Accounts Payable Officer

Overview

Ensure accurate, timely, and compliant accounting operations and local reporting.

You have:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or Business Administration, or a related field
• Minimum 3 years of experience in accounting position with medium business/medium NGO/government agency
• Practical Knowledge of financial systems, budget/cash flow monitoring and internal accounting controls
• Strong computer proficiency, including practical experience with excel processing, spreadsheets, databases, and financial management systems
• Proficiency in written and spoken English and local language
• Good analytical skills with strong attention to detail and accuracy
• Effective organizational and time management skills with the ability to meet deadlines
• High level of responsibility, integrity, and accountability
• Ability to work collaboratively as part of a team, as well as independently with minimal supervision

With 75 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.

Come join our 33,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!

Employee Contract Type:

Local - Fixed Term Employee (Fixed Term)Job Description:

Accounts Payable Officer

Location: Tbilisi

Duration: 5 months, including September, 2026, with a possible extension subject to the availability of funding

Time frame: 32 hours per week, Monday- Friday

Purpose of the position:

To ensure accurate, timely, and compliant accounting operations and local (government) reporting in line with local legislation, WVI, and donor requirements, while contributing to effective financial controls, liquidity management, and achievement of Finance KPIs.

Major Responsibilities:

Support the accounting team lead in Local (Government) Reporting

• Ensure Compliance with Local legislation, WVI and donor requirements;

• Ensure accurate and timely provision of data for submission of tax, and other mandatory reports required by local governmental bodies.

• Ensure daily accounting entries are accurate for timely submission of tax and other mandatory reports required by local governmental bodies.

Accounting, Compliance and Monitoring

• Ensure review of the source documents/ payment packages before processing the payments to ensure alignment with local legislation and WVI and donor regulations;

• Ensure accurate and timely financial data into the standard registers as required, Review balance sheet and timely process any needed corrections & adjusting entries. Accurately process monthly allocation rent, utilities, internet other shared costs

• Ensure all bank accounts balances are reconciled Timely and accurately submit documents to shared services.

• Set a plan for the payments to ensure timely settlement.

• Timely Follow up to shared services requests.

• Ensure payments are processed within 3 working days after complete supporting documents submitted to the Accounting.

• Ensure all bank accounts balances.

• reconciled monthly;

• Ensure all submitted EERs are reviewed timely and there are no outstanding advances to the staff;

• Assist Accounting team Lead in audit preparation to provide required information;

• Assist the Reporting and Analysis team with monthly reconciliations as required;

• Assist ATL and GFM with monthly reconciliations as required.

• Conduct Year end allocations and reconciliations

• Process accurate filing

• Assist ATL GFM and FM with allocations, Reconciliations, balance sheet clearing, Fuel and maintenance allocation, Clearing of accounts; SA/PA submissions.

• Perform other relevant tasks within his/her competency assigned by a Manager.

Qualifications and Experience Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or Business Administration, or a related field

• Minimum 3 years of experience in accounting position with medium business/medium NGO/government agency

• Practical Knowledge of financial systems, budget/cash flow monitoring and internal accounting controls;

• Sound knowledge of basic accounting principles and financial processes;

• Strong computer proficiency, including practical experience with excel processing, spreadsheets, databases, and financial management systems;

• Experience with humanitarian aid in-country is a plus.

Required Skills:

• Good analytical skills with strong attention to detail and accuracy;

• Effective organizational and timemanagement skills with the ability to meet deadlines;

• High level of responsibility, integrity, and accountability;

• Ability to work collaboratively as part of a team, as well as independently with minimal supervision;

• Comfortable handling routine accounting tasks and maintaining consistency in daily financial operations.

Language requirements:

• Proficiency in written and spoken English and local language;

The position requires ability and willingness to travel domestically and internationally up to 5% of the time.

Closing date: April 19, 2026

Please add a consent statement in your CV, that if your CV is shortlisted, you confirm that the organization is open to background checks including watchdog screening.

By sending data (CV/Resume etc.) on the mentioned vacancy, you confirm that you agree to the company collect, process and save the submitted information (resume) within the framework of the Georgian Law on "Personal Data Protection" in order to conduct the necessary procedures for your recruitment and employment.

The purpose of personal data processing is to determine the suitability of the candidate with the requirements of the current and/or future vacancy, in order to make a decision on employment. You have the right

• To request what information is processed about you by the organization;

• Also you can any time request to: change, block or/and delete the personal data information which is processed about you by the organization. In case of questions, you can write us, on the email: Recruitment_[email protected].

Personal data will be used only for the stated purpose and will not be transferred to a third party without your consent.

In case candidate share additional personal data (including special categories of data) to the organization, the provided information will be immediately deleted by the organization as per Georgian law of “Personal Data Protection”.

World Vision Georgia carries out the candidate selection /recruitment process in compliance with the Law of Georgia on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination and the principles of equal treatment of individuals and excludes discrimination against individuals in any forms. Protection against discrimination is also provided at any stage of the employment relationship.

World Vision Georgia is an equal-opportunity employer that values and respects the importance of a diverse and inclusive workforce and welcomes all applicants to compete for employment opportunities for which they are qualified and employees to achieve the maximum extent of their potential.

Applicant Types Accepted:

Local Applicants Only

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