SG.
- Report any potential hazards and risks at your workplace in a timely manner.
- Attend SST training defined by the SG-SST training program.
- Ensure that your workplace and work area are kept in order and clean.
- Provide clear, truthful and complete information about your health status.
- Immediately report any work accidents, incidents (near accidents) and illnesses diagnosed as occupational to the SST area and your immediate supervisor.
- Report to the immediate supervisor the need to take corrective or preventive actions, which correspond to real or potential non-conformities of the process to which it belongs.
- Participate in training activities, drills and those scheduled by occupational health and safety.
- Participate and contribute to compliance with the SG-SST policy and objectives.
All DRC staff are expected to undertake the following general duties :
- Work within the framework of DRC’s core values and standards.
- Be familiar with and adhere to all DRC policies and procedures.
- Carry out their work in conditions and living standards that may be basic and not adjusted to conventional domestic standards.
- Assume their role in a manner appropriate to the cultural context and within the local legal framework.
Experience and Technical Skills:
- Essential: Minimum 1 year of work experience in finance and administration positions.
- Handling of office tools, especially MS Excel (Advanced).
- Basic command of PowerPoint and Word.
- Knowledge and experience to ensure compliance with the tax, accounting and other laws relevant to Colombian legislation.
Desirable:
- Experience in finance in non-profit organizations.
Skills:
- Ability to work independently and autonomously.
- Organizational capacity.
- Assertive communication.
- Ability to work under pressure and multitask.
- Ability to solve everyday situations.
Education:
University degree in Finance, Accounting, Industrial Engineering, Business Administration or related fields.
Languages:
- Intermediate English desirable.
We offer:
- The opportunity to belong to one of the best NGOs worldwide.
- Employment contract: fixed-term of 6 months with all legal benefits, renewable based on performance and availability of funds.
- Salary: starting at $2,367,000 – $2,664,000, COP monthly depending on the candidate’s experience and skills.
- Start date: Subject to allocation of funds.
- Prepaid medicine, 100% coverage of the policy for the employee and special price for beneficiaries.
- Access to over 1,000 free online trainings and certificates.
- Salary and conditions in accordance with the terms of employment in Colombia.
Application Process:
All applicants must upload a cover letter (maximum one page) and a current resume (no more than four pages)
If you apply, it is understood that you are immediately available to work in these locations: Southern Colombia, municipalities of Llorente (Tumaco), Nariño.
Applications sent by email will not be considered!
Closing date for applications : Sunday, January 12, 2025 11:59 pm Local Time
Please register through the website www.drc.ngo . Id 172859/ position: Finance Assistant.
The applicant who applies for this call authorizes DRC to validate the personal information provided in the resume. Your identification will be verified in public and private databases for the exclusive use of validating the information, in accordance with our anti-fraud, money laundering and terrorist financing policies.
The applicant who freely and voluntarily wishes to take part in the selection process to fill the position of this call, must strictly adhere to the rules that apply to the subject (suitability of the degrees presented, execution of tests on a personal and individual basis and veracity of the information) adhering to the DRC manuals and anti-fraud policies, under penalty of declaring disqualified the applicant who incurs in any irregularity in the opinion of the organization, even by mere suspicion, and even in possible criminal conduct according to Colombian legislation.
How to apply
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