Senior Accountant Finance Department

πŸ“ Accounting and Finance, Business and Administration
πŸ•’  Feb 22, 2024
πŸ—ΊοΈ At Head Office, Addis Ababa

Job Information

πŸ‘‰ Salary : Attractive
πŸ‘‰ Employment Type: Full time
πŸ‘‰ Job Level : Senior Level (5+ years experience) πŸ‘‰ Deadline : Mar 03, 2024
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Job Description

II. ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT AND SCOPE
Under the direct supervision of CISP Head of the Accounting and Finance, the Senior Accountant in the Finance Department is responsible for ensuring the effective implementation of Finance reconciling account balances and bank statements; maintaining general ledger and preparing month-end close procedures and prepares Financial reports.
III. RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES
Overall duties and responsibilities
To ensure that the Finance and administration of the Organization is managed efficiently and properly, in accordance with highest standards of good practice in the humanitarian sector, and that its obligations in the country and with the donors are met efficiently, complying with the Finance manuals, rules, regulations and requirements. Ultimately will contribute to the quality of financial report and producing sound financial records.
Senior Accountant Related responsibilities

  • Ensures the proper implementation of CISPs Financial Policy Manual and Procurement manuals of CISP-Ethiopia in the head office as well as field offices;
  • Process AICS (Italian Grant) and other UN agencies financial transaction/ in compliance with CISP FM manual, internal policies, terms, conditions and regulations of the grant according to the grant terms and conditions.
  • Manage accounts for the emergency response.
  • Follow up and support settlement of document related to project.
  • High quality of Peachtree knowledge and work on the software.
  • Verify, allocate, post and reconcile accounts payable and receivable in the Peachtree Accounting software
  • Producing error-free accounting reports and presents their results to Finance Head.
  • Direct internal and external audits to ensure compliance working with Finance Head.
  • Support month-end and year-end closing process together working with Finance Head.
  • Process reversal journal entries for correction, reclassification or allocation for grant costs and submit for review and approval.
  • Engage in preparation of monthly salary for the HO and encourage field staff as per grant requirement.
  • Prepare severance payment to HO staffs and field Office staffs and provide to Finance Head for approvals.
  • Ensure project office has sent financial report monthly and verify the correctness
  • Follow up and support settlement of document related to Income, WHT and Pension contribution for the HO
  • Verify procurement documents and other disbursement and ready for Finance Head for approval.
  • Prepare Bank Reconciliation and Cash Book for HO ensuring the arithmetic correctness.
  • Encode (upload) financial transaction coming from projects in the Accounting Software Peachtree.
  • Follow up Project Receivables and payables are settled in due time.
Reporting directly toCISP Head of the Accounting & Finance Department
Overall supervision byCISP Deputy Country Representative
Managerial responsibilityNo
Directly reporting staffNo

Job Requirements

IV. COMPETENCIES
The responsible staff is expected to demonstrate the following technical and behavioral competencies
Behavioral
Accountability
  • Accepts and gives constructive criticism,
  • Follows all relevant procedures, processes, and policies,
  • Meets deadline, cost, and quality requirements for outputs,
  • Monitors own work to correct errors,
  • Takes responsibility for meeting commitments and for any shortcomings,
Continuous Learning
  • Demonstrates interest in improving relevant skills,
  • Demonstrates interest in acquiring skills relevant to other functional areas,
  • Keeps abreast of developments in own professional area.
Communication
  • Actively shares relevant information Financial information.
  • Clearly communicates, and listens to feedback on, changing priorities and procedures,
  • Creativity and Initiative
  • Actively seeks new ways of improving Financial services
Planning and Organizing
  • Identifies priority activities and assignments for self and others
  • Organizes and documents work to allow for planned and unplanned handovers
  • Identifies risks and makes contingency plans
  • Adjusts priorities and plans to achieve goals
  • Allocates appropriate times and resources for own work.
  • Professionalism
  • Identifies issues, opportunities, and risks central to responsibilities,
  • Works effectively with people from different cultures by adapting to relevant cultural contexts,
  • Knowledgeable about and promotes CISPs core mandate.
Teamwork
  • Actively contributes to an effective, collegial, and agreeable team environment
  • Contributes to, and follows team objectives
  • Seeks input and feedback from others
  • Actively supports and implements final group decisions
  • Takes joint responsibility for team's work
Technical
  • Effectively applies knowledge of relevant Finance practices and recognizes their application within the existing CISPs processes
Education Experience:
  • BA in Accounting and has an experience of 5 years.

How to Apply

Interested and Qualified candidates can apply throughEthiojobs.net

      Organizational address:-ETHIOPIA@CISP-NGO.ORG.

      Officer Telephone +251114665048/+251114161482

      P.O.Box- 60014

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