Senior Accountant Full-Time

The Plan International is hiring a Senior Accoutant, for Pemba.

Key relationships

Internal

• Projects Accountants;
• Senior Finance Accountant;
• Senior Grants Accountant;
• Global and Regional functional and thematic leads;
• Functional departments Heads at PIMz;
• Plan Inc. National Organizations.

External

• Partner organisations;
• Community beneficiaries;
• Other INGOs.

Physical Environment

• Typical Office environment with 30% travel in PIMz’s programming areas.

Responsabilities

Cash Management & Disbursement

• Reviews Petty cash replenishment vouchers and carry out surprise petty cash count on a regular basis as per PIMz financial guidelines;
• Reviews payment requests for accuracy, proper coding and completeness in line with the check list;
• Prepares monthly cash forecasts and refresh for the program area in line with PIMz finance guidelines;
• Posts journal entries and reverses journal vouchers on clearing documents;
• Clears parked documents;
• Clears all payments in SAP according to the financial procedures.

Reporting & internal controls

• Prepares financial reports (BVA, target balance, partner advances and cost recovery for PA shared costs);
• Prepares Bank reconciliations statements as per the format;
• Prepares balance sheet account reconciliations reports;
• Ensures segregation of duties in the financial processes is adhered to.

Reporting & internal controls

• Prepares financial reports (BVA, target balance, partner advances, and cost recovery for PA shared costs);
• Prepares Bank reconciliations statements as per the format;
• Prepares balance sheet account reconciliations reports;
• Ensures segregation of duties in the financial processes is adhered to.

Advance management

• Create internal orders for partner advances;
• Facilitate financial trainings to partners as and when required to do so;
• Carry out expenditure verification of partner advances according to the guidelines;
• Liquidate submitted partner advance accountability in the system when complete as per guidelines;
• Review advances submitted by employees and liquidate in the system.

Budget management

• Prepare annual program area operations budget- Consolidate and regularly update program area annual budget;
• Monitors expenditure to ensure adherence to budgetary limits;
• Maps WBSs in HRIS to staffs for timesheet processing;
• Monitor budget to ensures that budgetary allocations are spent and recorded in the Financial year.

Human Resource Supervision and Administration

• Supervises, coaches and trains Projects Accountant staffs in Plan’s systems, procedures and policies;
• Appraises and evaluates employee performance as per the performance cycle;
• Instils values such as team work, empowerment, customer care, etc in the finance staffs.

Requirements

Qualifications/ experience essential:

• Bachelor’s Degree (Hons) in Commerce or Business Administration majoring in Accounting;
• Professional qualification in accountancy (CPA, ACCA) at intermediate or affiliate level.

Skills 

• 3-5 years’ experience in a similar role working in a computerized accounting office in an INGO set up;
• INGO experience is an added advantage;
• Strong analytical skills;
• Excellent communication skills;
• Problem solving skills;
• Excellent interpersonal skills;
• Proficient in computer skills and use of relevant accounting software package such SAP.

How to Apply

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