Summary
Date Posted: Friday, July 19 2024, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Finance Officer
Key accountabilities and responsibilities.
• Assist in preparing monthly financial reports against contract budgets and program Activities.
• Supports the preparation and consolidation of the annual program budgets and prepare periodic budgetary control statements to determine projects financial.
• Performance and suggest concrete action.
• Reconciling all organization Bank accounts and resolve all unresolved bank issues by the following month.
• Maintenance of Fixed Asset register, updating it regularly and ensuring depreciation is calculated appropriately.
• Prepare financial reports on monthly/quarterly basis for internal use and for external reporting respectively as required by different donors/partners.
• Provide technical assistance to program staff in managing financial documentation.
• Work with the Senior Finance Officer to assist in the preparation of projects, annual and multi-year budgets.
• Assist the Senior Finance Officer to manage all HR matters including contracts, payroll, insurance etc.
• Ensure compliance to tax and labor statutory obligations are adhered to e.g. NAPSA, PAYE, NHIMA, WHT and Worker’s Compensation.
• Participate and facilitate in internal and external audits by providing documents and responding to audit queries that arise .
• Perform Internal Audits on the savings by reconciling and producing financial statements and adhoc reports for the Swalisano Urban poor fund.
• Data entry into the Accounting System as well as in the Loan Fund management System.
• Process electronic payments/cheques and code expenditure (travel, advances, imprest and purchase requisition)

Personal qualities & Attributes
• Demonstrated high level organisational skills, including time management and experience in meeting deadlines.
• Able to communicate financial information to both financial and non-financial audience.
• Paying Attention to detail and Sound problem- solving skills.
• Ability to effectively prioritise and plan work.
• Exercises confidentiality.
• Results oriented.

Required Qualifications & Experience
• Bachelor’s degree in accounting & finance/accounting or CA-Zambia /ACCA / CIMA or another relevant field.
• 2- 3 years post qualification experience in a similar role in a dynamic fast paced organization, NGO preferred.
• Valid membership with Zambia Institute of Chartered Accountants.
• A track record in reporting and analytics and providing meaningful insights.
• Experience working on financial systems (Quick Books, Dove payroll, Microsoft Excel).
• A team player

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 24

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure
Duration
• The position is on a contract basis for one-year. How to apply: All applicants to send up-to-date curriculum vitae and cover pages to pphpz@outlook.com  with the subject reference Grants Manager or Finance Officer clearly explaining your suitability against the essential criteria in the job profiles.
• Closing Date
• Applications will be closed on 26th July 2024. Due to high volumes of applications received, only shortlisted applicants will be contacted. Should you not have received feedback on your application within two weeks of the closing date, please consider your application as unsuccessful.

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