Finance Officer 62 views4 applications

Contract Duration:  Definite period

Job Purpose;

• To ensure that Concern’s Financial policies and procedures are implemented consistently throughout each projects in order for Concern to achieve its objectives;
• To maintain and regularly update Finance related information;
•  To manage Concern worldwide Gambella Sub-office Finance activities in line with professional principles and Concern Worldwide Ethiopia’s rules and regulation

Main Duties & Responsibilities;

• Coordinate with other team members to complete financial requirements for Action plans and prepare reports for relevant parties such as Government, Concern and Donors as necessary.
• Undertaking other standard financial requirements such as weekly cash count, surprise cash count, checking payroll, undertaking random checks on purchase prices and preparing cash flow requests.
• Prepare and Check monthly financial report and send to HO up to 5th of the next month
• Ensure adequate fund/cash held in programme for planned activities:
• Keep track of monthly cash balances.
• Send monthly cash request to head office on time.
• Ensure the following deadlines are adhered
• Monthly cash books and bank books
• Cash requests from the fields
• Cash transfers to fields and others
• Responsible to fill the gaps when cashier is on annual leave
• Adhere to the necessary accounting, documentation and reporting procedures required for the purchase of items based on purchases/procurement procedure, if any.
• Responsible to check daily financial payments in line with organizational policies and procedures by giving due attention to authorization level and budget codes.
• Ensuring close collaboration and communication with Finance and HR departments at HO to facilitate and smoothen consistent running of the programme
• Work closely and provide  technical support to the Cashier
• Check and review the external work done before any payment is effective
• Review and check monthly staffs’ payroll before the payment is effected
• Follow up and make sure that staff under your supervision have accomplished their obligation and execute their daily routine duties well;
•  Performing other related duties as assigned by line manager.

Emergency Response;

• Concern is committed to responding to emergencies efficiently and effectively in order to help affected people meet their basic needs, alleviate suffering and maintain their dignity. To this end, when emergencies strike and the Ethiopia Programme is to respond, all staff are required to actively participate in the response, regardless of location and contribute to the efforts aimed at achieving the humanitarian objective of the organization.

Gender Equality

• Demonstrate understanding of Concern Ethiopia’s Gender Equality Strategy
• Contribute to ensuring that Concern Ethiopia is a place where men and women are treated equally and with  dignity and respect
•  Demonstrate gender equality awareness and gender sensitivity and an ability to integrate a gender equality perspective into tasks and activities.

Person Specifications;

• BA degree in Accounting, Business Management, Finance or relevant field with min. 5  years’ experience; or
•  Min 2 years NGO experience

Core Competencies;

• Ability and willingness to frequently travel and stay at the field
• Ability to work collaboratively with colleagues across the organization developing effective working relationships to deliver outstanding results for children.
• Proven capacity to supervise, train and coach staff and working with community members
• Computer Literate
• Fluent spoken & written English
• Report writing ability
• Excellent management capacity
• Good communication and administrative skills
• Excellent Financial management capacity
•  Excellent coordination and facilitation skill

What We Offer

• A competitive salary and benefit package
• Excellent medical benefits (100% cover including dependents)
• 20 days annual leave
•  26 weeks (paid) maternity leave, 18weeks(unpaid) parental leave