Finance Specialist

Perform day to day accounting review of financial transactions and ensure compliance.

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Overview

Perform day to day accounting review of financial transactions and ensure compliance.

You have:

  • Graduate of BS Accountancy
  • Part qualification from recognized accounting body
  • At least 2 years experience in general accounting or accounts payable in a non-profit organization
  • Skills in Excel, Sunsystems/PMQA and advantage
  • With basic knowledge on finance/procurement/admin systems employed by WVI (Coua/ProVision)
  • 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
  • Fit to work with minimal travel

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!

Key Responsibilities:

Performs 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

Supplier Management (Priority)

  • Handle Supplier inquiries related to payments
  • Reconciliation and analysis of supplier accounts

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

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

Reporting and compliance

  • Month-end recording and accruals
  • Cash advance outstanding analysis
  • Incident reporting and analysis
  • Hardcopy monitoring, collection and post-audit

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.

QUALIFICATIONS

  • Graduate of BS Accountancy

  • Part qualification from recognized accounting body
  • At least 2 years experience in general accounting or accounts payable in a non-profit organization
  • Skills in Excel, Sunsystems/PMQA and advantage
  • With basic knowledge on finance/procurement/admin systems employed by WVI (Coua/ProVision)
  • 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
  • Fit to work with minimal travel

Applicant Types Accepted:

Local Applicants Only

Potential interview questions

Can you describe your experience with supplier management and invoicing in your previous roles? The interviewer is assessing your practical experience in a relevant area. Provide specific examples of your responsibilities and achievements.
How do you prioritize tasks when managing multiple deadlines? The interviewer wants to understand your time management skills. Pro members can see the explanation.
Describe a situation where you helped improve a process in your accounting work. Pro members can see the explanation. Pro members can see the explanation.
What accounting software systems are you familiar with and how have you used them? Pro members can see the explanation. Pro members can see the explanation.
How do you ensure compliance during financial reporting? Pro members can see the explanation. Pro members can see the explanation.
Can you provide an example of how you handled a complex financial inquiry from a supplier? Pro members can see the explanation. Pro members can see the explanation.
What role do you believe communication plays in financial management? Pro members can see the explanation. Pro members can see the explanation.
How do you adapt to changes and new challenges in your financial role? Pro members can see the explanation. Pro members can see the explanation.
Added 9 months ago - Updated 8 months ago - Source: wvi.org