The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC offers lifesaving care and life-changing assistance to refugees forced to flee from war or disaster. At work today in over 40 countries and 22 U.S. cities, we restore safety, dignity and hope to millions who are uprooted and struggling to endure. The IRC leads the way from harm to home.

The International Rescue Committee has been working in Somalia since 2006, providing essential services to conflict and disaster affected communities. The IRC has been operational in Central Somalia (Mudug and Galgadud regions) and Mogadishu implementing interventions in the areas of livelihood, WASH, Governance, and peacebuilding, GBV, Nutrition, education and health reaching out to more than 200,000 conflict and drought affected people.

The finance intern will work with finance Officer to do payments, filing and other

accounting processes.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assisting all aspects of day-to-day operations of accounting department in field office.
• Assist in the implementation of Finance policies, procedures, and systems.
• Ensure compliance with IRC procedures and guidelines
• Assisting in processing of payments in Finance dept by writing cheques, facilitating
• approvals
• Maintain petty cash and raise payment as per the need
• Assisting the Senior Finance Officer in Copying Finance documents
• Stamping ‘Receive’ once the payment comes to the Finance Office and ‘paid’ on all
• documents once cash vouchers and cheques are signed and cash and cheques
• disbursed and before filing
• Maintain an organized and well documented (all files must be labeled properly and
• visibly) and sequential filing system for all disbursement vouchers
• Assist in the retrieval and putting back documentation for audit purposes.

Accounting

• Assist in compiling accruals for closing grants and preparing journals
• Compilation of commitments for input in Integra system.
• Be receptive to the training IRC will give to develop your technical and professional
• competence
• Be adaptable and flexible with a view to taking on board new tasks and new
• assignments in due course

Required Qualifications

• Diploma of Commerce (Accounting or finance option) or equivalent

Required Competencies:

• Knowledge in Excel
• Knowledge of basic accounting