Deadline: 10 December, 2020
Location: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Fred Hollows Foundation is seeking to fill the role of Grants and Finance Officer.
The foundation, an international NGO founded in 1992, has been a force in the development and implementation of blindness prevention programmes in some of the poorest and most isolated regions in the world.
Responsibilities
- Maintain up-to-date accounting records that are relevant, reliable, objective and understandable
- Ensure financial transactions are adequately documented, reviewed and validated before input into the financial management system for data quality and coding accuracy of transactions
- Post entries to the accounting software in a timely manner
- Ensure a backup and retention procedure is in place and followed for all accounting records/data/documents
- Perform all accounts including ensuring that cash, payables and receivables are timely reconciled
- Review all procurement transactions to ensure adequate supporting documentation, accuracy of amounts and control overpayments
- Prepare and attend to the needs of auditors by way of participating in pre-audit meetings
- Prepare audit schedules as per checklist made available and any other pertinent supporting analysis
- Check and ensure all monthly tax payments, statutory and regulatory deductions and other returns are accurate, complete as well as remitted in a timely manner
- Ensure timely preparation of tax returns and other forms for review by finance manager prior to submission
- Liaise with local government to ensure compliance with tax regulations, pension payment and other requirements
- Ensure full financial compliance with donor, government, legal and FHF requirements
Requirements
- Five years, minimum, of work experience in a similar role within a recognised NGO
- BA degree in Accounting and/or Finance
- High level of computer literacy with sound knowledge of financial accounting software and spreadsheet packages
- Solid knowledge of full-cycle accounting principles, financial systems, budget/cash-flow monitoring and internal accounting controls
- Knowledge and use of SUN systems
- Sound knowledge of current legislation and regulatory requirements relevant to INGOs in Ethiopia
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