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INTERSOS Vacancy Details

Job Title Liquidity Advisor Code SR-00-5221 Deadline 29/09/2023 Country Head Quarters Duty Station Rome Starting date 02/10/2023 Contract duration 12 months Reporting to Director of Finance Functional Supervisor Director of Finance Supervision of n/a Dependents Non-family duty station General context of the project

INTERSOS is a humanitarian organisation founded in 1992, working on the frontlines of crisis situations. In its countries of operation, INTERSOS intervenes to assist the most vulnerable populations affected by conflicts, extreme poverty, natural and manmade disasters in challenging and hard-to-reach areas, where the humanitarian needs continue to be the greatest and where the humanitarian presence is often weak. In such contexts, INTERSOS focuses on providing forcibly displaced populations and host communities with life-saving humanitarian assistance, in the areas of Protection, Health & Nutrition, as well as WASH and Shelter.

INTERSOS operations are guided by its Charter of Values and by the humanitarian principles of humanity, neutrality, impartiality, and independence. Every intervention is characterized by the centrality of the human being, the principle from which INTERSOS values descend. Specifically, INTERSOS is borderless, impartial, independent, sensitive to local cultures, attentive to local capacity, professional in solidarity, and transparent. INTERSOS also adheres to the Code of Conduct for the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and NGOs in Disaster Relief.

The Finance Department is intentioned to highly prioritizethis sensitive subject by investing in new capacities and technical solutionsto improve the current planning and monitoring system of cash-flow, consistentwith the new size of the organization.

General purpose of the position

Streamline the financial support through strategic information on liquidity margin, financial risk and working capital, aimed at taking effective decision making

Main responsibilities and tasks

Design and implement a reliable Forecasting system for cash-flows (both incoming and outgoing) harmonized for HQ Rome and Missions.

Improve the tools at HQ Rome, Regional office and Mission level for the ongoing liquidity monitoring.

Monitor on a daily basis the general instalment plan at HQ, by encompassing bank transfers to Missions, reimbursements to Rome, liquidity offsetting. This function requires a regular liaising with HQ International Accounting unit, Country Finance Coordinators, Regional Finance Coordinators, HQ Archive manager.

Establish in agreement with Director of Finance the optimal level of liquidity buffer in order to develop financial strategies with banks in pursuit of the organizational strategic objectives.

Monitor thresholds to ensure current liquidity risk exposure does not deviate too much from targets and stays within the bank’s liquidity risk tolerance and risk appetite

Support Missions and Regional offices by providing technical advice in offsetting financial operations and developing practices for optimizing cash resources among different countries based on deposit availability and liquidity needs.

Produce liquidity reporting on a quarterly basis that aggregates and presents metrics and results to the Senior Management.

Effectively contributing to the analysis of specific variables impacting on liquidity (i.e., exchange rate fluctuation)

Education

University degree (Economics, Finance or any other relevant topic)

Professional experience

At least 3 years of experience with Risk Management, Numerical Analysis, Accounting, Finance and other Control functions

Prior experience with banking or financial services is a plus

Professional requirements

Strong proficiency with Excel is essential

Knowledge of platforms (or ERP) for financial services/cashflow forecast

Languages

Fluent knowledge of English is mandatory

Italian and French languages are an asset

Personal requirements

Ability to work independently in a fast-paced and dynamic environment;

Attention to detail and a proactive, problem-solving approach are required;

Good interpersonal communication and relationship-building skills;

Strong analytical thinking

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