Senior Accountant

Specific Duties and Responsibilities  

• Ensures that codification and registration of receivable and disbursement transactions are conducted in accordance with the accounting system of the Society;
• Verifies and follows up on the timely collection of revenues and settlement of disbursements;
• Verifies journal entries and checks payment requests against support documents for the preparation of checks or other modes of payment; and ensures that payments are effected to the concerned payee;
• Follows up a budget requisition, consolidation, endorsement  and  implementation matters of the society are in accordance with the pre-established regulatory framework;
• Verifies payment orders and purchasing transactions are duly approved as per delegated authority;
• Analyzes records of present and past operations, trends and costs, estimated and expenses incurred to project future operation results;
• Expedites and facilitates the preparation of an annual budget for income and expenditure and annual forecast of cash flow for the National Secretariat;
• Verifies books  of accounts of the Society’s core cost and projects  are  reconciled with bank statements on a monthly basis;
• Operates a computer, calculator, and other common facilitating  office machines used for computing and recording financial transactions;
• Consolidate the society’s annual core cost budget based on the requested budget coming from each unit & provides detailed technical information relating to the budget, funding processes and various methods to unit managers as necessary to accomplish development of funding budget proposals and disbursement of allocated funds.
• Observes and executes financial policies of the Society and government regulations in connection with tax and related issues;
• Prepares and submits list of receivables/debtors for action and exerts an effort for collection;
• Checks the work of other accountants engaged in classification of various accounting documents transmitted from different work units;
• Ascertains that paid stumps are affixed on payment vouchers and supporting documents;
• Follows up that advances for per diem, administrative expenses, branches, credit, etc. are settled in due course and reports on outstanding advances for action;
• Assists branches to carry out financial tasks as per the financial policy and procedure  of the Society;
• Verifies correctness and completeness of supporting documents and signs same for payments;
• Prepares and submits reports on the implementation and execution of regular and project budgets on monthly, quarterly, semi-annually, and annually;
• Makes an unreserved effort to collect revenues/receivables from different organizations and individuals;
• Follows up on the timely collection of bank statements and debit/credit advice from concerned banks;
• Performs other related duties and responsibilities of the job as assigned by the Head of the Budget & Disbursements Division.

• Second/First degree in Accounting/ Accounting & Finance/ 6/8 years related work experience, out of which 2 years in a senior position(s) and,
• Knowledge of Accounting Software is mandatory.