Senior Finance Officer

Join the team to manage finance operations and ensure compliance.

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Overview

Join the team to manage finance operations and ensure compliance.

You have:

  • Prepares and processes payroll accurately, according to employment contracts before the 15th and 30th of each month.
  • Ensures that all staff, including casuals, receive salary slips twice a month.
  • Maintains and update applicable finance system to meet the needs of the REACH Famili Senta and donor needs.
  • Prepares and monitors monthly aging report to track invoice payments.
  • Ensures Finance and Support Services Manager has timely and accurate information to analyze burn rates.
  • Provides regular finance trainings for project staff.
  • Carries out spot checks on receipts and invoices and identifies any anomalies in acquittals or payments.
  • Ensures staff are trained in anti-corruption and anti-fraud policies and trainings comply with donor and partner requirements.

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:

  • Prepares and processes payroll accurately, according to employment contracts before the 15th and 30th of each month. If there are any adjustments, attach documents to payroll.
  • Ensures that all staff, including casuals, receive salary slips twice a month.
  • Ensures that transactions are adequately documented before processing and are in line with Finance Policies.
  • Ensures that timesheets are accurately submitted monthly.
  • Maintains and update applicable finance system to meet the needs of the REACH Famili Senta and donor needs.
  • Prepares and monitors monthly aging report to track invoice payments.
  • Prepares reconciliation reports.
  • Ensures all hard copy and soft copy of finance documentation is filed appropriately (in the filing cabinet and cloud-based server).
  • Prepares monthly, semi-annual, and annual finance reports for donors and partners and Annual financial statement.
  • Check staff cash advance acquittals and ensure that the documents are filled out in accordance with WVI finance policies.
  • Files any personal cash advance acquittals, as required and in a timely matter.
  • Ensures Finance and Support Services Manager has timely and accurate information to analyze burn rates
  • Carries out spot checks on receipts and invoices and identifies any anomalies in acquittals or payments. Flags concerns or potential cases of fraud in line with policy.
  • Provides regular finance trainings for project staff.
  • Provides finance training for staff orientations and annual trainings.
  • Ensures staff are trained in anti-corruption and anti-fraud policies and trainings comply with donor and partner requirements
  • Disaster Response: able to deploy as required in the event of an emergency response

Applicant Types Accepted:

Potential interview questions

Can you describe your experience with payroll processing and the tools you used? This question assesses your technical skills and familiarity with payroll systems. Outline your experience clearly, mentioning specific software or tools.
How do you ensure accuracy when preparing financial reports? The interviewer wants to know your attention to detail and reporting skills. Pro members can see the explanation.
Tell us about a time you identified a discrepancy in financial records. Pro members can see the explanation. Pro members can see the explanation.
What strategies do you use when training staff on financial compliance? Pro members can see the explanation. Pro members can see the explanation.
Describe your experience working with audit processes. Pro members can see the explanation. Pro members can see the explanation.
How do you prioritize multiple financial tasks and reports? Pro members can see the explanation. Pro members can see the explanation.
Give an example of a financial policy you had to enforce. Pro members can see the explanation. Pro members can see the explanation.
What steps do you take to maintain confidentiality in financial matters? Pro members can see the explanation. Pro members can see the explanation.
Added 1 year ago - Updated 1 year ago - Source: wvi.org