Finance Associate — Global Humanitarian Finance

WFP - World Food Programme; Çankaya; On-site; TRY 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

World Food Programme (WFP) in Turkey is seeking a finance professional to provide procedural and technical support in finance and budgeting. The role emphasizes compliance with WFP policies, cash management, and timely processing of payments and invoices across internal staff and external suppliers.

Qualifications include a Bachelor's degree in Finance/Accounting/Economics with substantial experience and a preference for professional finance certification.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field with minimum 6 years of relevant experience.
• Professional finance certification is desired.

Responsibilities

• Provide procedural and technical support to staff within the areas of finance and budget, to ensure compliance with WFP financial policies, rules and regulations.
• Support the development and implementation of financial policies and procedures, and assist in setup and implementation of proper accounting procedures, systems and cash controls.
• Monitor the daily cash position in order to optimize the use of surplus cash and maximize returns on investment through the liquidity portfolio.
• Monitor the centralised registry system in order to process all payments to internal staff and invoices to external suppliers in a timely manner and in accordance with WFP standards.
• Contribute to the preparation, implementation and monitoring of budgets, monitor expenditure and budget forecasts, to ensure that relevant future funding requirements are met.
• Coordinate with other teams in order to ensure that all financial and administrative services are being performed efficiently and in line with the needs of the wider team.
• Monitor account balances and process financial transactions in an accurate and timely manner, to avoid the occurrence of an overdraft.
• Monitor and analyse general ledger accounts in order to initiate and achieve corrective actions.
• Compile data from the WFP database and systems in order to assist in generating and analysing financial reports on a monthly basis.
• Allocate tasks to other support staff, provide guidance and on-the-job training in management of financial resources, to ensure services are delivered consistently and to the required standards.
• Remain on stand-by and follow standard emergency preparedness practices in order to meet immediate emergency requirements for further service on the job and in the field.

Skills

Fluent English

Turkish language

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance/Accounting/Economics

Job description

World Food Programme (WFP) in Turkey is seeking a finance professional to provide procedural and technical support in finance and budgeting. The role emphasizes compliance with WFP policies, cash management, and timely processing of payments and invoices across internal staff and external suppliers.

Qualifications include a Bachelor's degree in Finance/Accounting/Economics with substantial experience and a preference for professional finance certification.