Assistant Accountant

Finance & Economy

Overview

Provide financial technical support and ensure compliance with financial policies.

You have:

• Degree in Business Administration/Commerce with accounting option.
• Pursuit of professional course is added advantage.
• Excellent spoken and written command of English.
• Good communication, writing, and facilitation skills.
• Track record demonstrating high integrity, innovativeness, creativity, reliability and dependability.
• Excellent computer application skills in Microsoft packages (Word, Excel and PowerPoint).
• Analytical skills.
• Team player, Self-motivator, able to work with limited supervision.
• Must be a committed Christian, able to stand above denominational diversities.
• Willing to attend and participate/lead in daily devotions and weekly Chapel services.

With over 70 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 34,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!

Key Responsibilities:

Reports to: Grant Accountant

Key Result Areas:

• Provide financial technical support to the Area program staff including on-the-job training in order to maintain accurate and reliable financial information.
• Prepare and file supporting documents for all accounting transactions in compliance with WVU & WVI financial policies and guidelines and coordinate banking issues
• Participate in the preparation monthly bank reconciliation with the support of the Programme Accountant.
• Review and Manage staff travel and business advances in GEMS by ensuring accuracy, authenticity, completeness and timely retirement of advances and monthly Account Allocation in SUN
• Review of in Provision for accuracy and completeness, Mobile Money payments against mobile money registration forms, participant registrations, attendance forms, approved activity requests (AAR), approved activity concepts, activity budgets, and all related support documentation from the project implementation teams and Prepare payment vouchers (using Voucher Interface) for payment.
• Participate in the audit processes of the projects, particularly facilitating audit team members’ easy access to the project financial records.
• Code & Monitor budgets and also participate in the preparation of different project reports.

Job Specifications:

Preferred Knowledge and Qualifications

• Degree in Business Administration/Commerce-with accounting option.
• Pursuit of professional course is added advantage
• Excellent spoken and written command of English.
• Good communication, writing, facilitation skills.
• Track record demonstrating high integrity, innovativeness, creativity, reliability and dependable
• Excellent computer application skills in Microsoft packages (Word, Excel and PowerPoint);
• Analytical skills
• Team player, Self-motivator, able to work with limited supervision;
• Must be a committed Christian, able to stand above denominational diversities.
• Computer literacy
• Willing to attend and participate/lead in daily devotions and weekly Chapel services.

Advert start date: 10th February 2025.

Advert end date: 17th February 2025.

Applicant Types Accepted:

Local Applicants Only

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