Main Tasks and Responsibilities
The incumbent will provide clerical finance support to the accounts department and Help a Child projects. The main tasks will be:
Clerical Work
Filing of project finance documents;
Preparation of online payment vouchers/documents against received invoices;
Creating purchase invoices in pluriform;
Scanning purchase invoices and uploading onto the system;
Uploading of staff advance liquidation in pluriform;
Managing petty cash and ensuring all documents are updated, accurate and complete;
Receiving weekly invoices from projects teams and preparing payment vouchers for approval;
Facilitating the production of project financial reports in pluriform.
Reporting
Preparation of monthly statutory deduction forms and submission to relevant government authorities;
Ensuring all contractual commitments are settled on time;
Ensuring completeness of all Help a Child administration and accounts files;
Preparation of Bank reconciliations;
Reconciling of project cash accounts and project accounts receivables;
Reviewing the project expenses against the approved budgets and providing explenations where needed;
Reviewing monthly cash requests submitted by the project teams against their approved workplans and budgets.
Field Visit
Visiting the project sites occasionally to monitor financial compliance, prepare documents, scanning the same and uploading into pluriform;
Any other additional duties as may be assigned from time to time.
Qualifications
Minimum CPA IV or equivalent;
At least 2 – 3 years of relevant experience;
Must have a good understanding of accounting concepts and pay keen attention to details;
Experience with MS Excel and accounting systems;
Good verbal & written communication skills;
Good planning and organisation skills;
Ability to multitask and beat deadlines;
Ability to travel & work in sometimes difficult environments;
Ability to work with people from different cultural & educational backgrounds;
Responsible, flexible and adaptable;
Good team player and team builder;
Positive attitude, willingness to learn and grow;
Ability to adhere to HaC’s Core Christian values.

Interested and qualified candidates are kindly invited to send a cover letter (1 Page) and resume (max. 2 pages) as one PDF document no later than August 25th 2017 to vacancies@hacafrica.orgIn your cover letter please reflect on your motivation for wanting to become part of Help a Child, being a child centered and Christian organization. On the email subject, kindly quote the application reference: “Accounts Assistant (REF 2017/002)”.We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Apply via :

vacancies@hacafrica.org