Finance Officer – Ethiopia Reads, Ethiopia

Ethiopia Reads is a foreign non profitable, nongovernmental organization established with the aim of promoting reading culture and family literacy in Ethiopia, in order to bring hope, vision and educational skills to this generation of Ethiopian children. Ethiopia Reads would like to invite dynamic and creative applicants for the following position.

Main Duties & Responsibilities

• Analyse source documents, processing invoices with corresponding nominal coding for completeness, accuracy & validity of charges.
• Examine incorrect recordings in different accounts & take appropriate adjustments.
• Dealing with staff members & third parties queries. (External auditors, suppliers, donors…) with regards to the financial terms.
• Establish tables of accounts & assign entries to proper accounts.
• Develop, implement, modify & document recordkeeping & accounting systems, making use of current computer technology.
• Maintenance of daily bank transaction reports & overseeing a balance in outgoing & incoming funds.
• Prepare wire requests & bank reconciliation on timely basis.
• Posting financial data.

No. of Position: 1 (one)

Sex:  Male/ Female

Educational Qualification

• BA/Diploma in Accounting, Business Administration or related field or Diploma in the same field from recognized University/College,

Work Experience

• 2 year of experience for BA holders & 3 year for Diploma holders: relevant experience preferably in NGO,

Proficiency

• Computer skills, specially MS-Office; knowledge of QuickBooks accounting software,
• Excellent interpersonal and team building skills, ability to organize and motivate others as well as work
• Good communication and negotiating skills,

Language requirement: Proficiency in English languages is a requirement