REPORTING TO: Budget Manager

Dotted line reports: Deputy Finance Director

ROLE TYPE: Full Time, 1 year FTC

CLOSING DATE: 25th of August,2024

ABOUT ARK:

 ARK is a social enterprise, empowers local communities through the provision of agile and sustainable interventions to create greater stability, opportunity, and hope for the future.

 We believe that strong, resilient communities are the foundation of local, national, regional and international development and stability – and ultimately a safer, peaceful and more prosperous world. At ARK, we have delivered research and programmatic interventions validating this approach in over twenty countries since 2008. As a social enterprise we work in partnership with communities, our donors, and other implement

Purpose of the Department:

The purpose of ARK's Finance department is to manage the financial operations and activities of the organization, ensuring compliance with financial policies, procedures, and regulatory requirements. The Finance department is essential in maintaining ARK's financial sustainability, accountability, and transparency, thereby enabling the organization to fulfil its mission and deliver impactful programs and projects to build local capacities, generate opportunity and bring about sustainable change.

Learn more about our impact here: https://www.ark.international/impact

Purpose of the Role:

The purpose of the Finance assistant role is to support the Finance officer by making data entry, expense tracking, and maintaining accounting records. This role ensures the timely processing of accounts payable and receivable, cash, and bank transactions. By doing so, the finance assistant helps uphold operational efficiency, facilitates accurate financial reporting, and supports the overall financial management and successful implementation of projects, particularly for the YCRA & BPY project in Yemen.

Key Accountabilities and Deliverables

• Works closely with the Finance Officer to ensure smooth operation of all finance matters.
• Verify and authenticate source documents such as invoices and receipts in accordance with approval mechanisms and financial procedures.
• Record assigned financial transactions in regional accounting software (Acumatica/Microsoft Dynamics), including AP, AR, GL, cash, and bank transactions.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date financial records and ensure the accounts are reconciled.
• Provide guidance to new finance staff members on finance forms.
• Perform regular cash, bank, and AP reconciliations under supervision of finance officer.
• Addressing pending accounting and finance issues, including accruals, prepayments, deposits, insurances, and depreciations.