Finance Assistant

Finance Assistant – Cashier AU Office

Cluster or office- African Union Office

Duty station -Addis Abeba

Contract duration-31/12/2026

The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH is a global service provider in the field of international cooperation for sustainable development dedicated to shaping a future worth living around the world. As a public-benefit federal enterprise, GIZ supports the German Government – in particular the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) – and many public and private sector clients in achieving their objectives in international cooperation in around 120 countries.

Since 2004, GIZ has been a reliable and trusted partner of the African Union (AU) to enhance inclusive growth and sustainable development on the African continent in line with the AU’s Agenda 2063: The Africa We Want. With more than 225 staff, GIZ African Union cooperates with the AU Commission, as well as the AU’s specialized institutions and agencies, such as the Development Agency AUDA-NEPAD, at continental, regional and national level in more than 35 member states. Key areas of engagement include Peacebuilding and Conflict Prevention, Governance and Migration, Regional Economic Integration, as well as Pandemic Prevention and Health.

The GIZ African Union Office headquartered in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia with further staff based in South Africa, Ghana and Germany provides services and support in the areas of procurement, financial management, events and travel, human resources, internal operations, communication and portfolio management to all GIZ programmes and projects that are implemented in partnership with the African Union

In your role as Finance Assistant in the GIZ African Union office you will work on all payments via cashbox and TeleBirr for all projects of the African Union Portfolio.

Responsibilities

Your main task will be:

1. Cash Management in WINPACCS:
   • Enter payment amounts WINPACCS system for authorization as per mandate on a daily base.
   • Present physical vouchers to Bookkeeper for posting and booking.
   • Enter paid cash vouchers to cash book respectively
   • Fill in the cash reconciliation form.
   • Print out the WINPACCS cashbook balance at the end of month.
   • Ensure the closure of the month for cashbox cash
2. Payment Processing:
   • Initiate transactions for each payment.
   • Present physical documents to HoAF confirmation and initial the payments
3. Invoice Handling:
   • Receive invoices and payment requests, ensuring they are original, stamped, and signed by supplier and conform with the local VAT requests.
   • Check supporting documents and material correctness from project level and AU Office level for invoices.
4. Feedback and Reporting:
   • Send scanned copy of voucher for personal refunds and payment confirmation on request.
   • Update the digital Archive on payment of invoice/request.
   • Preparation for the monthly report for VAT claim in the electronical system
5. Cash payment via TeleBirr
   • Confirmation the payments via TeleBirr
   • Enter payment amounts WINPACCS system for authorization as per mandate on a daily base.
   • Present physical vouchers to Bookkeeper for posting and booking.
   • Enter paid cash vouchers to cash book respectively
   • Fill in the cash reconciliation form.
   • Print out the WINPACCS cashbook balance at the end of month.
   • Ensure the closure of the month for cashbox cash

• All other tasks related to the work as Cashier in the AU Portfolio

Qualifications

Required qualifications, competences and experience

Qualifications

• Completion of a university studies or similar in the field of business administration, public administration, Accounting or related field.

Professional experience

• At least 3 – 5 years of professional working experience in a similar position
• Experience in Accounting and bookkeeping for projects
• Knowledge of GIZ rules and regulations and finance Tools who are used in GIZ
• Knowledge of the rules for VAT, WHT in Ethiopia

Other knowledge, additional competences

• Knowledge of different donors funded projects (f.ex. EU, DEZA, US-AID….)
• Ability to prioritize and plan work activities and use time efficiently
• Working in a divers and agile team under the aspect of new working world
• Strong communication competences with different stakeholders
• Willingness to upskill as required by the tasks to be performed
• Very good knowledge of Office 365, SAP, others
• Very good English knowledge, French and German is an advantage