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The Ethiopian Women Lawyers Association (EWLA) invites competent and qualified candidates to apply for the vacant post of Finance Head of which the detail requirements are mentioned here below.

Brief Highlight of EWLA: Established in 1995, the Ethiopian Women Lawyers Association (EWLA) is a non-governmental, non-partisan and non-for profit local organization mainly works for the promotion and advancement of women’s rights in the country. It strives towards ensuring gender equality and women empowerment through fighting Gender Based Violence and Violence against Women and Children. Since its establishment, EWLA has provided free legal aid service for needy women and children through its structures stretched from its head office in Addis Ababa to the branch offices in Amhara, Oromiya, Gambella, Benishangul Gumuz, Dire Dawa; and Southern regional states. Currently, EWLA has also a structure at grass-roots level in which there are strong Voluntary Committees in 54 Zones and Woredas all over the country.

 Typical Duties

• Establish Financial guidelines and ensure their implementation
• Maintain a proper accounting system and ensure that all books and accounting documents are properly kept.
• Ensure that all payments to and by EWLA are affected in accordance with the financial guideline.
• Facilitate the periodic audit of the Association.
• Submit periodic financial reports to the Executive Directress/The Board and Donors as required.
• Prepare the annual budget of EWLA and administer its application after approval.
• Systematize and follow up the branches Financial and Administrative activities.
• Assess the manpower need of the Association and devise ways of filling up.
• Evaluate the performance of employees at immediate supervision.
• Access the training need of employees and find ways of meeting them, for mutual growth and benefit of EWLA and its employees.
• Fallow up Timely preparation of the budget versus Actual expenditure
• knowledge and skills-Peachtree complete accounting and Microsoft Excel software l Mandatory
• Report /Reconciliation and fallow up the recording of each payment according to its budget code.
• Assist program co coordinators when at the time of budget preparing.
• Fallow up Income tax, withholding tax and pension payment government timely.
• Carry out other related

General Responsibility:

 The Head, Finance has general responsibilities to organize, systematize and administer the finance section and for the overall administration of the Association.

 Reporting Relationship:

 The Finance Head is subject to general directives form the Executive Director and shall report to her.

Duration:  One-year contract with possibility of Extension

Required Qualifications/Experiences/Skills:

• First degree in Accounting
• Minimum 8 years of experience for MBA
• Minimum 10 years of experience for BA
• Must have experience working in NGO