Finance & Accounting Specialist
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 33,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!
Key Responsibilities:
JOB DESCRIPTION: FINANCE & ACCOUNTING SPECIALIST
PURPOSE OF POSITION
Perform day to day accounting review of employees and vendors financial transactions including timely and accurate payment to projects, partners, vendors, government agencies and employees, ensuring compliance to standard and exercising prudence and good stewardship protecting the interest of organization’s entrusted resources.
MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES
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Major Activities
End Results Expected
Supplier Management (Priority)
- Handle Supplier inquiries related to payments
- Reconciliation and analysis of supplier accounts
Response and address supplier payment inquiries
Supplier Invoicing (Priority)
- Invoice collection and receiving
- Invoice accuracy and tax line review
- Invoice uploading
- Invoice system encoding
- Hardcopy Invoice/OR collection
- Coupa users capacity building and feedbacking on invoice uploading
Timely and accurate processing of payments to suppliers and regulatory/grant requirement on taxes and hardcopies are complied
Concur users Document Management
- Handle Staff inquiries related to payments
- Concur users capacity building and orientations
- Manage staff’s expense report concern as needed
- Exit clearance process related to hard copies
- Hardcopy filing and collection
Respond timely to employees business expense needs
Reporting and compliance
- Month-end recording and accruals
- Cash advance outstanding analysis
- Incident reporting and analysis
- Hardcopy monitoring, collection and post-audit
Timely expense reporting for month-end and regulatory/grant requirement on hardcopies are complied
Continuous Improvement and Risk Management:
- Provide support on process standardization to improve efficiency, reduce overhead cost, increase controls, reduce fraud risk & increase effectiveness.
Finance in Emergencies
- Provide support for emergency response tasks on cash-based programming, urgent invoice processing and related document management.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES
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Minimum education, training and experience requirements to qualify for the position:
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Education:
Graduate of B.S. Accountancy
Part qualification from recognized accounting body.
Skills:
Excel, Sunsystems/PMQA and advantage, good written and oral communication
Ability to manage multiple tasks and demands
Work effectively with staff in a team-oriented environment with a positive, can-do attitude
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At least 2 years experience in general accounting preferably in a non profit environment
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Preferred Skills, Knowledge and Experience:
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Excel proficiency, knowledge of Sun6/ PMQA reporting
With basic knowledge on finance/procurement/admin systems employed by WVI (Coua/ProVision)
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At Least 2 years experience in general accounting or accounts payable in a non-profit organization
Work Environment
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Mindanao Field Office-based with minimal travel.
Applicant Types Accepted:
Local Applicants Only