Finance Officer, Caribbean Resilience Initiative (CRI), Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands, Jamaica, or Saint Lucia
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Role Summary
Join Mercy Corps as a Finance Officer for the Caribbean Resilience Initiative, requiring valid work authorization in your base country.
About the Organisation
Mercy Corps is powered by the belief that a better world is possible. To do this, we know our teams do their best work when they are diverse and every team member feels that they belong. We welcome diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and skills so that we can be stronger and have long term impact. Achieving our mission starts with how we build our team and collaborate. By bringing together individuals with a variety of experiences, backgrounds and perspectives, we strengthen our ability to solve complex challenges and drive innovation. We foster a culture of trust and respect, where every team member is valued for their contributions, empowered to reach their full potential and motivated to do their best work.
Key Responsibilities
SAFEGUARDING RESPONSIBILITIES
● Actively learns about safeguarding and integrates it into their work, including safeguarding risks and mitigations related to their area of work.
● Practices the values of Mercy Corps including respecting the dignity and well-being of participants and fellow team members.
● Encourages openness and communication in their team; encourages team members to submit reports if they have any concerns using reporting mechanisms e.g., Integrity Hotline and other options.
- Maintain banking files, banking relationships and related correspondence.
- Conduct financial reviews of purchase requests, purchase orders and payment requests within delegated authority levels.
- Support month-end and year-end close processes and maintain accurate accounting records.
- Assist with subgrant compliance follow-up activities.
- Manage cash advances, payroll support and statutory remittances.
- Process payments and prepare monthly bank reconciliations.
- Maintain grant files and supporting financial documentation.
- Monitor cash and bank balances and assist with cash flow requests.
- Assist in operational budget preparation and financial data entry.
- Support audit requests and other duties as assigned.
- Support grant budget monitoring, forecasting and variance analysis (BVA), identifying potential spending risks and opportunities.
- Prepare financial reports and supporting schedules for management review and donor reporting requirements.
- Support grant start-up, budget modifications and closeout activities.
- Assist with subrecipient financial reviews, partner reporting and financial due diligence processes.
- Conduct compliance reviews of financial transactions and support the maintenance of strong internal controls.
- Support financial system integrity and ensure accurate financial data management within organizational systems.
- Coordinate audit documentation and support follow-up actions on audit findings and recommendations.
- Provide financial guidance to program and operations teams and support decision-making through financial analysis.
Working Conditions
\- Protect lives
\- Protect livelihoods
\- Protect food and water security and
\- Protect ecosystems and natural resources
Mercy Corps began this work following the historic 2016 hurricane season. Since then, with the help of our donors, more than $34 million has been put toward preparedness, response and climate resilience programming in the Caribbean. Mercy Corps has learned that empowering people and their communities with flexible assets and knowledge is the best way to measurably protect lives and livelihoods.
The Caribbean Resilience Initiative (CRI) is a sub-regional structure within Mercy Corps which aims to positively impact those communities most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change across multiple Caribbean jurisdictions. Current funded projects are strengthening markets and employment opportunities in collaboration with community based organizations across Jamaica, Grenada, Dominican Republic, Trinida and Tobago, St Vincent and Grenadines; and building centers of community resilience, including solar, water, community gardens, and disaster preparedness, in Saint Lucia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Jamaica, US Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and the Bahamas.
Eligibility Criteria
Candidates must have valid work authorization in the respective country of application.
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