Finance Officer

Location: Dessie, Ethiopia

Job Description

The Opportunity (Finance Officer)

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY: 

• Prepares bank payment voucher for approved payments and effect the payment.
• Ensure supplier/vendors are paid on time and legal receipt is received for all effected payments and attach to the payment documents.
• Handle petty cash of the field office and maintain proper petty cash recording/register
• Prepares petty cash payment voucher and effects approved cash payment up to petty cash limit of the program.
• Follow up on staff work advance and travel advance to be settled timely.
• Properly coding of all bank and petty cash transactions as per chart of account coding classification.
• Collect cash with appropriate voucher and deposit cash collections intact to bank account.
• Ensure safe custody of Filed office’s Petty Cash fund, uncollected cheque, new cheque pads & bid bonds, and other legal documents related to finance.
• Prepare General Ledger and Cash Offline Spread sheet (GLACOS for all transactions that to be reviewed and posted by the Finance Coordinator/Manager
• Proper documentation of all financial documents
• Scan All financial documents & paid stamp

To be successful, you will bring/have:

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

Bachelor’s degree in a related subject or equivalent accounting qualification (can be in progress) • Good computer skills especially in spreadsheet & data analysis (excel) and familiarity with accounting software is preferred.

EXPEREINCE

• Recommended 2+ years of relevant work experience in NGO.
• Previous experience working in payments department
• Good sense of responsibility, and commitment to confidentiality.
• Excellent organizing & communications skills
• Ability and willingness to change work practices and hours, and work with incoming teams in the event of major emergencies
• Commitment to and understanding of Save the Children’s aims, values and principles including rights-based approaches.
• Proficiency in spoken and written English, Amharic and Afar af is advantageous.
• Experience of Agresso Financial Management software
• Experience of working with major donors to International NGOs

 

We offer a competitive package in the context of the sector (if you prefer to add a specific salary range please do).

The Organisation

We 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 environment where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.

Application Information:

Please attach a copy of your CV and cover letter with your application, and include details of your current remuneration and salary expectations.  A copy of the full role profile can be found at www.savethechildren.net/careers

We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

All employees are expected to carry out their duties in accordance with our global anti-harassment policy.

 

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