Finance Assistant / Senior Accountant Full-Time

Organization Overview

The International Development Division focuses on improving the lives and economic well-being of people in lower and middle-income countries. We command technical expertise in health, agriculture, climate change, food security and governance—as well as in international evaluation. Our multi-layered health portfolio includes policy, health promotion and disease prevention, health finance, and health systems management. In partnership with government clients and local experts, our high-quality programs in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East are known for impact and innovation.

Opportunity

Abt Associates seeks a qualified Senior Accountant to support the VectorLink project in Mozambique.

Key Roles and Responsibilities

• Voucher review under USAID and Abt procedures to ensure that vouchers are in compliance before posting in the system;
• Accounting entries in Abt accounting Software in a daily basis and ensure that bank and cash account reconciliations are done every Friday;
• Monthly Abt bank and cash account reconciliation and get signatures from F&A and COP;
• Prepare and consolidate bank reconciliations of metical, dollar accounts and cash account;
• Prepare and consolidate the Advance Aging reports and follow up outstanding advances to ensure that are liquidated in 30 days;
• Ensure that transactions are uploaded in  a weekly basis and scans are ready for attachments in the ACCESS;
• Reconcile Liabilities account and report to the F&A in cases of discrepancies;
• Organize the archive in a chronological manner;
• Ensure that expenditures are codified according to the VL charge code and International Accounting Site Procedures Manual;
• Print of payment confirmations and provide feedback of payments and get the correspondent receipts;
• Work closely with F&A Manager to answer the findings reported in the issue tracker and make corrections in the System and vouchers;
• Support Seasonal Staff hired to support Finance team;
• Collaborate extensively with internal and external auditors during preliminary and year–end audit processes;
• Support and Substitute Finance & Administration Manager during his absence

Preferred Skills / Prerequisites

• Master Degree is desirable or Bachelor degree in Accounting, Audit, Economics or other relevant areas with 5 years of experience in accounting and familiarity with USAID rules and regulations;
• Technical Institute in accounting can be considered if more than 5 years of experience in accounting and familiarity with USAID rules and regulations;
• Good excel skills and able to communicate and wright in Portuguese and English.

Minimum Qualifications

• (4+) years of experience and bachelor degree OR the equivalent combination of education and experience.

Abt Associates is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer committed to fostering a diverse workforce.  Abt Associates provides market-competitive salaries and comprehensive employee benefits. Local candidates strongly encouraged to apply.