Accounting Clerk

LEARN Logistics by Kühne Foundation is a German registered charity established to support universities in African countries in the sustainable development and expansion of teaching and research capacities in logistics and supply chain management. LEARN Logistics pursues the approach of cross-functional logistics systems and promotes other sectors, such as health and agriculture, in addition to the commercial market. 

LEARN works in regions where public or private funding and local resources are insufficient to deliver the required LSCM education and to meet international quality standards. Together with local universities, the program offers training opportunities tailored to the specific needs and requirements of the countries. The development of such a high-quality education system is achieved through multilateral partnerships between internationally leading higher education institutions in high-income countries and selected universities in low-income countries in East and partly West Africa.

Job summary

Under the overall guidance of the Administration and Finance Manager, the Accounting Clerk will process and reconcile a wide variety of accounting documents such as invoices, billing, cash receipts, and journal vouchers, review and code financial information, prepare and process documents to disburse funds, make deposits and prepare reports, compile and review information for accuracy, maintain records and responsible for performing the overall finance and accounts functions.

 Essential roles and responsibilities

• Processes accurately and promptly all accounting transactions, operating expenses, and other office running expenses.
• Keeps relevant documents and invoices systematically to support the accounts fully.
• Prepares payment vouchers after carefully verifying the supporting documents and prepares cheques against approved payment documents.
• Updates and prepares monthly payroll for employees, calculating salaries, including income tax, pension fund, and other taxable income for all employees and contractors.
• Travels to various program areas, conduct payments, such as M &IE, Lodging, Land Transport, Air tickets, and other expenditures on events, training, workshops, participants in various sessions conducted by the organization as required
• Effects payment of cheques against receipts and invoices and ensures the recipient's proper signature is obtained.
• Manage secretarial duties and file management.
• Undertakes other duties as assigned by the AFM and Executive Country Manager.

Department: Finance and Administration

Reports to: Administration & Financial Manager 

Salary Level: Negotiable

Terms of employment: contract with possible extensionbased on performance 

Place of work: Learn logistics from the Kühne Foundation Ethiopia Office in Addis Ababa, with possible travel to other regions. 

Required skills and qualifications:

• Minimum of diploma  in Accounting or Finance

• Knowledge of accounting software and Microsoft Office applications programs.

• Minimum of two years of work experience in Financial Management or related work, preferably at NGOs

• Ability to manage multiple tasks, set priorities, and pay attention to detail. 

• Must be able to interact and communicate effectively with individuals at all levels of the organization. 

• English and Amharic proficiency is essential (both oral and written skills)

How To Apply

For application, please submit a cover letter indicating your salary expectation and CV to teferifenta1966@gmail.com