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Pay Range
$64,647 - $77,268 Annually
Project Overview
Catholic Relief Services is implementing a global emergency response initiative designed to deliver timely, life‑saving humanitarian assistance in rapidly evolving crises worldwide. Over 18 months, the program enables fast, flexible action to address urgent needs arising from sudden shocks and protracted emergencies. It supports critical humanitarian sectors through context‑appropriate assistance while emphasizing operational readiness, locally led implementation, accountability to affected communities, and safe, dignified programming. The initiative strengthens the organization’s ability to respond at speed and scale in complex and resource‑constrained environments, ensuring help reaches people most in need when it matters most.
Job Summary
The Finance Officer Sr supports the RAPID’s overall financial management systems, policies, and procedures in alignment with CRS accounting standards, Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), donor regulations, and local legal requirements. As part of an experienced finance team, the Finance Officer helps coordinate daily financial activities through preparation and delivery of financial services The Finance Officer Sr is responsible for consolidating RAPID’s financial processes, including transaction reviews, account analysis, compliance monitoring, and financial reporting and reconciliations, to ensure strong stewardship of RAPID’s resources across all countries.
Roles and Key Responsibilities
Review and validate supporting documentation of financial transactions to ensure all required documents are accurate and complete.
Help to ensure the setting up and maintenance of all data required for processing financial transactions for assigned accounts in financial accounting systems.
Ensure the recording of financial transactions following appropriate authorizations. Review and analyze various accounts to detect irregularities. Advise on corrective actions and prepare correcting entries and adjustments, as necessary.
Work with the finance CP teams to clear all open advances and other receivables.
Participate to evaluate and monitor subrecipient financial management processes in accordance with policy. Contribute to strengthening the capacity of partners in financial accounting and transactions.
Prepare various, periodic and ad hoc financial reports. Perform variance analyses to assist with decision-making and proper management of financial resources.
Work with the DFM to clear discrepancies after reconciliation between GL, PPM reports and SF-245 federal financial report Provide information to subrecipients and staff on financial accounting policies and procedural compliance issues and contribute to capacity strengthening.