Finance Assistant Zambia job at Sightsavers
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Vacancy title:
Finance Assistant Zambia

[ Type: FULL TIME , Industry: Business Management and Administration , Category: Management ]

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Sightsavers

Deadline of this Job:
Monday, November 11 2024 

Duty Station:
Within Zambia , Lusaka, South - Central Africa

Summary
Date Posted: Monday, October 28 2024, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:
Job Description
OverviewLocation: Lusaka, Zambia Contract: 12 month fixed-term contract (renewable) Salary: Local terms and conditions apply
The Zambia country office are looking to recruit a Finance assistant to support the finance team. This opportunity is offered on a 12 month contract that is renewable.
The finance assistant reports to the Finance and Support Services Manager. The post-holder will provide administrative support, assist with budgeting and reporting and information management for the finance team
If you have experience in a similar role and are keen to work within international development then this opportunity is for you.

Responsibilities
Key accountabilities but not limited to
• Administering petty cash, analysing invoices, processing vouchers and journals using Sun System, processing payments to suppliers.
• Assisting with the development of new programme documentation, including budgets, filing accounts and financial records, reviewing budget during activities, submitting quarterly reports to projects, preparing monthly funds request.
• Following up with partners for submission of their quarterly reports, preparation of month end checklist and other monthly reports, assisting in the preparing donor financial reports, supporting with informational data for auditing purposes

Skills and Experience
• A relevant qualification in accounting/finance or equivalent experience in a similar role
• Knowledge and experience of programme finance within an INGO
• High levels of accuracy, highly numerate
• Previous experience working with external stakeholders such as Government organisations
• Fluent in written and spoken English
• Project financial management experience, budgets and data analysis
• Good planning and excellent communication
• Current and ongoing right to work in Zambia

Education Requirement: No Requirements

Job Experience: No Requirements

Work Hours: 8


Experience in Months:

Level of Education:

Job application procedure
• Next Steps
• The project assistant opportunity is a varied role and the above is not an exhaustive list of duties or required professional skills. Please see the job description for full details.
• The deadline to apply is 7 November 2024 23.30pm GMT UK
• We intend to conduct interviews from 18 November 2024 onwards. The recruitment process will be a face to face interview lasting up to one hour at the Zambia Country office.
• As an equal opportunity Employer we actively encourage applications from all sections of the community. Sightsavers is a Disability Confident Leader therefore qualified people living with a disability are particularly encouraged to apply.
• To apply please simply click on the Apply icon and apply in English. We are particularly interested as to why you would like to work with Sightsavers.
• Sightsavers is an employer that does not tolerate any form of harassment and has zero tolerance for sexual exploitation and abuse. All potential candidates will be subjected to rigorous background checks and controls.
• To apply for this job please visit careers.sightsavers.org.

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Job Info
Job Category: Accounting/ Finance jobs in Zambia
Job Type: Full-time
Deadline of this Job: Monday, November 11 2024
Duty Station: Lusaka
Posted: 28-10-2024
No of Jobs: 1
Start Publishing: 28-10-2024
Stop Publishing (Put date of 2030): 28-10-2066
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