Description:
Employment Type: Contract (3-5yrs)
Duties and Responsibilities
The finance officer, under the supervision of the CEO, will carry out the following:
- Provide operational oversight function on cash/bank transactions in the finance unit
- Ensure accuracy of all data required for processing financial transactions to assigned accounts into financial accounting package and systems.
- Participate in the improvement of the accounting system and internal control.
- Follow up and review all project-related travel requests and liquidations in line with travel policy.
- Prepare bank reconciliation statements on a monthly basis for review by the Finance Lead timely.
- Monitor balances in account receivables and payables, prepare reports on material exceptions to policies or identify long outstanding ones for corrective actions
- Ensure that all statutory deductions are promptly remitted to the relevant statutory authority monthly
- Assist in conducting training on financial matters for the project team when necessary.
- Support the preparation of monthly and end-of-project financial reports
- Accomplish other tasks as requested by the Managemement.
Requirements:
- Provide operational oversight function on cash/bank transactions in the finance unit
- Ensure accuracy of all data required for processing financial transactions to assigned accounts into financial accounting package and systems.
- Participate in the improvement of the accounting system and internal control.
- Follow up and review all project-related travel requests and liquidations in line with travel policy.
- Prepare bank reconciliation statements on a monthly basis for review by the Finance Lead timely.
- Monitor balances in account receivables and payables, prepare reports on material exceptions to policies or identify long outstanding ones for corrective actions
- Ensure that all statutory deductions are promptly remitted to the relevant statutory authority monthly
- Assist in conducting training on financial matters for the project team when necessary.
- Support the preparation of monthly and end-of-project financial reports
- Accomplish other tasks as requested by the Managemement.
- Financial Management: 4 to 5 years
- Debtor/Creditor: 4 to 5 years
- Finance Sector: 6 to 7 years
- Degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field is strongly preferred.
- A minimum of 4 years of progressive financial management experience on development projects is required.
- Experience and knowledge of global and local regulations, policies, procedures, and familiarity with subgrants
- management is an advantage.
- Fluency in English is required.
- Strong analytical and computer skills, especially with accounting software, spreadsheets, and financial analysis, and knowledge of the usage of Quick Book, Sage etc are preferred.
- Degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field is strongly preferred.
- A minimum of 4 years of progressive financial management experience on development projects is required.
- Experience and knowledge of global and local regulations, policies, procedures, and familiarity with subgrants
- management is an advantage.
- Fluency in English is required.
- Strong analytical and computer skills, especially with accounting software, spreadsheets, and financial analysis, and knowledge of the usage of Quick Book, Sage etc are preferred.
12 Apr 2024;
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