Finance Assistant
Job Description
To support in provision of sound financial and grants management to the
department as part of AMURT’s execution of its mandate to partners.
Responsibilities
- Receipt of cash and cheques and acknowledgment of
funds using AMURT’s accounting systems.
- Receipt of invoices and processing of payments
using AMURT’s accounting systems.
- Management of office petty cash, its
replenishment, charging to various use projects and staff Imprests for
trips and cash for office usage.
- Receipt of requests from the filed-on activities
for support, arrange them appropriately, verify completeness of the
documentation and accuracy of the reports and give feedback to the
respective finance officers for action
- Maintaining records on all incoming invoices,
cheques dispatched and assets movement to ensure accuracy, completeness
and traceability are duly complied to as stipulated in the finance manual
- Filling of accounting documents in line with the
accounting recording and system codes.
- Support the SFO where called upon to support in
processing the organization payroll and management of 3rd party
obligations i.e. HELB, NHIF and NSSF using a payroll software availed in
the organization
- Preparing and submitting of statutory
returns as per requirement both in the documentation and within the
stipulated legal times both for the month and annual returns
- Support project accountants in cash books
maintenance, bank reconciliations and preparation of the monthly report
- Support in preparation of budgets and cash flow
statements both for implementing projects and HQ when called upon to do so
- Support in Logistics planning on activities,
finances, and other related areas concerning implementation and reporting
of projects
- Support the finance and Admin office in assets
verification both at the HQ and field level.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in commerce/ accounting with 3
years of experience in project accounting.
- Must be a certified accountant for the last three
years.
- Knowledge and experience working in donor funded
projects.
- Strong writing and communication skills.
- Evidence of previous generation of quality and
timely project financial reports.
- High level of integrity, values, ethics and
competence.
- Demonstrate high level of creativity, innovation
and analytical thinking.
- Knowledge in donor compliant, budget reviews and
analysis.
How
To Apply
All applicants should
urgently email a letter of application, CV (Not more than 3 pages),
certificates and relevant testimonials to jobs@amurtafrica.org by 10th November 2021 indicating
current and expected Salary. Candidates should clearly indicate the position
applied for and its Reference number of the job as the email subject.
