The Country Admin/Finance Coordinator is responsible for the proper administrative, accounting, and financial management of the Country Coordination Office and the proper administrative management of interventions in various project locations.
Key duties
- Coordinating, supervising and supporting the local administrative team responsible for maintaining the Country Coordination accounting records and the Country Budget
- Preparing quarterly funding requests for the Country Coordination Office with the Country Manager
- Ensuring compliance with current local regulations (tax, labor law, legal, and general administrative matters)
- Managing relationships with banks, supervising cash and bank accounts and providing for the transfers of funds to the projects
- Assisting the Country Manager in drafting budgets for new projects
- Recruiting and selecting national administrative-accounting staff
- Ensuring the administrative management of national staff in compliance with the country’s regulations (including preparing standard employment contract formats, defining contractual levels according to the salary grids, payment of salaries, social security contributions and insurance)
- Supervising administrative practices related to international staff
- Ensuring the operational execution of the Country Safety Plan in the event of an emergency
- Guaranteeing compliance with administrative procedures
- Ensuring the sound management of NGO’s real estate and property assets
- Participating in budgeting and controlling processes
Requirements
Requirements
- Degree in Accounting, University Degree in Economics or equivalent title
- Excellent knowledge of English
- Good knowledge of Italian
- Solid experience in admin/finance management of international cooperation projects in fragile countries and/or low resources settings
- Previous experience as Country Admin Coordinator will be considered an asset
