Accountant
Manage financial operations and ensure adherence to financial controls and reporting.
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Overview
Manage financial operations and ensure adherence to financial controls and reporting.
You have:
- Bachelor’s Degree (Hons) in Commerce or Business Administration majoring in Accounting.
- Minimum of three years working experience as an Accountant in a busy organization and at a responsible supervisory level is essential.
- INGO experience is an added advantage.
- Proficient in computer skills and use of relevant accounting software package.
- Shapes strategy, policy, standards and plans related to own field(s) of expertise.
The Organisation
Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation that advances children’s rights and equality for girls. We believe in the power and potential of every child but know this is often suppressed by poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination. And it is girls who are most affected.
Working together with children, young people, supporters and partners, we strive for a just world, tackling the root causes of the challenges girls and vulnerable children face. We support children’s rights from birth until they reach adulthood and we enable children to prepare for and respond to crises and adversity. We drive changes in practice and policy at local, national and global levels using our reach, experience and knowledge.
For over 85 years, we have rallied other determined optimists to transform the lives of all children in more than 80 countries.
We won’t stop until we are all equal.
The opportunity
- Manage the cash flow and prepare cash flow forecasts in accordance with policy;
- Review purchase requisitions and orders for Finance Department;
- Review payment for budget availability and correct coding;
- Monitor budget versus expenditure for Projects;
- Ensure timely processing and disbursement of payments to suppliers;
- Manage the Plan bank accounts in line with provided guidelines and cash management;
- Manage general ledger accounting system;
- Prepare monthly Financial and Management reports for projects;
- Ensure adherence to donor’s financial controls, processes, procedures and requirements;
- Management of projects finance and the reporting processes.
About you
- Bachelor’s Degree (Hons) in Commerce or Business Administration majoring in Accounting;
- Minimum of three years working experience as an Accountant in a busy organization and at a responsible supervisory level is essential;
- INGO experience is an added advantage;
- Communication skills, appropriate to the audience;
- Problem solving;
- Proficient in computer skills and use of relevant accounting software package;
- Mastery of the approaches to humanitarian/programme/project logic, trends in own and related fields of work and a range of effective strategies, approaches and practices;
- Shapes strategy, policy, standards and plans related to own field(s) of expertise, clearly aligned with our purpose, relevant needs and stakeholder interests.
- Ensures that strategy, policy, standards and plans related to own field(s) of expertise are based on rigorous internal and external evidence, including examples of effective practice.
Click here to access the full Job Description: Accountant
Location: Maputo
Type of Role: Indeterminate
Reports to: Head of Finance
Grade: 13 (Pay range 1.154.154,48 MT to 1.340.308,44 MT annual gross) Plan reserves the right to pay according to internal procedures
Closing Date: 10th March, 2026
Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the very heart of everything that Plan International stands for.
We want Plan International to reflect the diversity of the communities we work with, offering equal opportunities to everyone regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.
Plan International is based on a culture of inclusivity and we strive to create a workplace environment that ensures every team, in every office, in every country, is rich in diverse people, thoughts, and ideas.
We foster an organisational culture that embraces our commitment to racial justice, gender equality, girls’ rights and inclusion.
Plan International believes that in a world where children face so many threats of harm, it is our duty to ensure that we, as an organisation, do everything we can to keep children safe. This means that we have particular responsibilities to children that we come into contact with and we must not contribute in any way to harming or placing children at risk.
A range of pre-employment checks will be undertaken in conformity with Plan International's Safeguarding Children and Young People policy. Plan International also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this scheme we will request information from applicants previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms their understanding of these recruitment procedures.
Please note that Plan International will never send unsolicited emails requesting payment from candidates.
Potential interview questions
| Can you describe your experience managing cash flow and preparing forecasts? | This assesses your financial management skills and ability to predict cash needs. | Provide specific examples of how you've effectively managed cash flow in past roles. |
| Tell us about a time you had to review payment requisitions to ensure budget availability. How did you approach it? | This question evaluates your attention to detail and understanding of financial processes. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| How do you ensure compliance with financial controls and donor requirements in your work? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| Describe a complex financial report you have prepared. What steps did you take to ensure its accuracy? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| What accounting software are you proficient in and how have you used it in previous roles? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| Can you provide an example of a time when you faced a significant problem in financial management and how you solved it? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| How do you approach communication with stakeholders regarding financial matters? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| In what ways have you contributed to shaping policies or strategies in your previous financial roles? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
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