International Accounts Officer

5 months ago


Birmingham, United Kingdom Islamic Relief Worldwide Full time

Salary: £25,778 per annum

Location: Birmingham

Contract Type: Fixed-term

Hours: Full Time

**The Vacancy**

Islamic Relief Worldwide is an independent humanitarian and development organisation, serving humanity for over 39 years. With an active presence in over 40 countries across the globe, we strive to make the world a better and fairer place for those affected by poverty, conflict and natural disasters.

IRW’s Finance and Corporate Services division is recruiting for the position of ‘International Accounts Officer’ on a fixed-term basis for a minimum of 6 months to join its International Financial Accounting team based out of its offices in Birmingham, UK. The organisation is currently working to a hybrid working model.

The purpose of the role is to ensure the accuracy and timeliness of IRW and Country offices fund transfers ledger reconciliation. You will monitor and track project documentations are all saved in appropriate files and monthly review to ensure all projects invoicing in IRW ledger is complete, as well as contributing to the continuous improvement of the team within Islamic Relief.
- Degree in Accountancy/Finance
- Immediate Level Qualified or studying final level of AAT/ACCA/CIMA/ICAEW professional qualifications.
- Thorough understanding of donor contractual invoicing; accruals and prepayments.
- Experience of donor, Country office accounting, budgets and yearend financial reporting.
- Well organised and efficient ability to manage competing deadlines within set time constraints.
- Good Excel skills; in designing and manipulating reports.
- Experience of providing both challenge and support to a range of stakeholders including non-financial audiences at all levels in the organisation.
- Ability to exercise judgment and take decisions on unexpected problems.
- Good written communication skills, able to prepare written procedures, reports and deliver internal presentations.
- Verbal skills to communicate with all levels in an organisation and explain technical or complex financial aspects in a wide range of situations.
- Must have previous exposure and experience of partner and institution’s financial compliance.
- Experience in operating and extracting data from complex accounting systems.
- Experience of budgeting for project activities, monitor and report on financial activities and undertaken appropriate analysis.
- Good all round business acumen and an understanding of the role of the Finance department in adding value to operational decision making.
- Ability to drive through continuous improvement.
- Experience in operating and extracting data from complex accounting systems.

**For more information, please click on the Documents tab above to view the full Job Description.**

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**PLEASE NOTE**:Interviews are expected to take place on an ongoing basis until a suitable appointment is made. Therefore, the advert may be taken down sooner than the advertised expiry date.

**Pre-employment Checks**:

- screening clearance
- proof of eligibility to live and work within the UK
- receipt of satisfactory references

**Our values and commitment to safeguarding**

IRW is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour at work including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and financial misconduct; and committed to promoting the welfare of children, young people, adults and beneficiaries with whom IRW engages. IRW expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment through our code of conduct. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our values are recruited to work for us.

The post holder will undertake the appropriate level of training and is responsible for ensuring that they understand and work within the safeguarding policies of the organisation.

In line with this Scheme, we will request information from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment.
- Islamic Relief is an equal opportunities employer_

**Job Types**: Full-time, Temporary contract, Fixed term contract

**Salary**: £25,778.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Free parking
- On-site parking

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Birmingham: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

**Experience**:

- Accounting: 1 year (preferred)
- bookkeeping: 1 year (preferred)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Birmingham



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