Finance Intern

JOB ADVERTISEMENT – Finance Intern

SCI employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realise the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard.

We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:

• No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday
• All children learn from a quality basic education and that,
• Violence against children is no longer tolerated

We know that great people make a great organization, and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children. We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive workplace where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.

CHILD SAFEGUARDING:

Level 2: either the post holder will have access to personal data about children and/or young people as part of their work; or the post holder will be working in a ‘regulated’ position (accountant, barrister, solicitor, legal executive); therefore, a police check will be required (at ‘standard’ level in the UK or equivalent in other countries).

ROLE PURPOSE: 

The purpose of this post is to support the Finance department in the collecting supporting documents both as hard and soft copies, reviewing financial reports of partners and reviewing per diems, expense claims, payment voucher, advance requests and advance returns. The position involves supporting the finance team in internal control and archiving.

Under the direction of Finance Officer, the Finance Intern will be responsible for supporting the finance team in all kinds of archiving, including collecting supporting documents, uploading soft copies to finance archive, keeping track of all expenses occurred in SCI TCO.

SCOPE OF ROLE:

Reports to: Finance Officer

Staff reporting to this post: N/A

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

Partners:

• Review financial documents that received from SCI partners through; matching the amount on the supporting documents with the amount on the transaction list; ensure that the expenditure has been incurred within the project period and identify missing supporting documents, if any.
• Organize and archive the hard/soft copy of SCI partners documents in a way that allows for tracking from Transaction List to the source payment vouchers or documents.
• Support other Finance team in review payments request for the SCI partners.

Direct Implementation and Field Office:

• Reviewing Payment Vouchers, Per Diem & Expense Claims submitted by SCI staff. Properly archiving hard and soft copies.
• Reviewing Advance Request and Advance Returns of SCI staff. Tracking advances and properly archiving hard and soft copies.
• Make sure all supporting documentation and approvals are obtained before finalizing payments; verify invoices and fulfil that the equipment, supplies or services they refer to were duly received or provided before proceeding with payment request.

Centralized Tasks:

• Support finance team at finding related documents for internal and external audits.
• Complete any other tasks as required by other Finance team.

BEHAVIOURS (Values in Practice)

Accountability:

• Holds self accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values

Ambition:      

• Sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages their team to do the same

Collaboration:

• Builds and maintains effective relationships with colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters

• Values diversity and different people’s perspectives, able to work cross-culturally.

Creativity:

• Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions

Integrity:

Honest, encourages openness and transparency, builds trust and confidence

QUALIFICATIONS 

• Bachelor’s Degree in related field.

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

• Good verbal and written communication skills in English and Turkish.
• Strong Excell knowledge and good documentation skills.
• Ability to work well with a team and establish relationships with other teams/offices
• Cultural awareness and ability to work well in an international environment with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures.
• Good time management and planning capacity

Position holder will be based in Hatay, therefore legal right to work in Türkiye is necessary at the time of application.