PAFID
is an implementor of the project UWEZO.
PAFID’S
lead role is to increase youth access to employment, entrepreneurship and
livelihood opportunities and to provide rural population with a sufficient
scale so that they can harness market/agricultural extension information,
access financing and hence benefit from greater visibility, leverage better
prices, increase value added and improve negotiation power.
PAFID also supports various other interventions involving CLUSA and its other partners under the Yes Youth Can! initiative.
PAFID is seeking to recruit Project Accountant (temporary position -5 months)
Commence Date: 4TH July 2012
Reporting to the Finance Manager, the Project Accountant will be responsible for ensuring PAFID systems and procedures of internal controls are followed when committing all financial transactions
Specific Roles and Responsibilities
- Prepare
monthly management and project accounts
- Prepare
project costing, budgets, cash flows, reports and analysis as required by
donors & Management.
- Ensure
proper management of petty cash;
- Process
monthly payroll
- Ensure
that all cash payments are fully supported and are authorized
- Process
and make payments as provided in the approved budgets; Rubber stamping
‘paid’ on all documents once cash vouchers are signed and cash disbursed
and before filing
- Maintain
an organized and well documented filling system (all files must be labeled
properly and visibly)
- Inputting
accurately of transactions in Quick books
- Carry
out reconciliations of cash and bank balances on a monthly basis;
- Prepare
schedule of payments of utilities, statutory deduction and ensure timely
payment of the same;
- Ensure
the timely transfer of all field fund requests;
- Ensure
the maintenance of an efficient, proper, and transparent financial filing
system for the department and the organization in accordance with the
organizational guidelines;
In particular, the successful candidate should have the
essential qualifications, experience and competencies:
- Professional
accounting qualification (CPA 2) and Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or
Finance,
- Working
knowledge of QuickBooks and MS Office especially EXCEL
- At
least 1 year of professional experience with an NGO
- USAID
experience a plus. In addition, must be flexible, willing to perform
assigned and additional duties.
- Ability
to work with tight deadlines and handle multiple concurrent activities
- Excellent
in written and spoken English.
- Ability
to work well in a team and handle pressures and meet deadlines
- And
have a willingness to learn
Preference will be given to those able to commence working on
the first week of July 2012
Qualified candidates are invited to email their applications together with a detailed CV with 3 professional referees and daytime telephone contacts by 25th June 2012- 5pm to:
Qualified candidates are invited to email their applications together with a detailed CV with 3 professional referees and daytime telephone contacts by 25th June 2012- 5pm to:
The Finance Manager, Email pafid.job@gmail.com
Only
shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interview.
PAFID is an equal opportunity employer and promotes gender equity.
Canvassing
will lead to automatic disqualification.