Country Finance and Administration Officer at COOPI - Cooperazione Internazionale

He/she ensures the correct accountancy and administrative management for the projects in compliance with the contract (included budget) and of COOPI and the donor’s procedures. 

RESPONSIBILITIES: 

Safe and bank account management: He/she ensures the correct management of the safesand the project’s bank accounts, by directly managing or by regularly controlling the project accountant, if available. 

Accountancy management: He/she ensures the correct project accountancy andall accountancy documents filing. He/she does this by monitoring the accountants or by directly performing the accountancy, in case there was no accountant.

Administrative management: #In collaboration with the project manager He/she verifies the correct administrative management of theprojects (contracts, goods and services purchase, calls for tenders etc.) in compliance with COOPI and the donor’s procedures. He/she ensures the correct filing of all project’s administrative documents.

Expenses planning and monitoring#:In collaboration with the Project Manager (and thelogistician if present) he/she makes the project’s financial planning. He/she monitors expenses, in accordance with the budget. He/she provides the accountancy data to the ProjectManager so as to allow him to monitor and plan the expenditures and to request funds.

Contract modifications and administrative documents:He/she collaborates with the Project Manager in the elaboration of contract modifications (including the budget), and in the preparation of all necessary projects documents.

Financial reporting: In coordination with the Coutry Director and with the Project Manager he/she prepares the intermediate and final reports for theprojects under his/her responsibility.

Budget preparation: if requested by the Country Director he/she participates to new projects’ budget writing.

Staff management:He/she plans the work, supervises, and collaborateto train the staff of the project’s accounting-administrative area upon request by the Country Director. Upon request her/she collaboratesto staff evaluation activities.