Finance Officer -Welega, Ethiopia

Job Description

Key Responsibilities:

Major Responsibility

Financial Accounting Operation

• Pass daily journal entries for all disbursement activity and hold in sun system on transaction level.
• Review the accuracy of coding and validate journals properly before holding to sun system .
• Maintain readymade schedules for A/c 150, 200, 230-02, 230-03 .
• Follow outstanding advances and vendor payables .
•  Ensure all vendors and staff advance accounts are correctly stated.

Accounting Operations

• .Handle account payable activities as per the partnership financial manual and internal financial policies and guidelines .
• Process inter-company transactions in accordance with transfer agreements , (Funding to CPO’s and APs as well as Sub-Grantees) Facilitate and process all type of employee advance requests and follow up for the settlement of all local travel and business advances within due date.
• . Process employee out pocket reimbursement request as per the organization policy and standard Follow-Up long outstanding   advances and payables on monthly basis and keep records up-to-date.
• Provide assistance, as needed, to the Accounts Manager, on accounting issues. .Identify and report unrecoverable receivable balances .

Financial Risk Management and Compliance

• .Ensure grant disbursement activity is in alignments with donor and support office requirement Maintain all internal control variables for disbursement activity Properly compile, mark paid stamp and submit financial documents to national archive office .Participate in WVE internal, local external and Global Center (GC)  audits preparation Cover for other Grant Finance officers, Disbursement officer and others responsibility when needed.
• Process on time withholding and Per diem tax payment and maintain the tax remittance certificate.

Finance Professional ethics and code of conduct

• Ensure the financial and accounting integrity of World Vision Ethiopia.
• Recognize the importance of practicing organization core values Punctuality on working hours and effective use of working hour for organizational business Provide objectively verifiable reports to management and stakeholders Give priority to customer satisfaction .
• Escalate abnormal, fraudulent acts to management without hesitation.
• Ensure confidentially for organization financial information and encounters.
• Pass daily journal entries for all disbursement activity and hold in sun system on transaction level.
• Review the accuracy of coding and validate journals properly before holding to sun system Maintain readymade schedules for A/c 150, 200, 230-02, 230-03 Follow outstanding advances and vendor payables
•  Ensure all vendors and staff advance accounts are correctly stated.
• Handle account payable activities as per the partnership financial manual and internal financial policies and guidelines Process inter-company transactions in accordance with transfer agreements , (Funding to CPO’s and APs as well as Sub-Grantees) Facilitate and process all type of employee advance requests and follow up for the settlement of all local travel and business advances within due date .
• Process employee out pocket reimbursement request as per the organization policy and standard Follow-Up long outstanding   advances and payables on monthly basis and keep records up-to-date.

• Provide assistance, as needed, to the Accounts Manager, on accounting issues. Identify and report unrecoverable receivable balances
• Ensure grant disbursement activity is in alignments with donor and support office requirement Maintain all internal control variables for disbursement activity Properly compile, mark paid stamp and submit financial documents to national archive office Participate in WVE internal, local external and Global Center (GC)  audits preparation Cover for other Grant Finance officers, Disbursement officer and others responsibility when needed.
• Process on time withholding and Per diem tax payment and maintain the tax remittance certificate
• Ensure the financial and accounting integrity of World Vision Ethiopia. Recognize the importance of practicing organization core values Punctuality on working hours and effective use of working hour for organizational business.
• Provide objectively verifiable reports to management and stakeholders Give priority to customer satisfaction Escalate abnormal, fraudulent acts to management without hesitation.
• Ensure confidentially for organization financial information and encounters

Required Education, training, license, registration, and certification

• Bachelors Degree in Finance, Business Administration or related field. Supervisory and technical expertise in business systems development, internal controls, policies, and procedures and also sun system and excel knowledge.

Required Professional Experience

• Four Years & above

Applicant Types Accepted:

Local Applicants Only